Elections in the 1830s Elections in the 1840s Strutt was appointed Chief Commissioner of Railways, requiring a by-election. Ponsonby succeeded to the peerage, becoming 5th
Earl of Bessborough, causing a by-election. The election was declared void on petition due to bribery and treating by Strutt's and Leveson-Gower's agents, and the writ suspended in March 1848, later causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s Horsfall's election was in March 1853 declared void due to bribery, and Heyworth was declared elected in his place.
Elections in the 1860s Elections in the 1870s Elections in the 1880s Plimsoll's resignation caused a by-election. Bass' resignation caused a by-election. Harcourt's appointment as
Chancellor of the Exchequer caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1890s Harcourt's appointment as
Chancellor of the Exchequer requires a by-election.
Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1910s General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected; •
Liberal:
Raymond Asquith •
Labour:
J. H. Thomas •
Unionist: Arthur Edward Beck
Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1930s Elections in the 1940s General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place in Autumn 1939 and by then, the following candidates had been selected; •
Labour:
Philip Noel-Baker and A E Hunter •
Conservative: P C Cooper-Parry •
National Labour:
Archibald Church ==See also==