List of Great Britain by-elections (1707–1715)
This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in Great Britain held between 1707 and 1715, with the names of the previous incumbent and the victor in the by-election.
In the absence of a comprehensive and reliable source, for party and factional alignments in this period, no attempt is made to define them in this article. The House of Commons: 1690-1715 provides some guidance to the complex and shifting political relationships, but it is significant that the compilers of that work make no attempt to produce a definitive list of each members allegiances.
Resignations
- See Resignation from the British House of Commons for more details.
Where the cause of by-election is given as "resignation", this indicates that the incumbent was appointed to an "office of profit under the Crown" causing him to vacate his seat and prohibited membership in the House of Commons. This office is noted in brackets.
In addition certain offices of profit, such as cabinet positions, required the MP to seek re-election. These offices are noted separately.
Dates
During this period England (but not Scotland) counted its legal year as beginning on 25 March. For the purposes of this list the year is considered to have started on 1 January.
By-elections
The c/u column denotes whether the by-election was a contested poll or an unopposed return. If the winner was re-elected, at the next general election and any intermediate by-elections, this is indicated by an * following the c or u. In a few cases the winner was elected at the next general election but had not been re-elected in a by-election after the one noted. In those cases no * symbol is used.
1st Parliament (1707–1708)
Date | Constituency | c/u | Former Incumbent | Winner | Cause |
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21 November 1707 | Amersham | u | The Viscount Newhaven | John Drake | Ineligible to sit due to holding a Scottish Peerage |
21 November 1707 | Ipswich | c* | Henry Poley | William Churchill | Death |
21 November 1707 | Liskeard | u* | Thomas Dodson | John Dolben | Death |
21 November 1707 | St Mawes | u* | Joseph Tredenham | John Tredenham | Death |
22 November 1707 | Scarborough | u* | Robert Squire | John Hungerford | Death |
28 November 1707 | New Romney | u* | John Brewer | John Brewer | Receiver General of Prizes |
29 November 1707 | Aldborough | u* | William Jessop | William Jessop | Justice of the Anglesey Circuit |
29 November 1707 | Chipping Wycombe | u* | Fleetwood Dormer | Fleetwood Dormer | Commissioner of Prizes |
29 November 1707 | Great Bedwyn | c | Nicholas Pollexfen | Tracy Pauncefort | Commissioner of Prizes |
Tracy Pauncefort | Nicholas Pollexfen | By-election result reversed on petition 22 December 1707 | |||
29 November 1707 | Reigate | u* | Stephen Hervey | James Cocks | Death |
1 December 1707 | Hedon | u | Anthony Duncombe | Anthony Duncombe | Commissioner of Prizes |
2 December 1707 | Lymington | u* | Paul Burrard, junior | Paul Burrard, junior | Sub-Commissioner of Prizes at Portsmouth |
2 December 1707 | Rye | u* | Philip Herbert | Phillips Gybbon | Commissioner for the Sick and Wounded and for Exchange of Prisoners |
3 December 1707 | Suffolk | c | The Earl of Dysart | Leicester Martin | Ineligible to sit due to holding a Scottish Peerage |
3 December 1707 | Worcestershire | u* | William Bromley | Sir Thomas Cookes Winford | Death |
3 December 1707 | Yorkshire | u* | Marquess of Hartington | The Viscount Downe | Succeeded to a peerage |
u | The Lord Fairfax of Cameron | Conyers Darcy | Ineligible to sit due to holding a Scottish Peerage | ||
4 December 1707 | Cambridgeshire | u* | John Bromley (the elder) | John Bromley (the younger) | Death |
4 December 1707 | Leicestershire | c | John Verney | George Ashby | Death |
15 December 1707 | Bedford | u* | Sir Philip Monoux | William Hillersden | Death |
16 December 1707 | City of London | c* | Sir Robert Clayton | Sir William Withers | Death |
29 December 1707 | Bramber | u* | John Asgill | William Shippen | Expulsion |
3 January 1708 | Rochester | u* | Sir Cloudesley Shovell | Sir John Leake | Death |
17 January 1708 | Whitchurch | c(*) | John Shrimpton | Frederick Tylney | Death |
c | Frederick Tylney | Charles Wither | By-election result reversed on petition 17 February 1708 | ||
21 January 1708 | Ashburton | c* | Gilbert Yarde | Roger Tuckfield | Death |
31 January 1708 | Huntingdonshire | u* | John Dryden | John Proby | Death |
21 February 1708 | Westminster | u* | Henry Boyle | Henry Boyle | Northern Secretary |
2 March 1708 | Sandwich | u* | Josiah Burchett | Josiah Burchett | Secretary to the Marines |
6 March 1708 | King's Lynn | u* | Robert Walpole | Robert Walpole | Secretary at War |
13 April 1708 | Exeter | c* | Sir Edward Seymour | John Harris | Death |
2nd Parliament (1708–1710)
3rd Parliament (1710–1713)
4th Parliament (1713–1715)
Date | Constituency | c/u | Former Incumbent | Winner | Cause |
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12 March 1714 | Guildford | c* | Sir Richard Onslow | Denzil Onslow | Chose to sit for Surrey |
12 March 1714 | Higham Ferrers | u* | Thomas Watson Wentworth | Charles Leigh | Chose to sit for Malton |
13 March 1714 | Wendover | u | Richard Hampden | James Stanhope | Chose to sit for Berwick-upon-Tweed |
15 March 1714 | Knaresborough | u | Christopher Stockdale | Francis Fawkes | Death |
15 March 1714 | Ripon | u | John Sharp | John Sharp | Lord of Trade |
15 March 1714 | Salisbury | u | Charles Fox | Sir Stephen Fox | Death |
15 March 1714 | Penryn | c* | Alexander Pendarves | Samuel Trefusis | Surveyor General of Crown Lands |
15 March 1714 | Winchester | u* | George Rodney Brydges | George Brydges | Death |
u | Thomas Lewis | John Popham | Chose to sit for Hampshire | ||
15 March 1714 | Wallingford | c | Simon Harcourt | Thomas Renda | Chose to sit for Abingdon |
16 March 1714 | Whitchurch | u* | Thomas Vernon | Thomas Vernon | Lord of Trade |
17 March 1714 | Haslemere | u* | Thomas Onslow | Nicholas Carew | Chose to sit for Bletchingley |
17 March 1714 | Much Wenlock | u* | William Whitmore | Richard Newport | Chose to sit for Bridgnorth |
18 March 1714 | Amersham | u | The Viscount Fermanagh | James Herbert | Chose to sit for Buckinghamshire |
18 March 1714 | Hastings | c | Sir Joseph Martin | Sir Joseph Martin | Commissary for Commercial Negotiations with France |
20 March 1714 | Dartmouth | u* | Frederick Herne | John Fownes | Commissioner for Settling Trade with France and Death |
22 March 1714 | Bossiney | u | John Manley | Paul Orchard | Death |
24 March 1714 | Ludgershall | c | John Richmond Webb | John Ward | Chose to sit for Newport (I.o.w.) |
24 March 1714 | New Woodstock | u* | William Cadogan | William Cadogan | Void Election |
Sir Thomas Wheate | Sir Thomas Wheate | ||||
30 March 1714 | Andover | u | Sir Ambrose Crowley | Gilbert Searle | Death |
5 April 1714 | Elgin Burghs | u* | James Murray | James Murray | Commissary for Commercial Negotiations with France |
12 April 1714 | Helston | c | Charles Coxe | Thomas Tonkin | Chose to sit for Gloucester |
Henry Campion | Alexander Pendarves | Chose to sit for Sussex | |||
15 April 1714 | Forfarshire | u* | John Carnegie | John Carnegie | Solicitor General for Scotland |
22 April 1714 | Leicester | u* | Sir George Beaumont | Sir George Beaumont | Lord of the Admiralty |
30 April 1714 | Stockbridge | u | Richard Steele | The Earl of Barrymore | Expulsion |
3 May 1714 | Southwark | c* | John Lade | John Lade | Void Election |
Fisher Tench | Fisher Tench | ||||
4 May 1714 | Droitwich | u* | Edward Jeffreys | Edward Jeffreys | Puisne Justice of Chester |
7 May 1714 | Sutherland | u* | William Morison | Sir William Gordon | Chose to sit for Peeblesshire |
17 May 1714 | Harwich | c(*) | Thomas Davall | Thomas Heath | Death |
c | Thomas Heath | Benedict Calvert | By-election result reversed on petition 29 June 1714 | ||
17 May 1714 | Knaresborough | u | Robert Byerley | Henry Slingsby | Death |
1 June 1714 | Cricklade | c | William Gore | Samuel Robinson | Chose to sit for Colchester |
5 June 1714 | Leicestershire | u* | Viscount Tamworth | Sir Geoffrey Palmer | Death |
18 June 1714 | Tewkesbury | c* | Charles Dowdeswell | Anthony Lechmere | Death |
12 August 1714 | Truro | u | Thomas Hare | Thomas Hare | First Register and Clerk of the Crown in Barbados |
References
- List of MPs since 1660[Usurped!]
- Return of the name of every member of the lower house of parliament of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with name of constituency represented, and date of return, from 1213 to 1874.
- The House of Commons 1690-1715, edited by David Hayton (Cambridge University Press 2002) ISBN 0521772214