List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1832–1847)

List of United Kingdom by-elections (1832–1847)

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This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1832 and 1847, with the names of the previous incumbent and the victor in the by-election and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: light blue for a Conservative (or Tory before 1835) gain, orange for a Whig gain and green for Irish Repeal gain.

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[unc-1] [1 1]
An uncontested by-election.

[vac-2] [1 2]
Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.

[glad-3] [1 3]
Gladstone did not stand for re-election as he had lost the support of his borough's patron. Gladstone did not stand again until the 1847 general election where he was successful at regaining a seat.

[perc-4] [1 4]
MP appointed Serjeant-At-Arms of the House of Lords before writ moved.

[unc-5] [1 1]
An uncontested by-election.

[vac-6] [1 2]
Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.

[sud-7] [1 3]
Both Whigs and Conservatives made a pre-election agreement that if one party won both seats than one would resign.

[unc-8] [1 1]
An uncontested by-election.

[vac-9] [1 2]
Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.

[unc-10] [1 1]
An uncontested by-election.

[tie-11] [1 2]
Election decided by a tie-breaking vote from the returning officer. The defeated candidate challenged the result but Parliament was dissolved before the issue was settled.

[vac-12] [1 3]
Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.

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List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1832–1847)

List of United Kingdom by-elections (1832–1847)

Resignations

By-elections

14th Parliament (1841–1847)

13th Parliament (1837–1841)

12th Parliament (1835–1837)

11th Parliament (1832–1834)

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By-election	Date	Former incumbent		Winner		Cause
14th Parliament (1841–1847)
County Cork	2 July 1847	Daniel O'Connell	Irish Repeal	Maurice Power	Irish Repeal	Death
Derby	16 June 1847^{[14 1]}	Viscount Duncannon	Whig	Frederick Leveson-Gower	Whig	Succession to a peerage
County Galway	17 May 1847^{[14 1]}	Thomas Barnwall Martin	Whig	Thomas Burke	Irish Repeal	Death
East Somerset	10 April 1847^{[14 1]}	William Gore-Langton	Whig	William Pinney	Whig	Death
Bedfordshire	30 March 1847^{[14 1]}	William Thornton Astell	Conservative	Lord Charles Russell	Whig	Death
Lewes	17 March 1847^{[14 1]}	Sir Howard Elphinstone	Whig	Robert Perfect	Whig	Resignation
Canterbury	15 March 1847^{[14 1]}	James Bradshaw	Conservative	Lord Albert Conyngham	Whig	Death
Galway Borough	17 February 1847	Sir Valentine Blake	Irish Repeal	James Henry Monahan	Whig	Death
Middlesex	3 February 1847^{[14 1]}	George Byng	Whig	Lord Robert Grosvenor	Whig	Death
West Sussex	2 February 1847^{[14 1]}	Charles Wyndham	Conservative	Richard Prime	Conservative	Resignation
Chester	30 January 1847^{[14 1]}	Lord Robert Grosvenor	Whig	Earl Grosvenor	Whig	Resignation to contest Middlesex
Salisbury	25 January 1847^{[14 1]}	Ambrose Hussey	Conservative	William James Chaplin	Whig	Resignation
North Lincolnshire	12 January 1847^{[14 1]}	Lord Worsley	Whig	Sir Montague Cholmeley	Whig	Succession to a peerage
East Worcestershire	11 January 1847^{[14 1]}	John Barneby	Conservative	George Rushout	Conservative	Resignation
Renfrewshire	9 December 1846^{[14 1]}	Patrick Maxwell Stewart	Whig	William Mure	Conservative	Death
Clonmel	12 September 1846^{[14 1]}	David Richard Pigot	Whig	Cecil John Lawless	Irish Repeal	Resignation (Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland)
Derby	4 September 1846	Edward Strutt	Whig	Edward Strutt	Whig	Resignation pending appointment as President of the Railway Commission
St. Albans	11 August 1846	The Earl of Listowel	Whig	Benjamin Bond Cabbell	Conservative	Lord-in-waiting^{[14 2]}
Chester	8 August 1846^{[14 1]}	Lord Robert Grosvenor	Whig	Lord Robert Grosvenor	Whig	Treasurer of the Household^{[14 2]}
Dundalk	31 July 1846^{[14 1]}	Thomas Nicholas Redington	Whig	Daniel O'Connell Jnr	Irish Repeal	Resignation (Under-Secretary for Ireland)
County Kilkenny	29 July 1846^{[14 1]}	Pierce Butler	Irish Repeal	Richard Smithwicke	Irish Repeal	Death
Sutherland	28 July 1846^{[14 1]}	David Dundas	Whig	David Dundas	Whig	Solicitor General for England and Wales^{[14 2]}
St. Ives	21 July 1846^{[14 1]}	William Tyringham Praed	Conservative	Lord William Powlett	Conservative	Death
Roscommon	21 July 1846^{[14 1]}	The O'Conor Don	Irish Repeal	The O'Conor Don	Whig	Junior Lord of the Treasury^{[14 2]}
South Lancashire	21 July 1846^{[14 1]}	Lord Francis Egerton	Conservative	William Brown	Whig	Elevation to the peerage
West Riding of Yorkshire	18 July 1846^{[14 1]}	Viscount Morpeth	Whig	Viscount Morpeth	Whig	First Commissioner of Woods and Forests^{[14 2]}
South Staffordshire	17 July 1846^{[14 1]}	George Anson	Whig	George Anson	Whig	Clerk of the Ordnance^{[14 2]}
Kirkcudbrightshire	17 July 1846^{[14 1]}	Thomas Maitland	Whig	Thomas Maitland	Whig	Solicitor General for Scotland^{[14 2]}
Liskeard	15 July 1846^{[14 1]}	Charles Buller	Whig	Charles Buller	Whig	Judge Advocate General^{[14 2]}
Lichfield	15 July 1846^{[14 1]}	Lord Alfred Paget	Whig	Lord Alfred Paget	Whig	Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal^{[14 2]}
Edinburgh	15 July 1846	Thomas Babington Macaulay	Whig	Thomas Babington Macaulay	Whig	Paymaster General^{[14 2]}
Richmond	13 July 1846^{[14 1]}	Henry Rich	Whig	Henry Rich	Whig	Junior Lord of the Treasury^{[14 2]}
Manchester	13 July 1846^{[14 1]}	Thomas Milner Gibson	Whig	Thomas Milner Gibson	Whig	Vice-President of the Board of Trade^{[14 2]}
Greenwich	13 July 1846^{[14 1]}	James Whitley Deans Dundas	Whig	James Whitley Deans Dundas	Whig	Second Naval Lord^{[14 2]}
Edinburgh	13 July 1846^{[14 1]}	William Gibson Craig	Whig	William Gibson Craig	Whig	Junior Lord of the Treasury^{[14 2]}
Tower Hamlets	11 July 1846^{[14 1]}	Charles Richard Fox	Whig	Charles Richard Fox	Whig	Surveyor-General of the Ordnance^{[14 2]}
Plymouth	11 July 1846	Viscount Ebrington	Whig	Viscount Ebrington	Whig	Junior Lord of the Treasury^{[14 2]}
Perth	11 July 1846^{[14 1]}	Fox Maule	Whig	Fox Maule	Whig	Secretary at War^{[14 2]}
Hertford	11 July 1846^{[14 1]}	William Cowper	Whig	William Cowper	Whig	Civil Lord of the Admiralty^{[14 2]}