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List of English by-elections (1701–1707) facts for kids

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This page lists special elections, called by-elections, that happened in England between 1701 and 1707. These elections were held when a Member of Parliament (MP) left their job before the next big general election. The list shows who was the MP before and who won the special election.

It's hard to know exactly which political groups or "parties" people belonged to back then, because these groups were always changing. So, this list doesn't try to define their political teams.

Understanding the Dates

In this time, the legal year in England started on March 25th. But for this list, we're using January 1st as the start of the year, just like we do today.

How to Read the By-Elections List

The column labeled "c/u" tells you if the by-election was:

  • c (contested): This means more than one person ran for the job, and people had to vote.
  • u (unopposed): This means only one person ran, so they automatically won without a vote.

If you see an asterisk (*) after the 'c' or 'u' (like c* or u*), it means the winner was chosen again in the next big general election, or in any other special elections that happened after this one. If they were only chosen again in the next general election but not in any special elections in between, there's no asterisk.

Special Elections in William III's Time (1701)

Date Area c/u Previous MP Winner Reason for Election
19 February 1701 Amersham u* Sir John Garrard John Drake Death
21 February 1701 Hertford c* Thomas Filmer Richard Goulston Death
21 February 1701 Northampton c* William Thursby Thomas Andrew Death
25 February 1701 Droitwich u Thomas Foley Philip Foley Death
3 March 1701 Newport (I.o.W.) u The Lord Cutts Henry Greenhill Decided to represent another area (Cambridgeshire)
4 March 1701 Steyning c Sir John Fagg Sir Robert Fagg Death
4 March 1701 Truro u Hugh Fortescue Sir John Hawles Decided to represent another area (Tregony)
5 March 1701 Wareham u Thomas Erle Sir Edward Ernle Decided to represent another area (Portsmouth)
7 March 1701 Bere Alston u* Sir Rowland Gwynne William Cowper Decided to represent another area (Breconshire)
10 March 1701 Amersham u The Viscount Newhaven Sir Samuel Garrard Decided to represent another area (Buckinghamshire)
17 March 1701 Taunton c* Henry Seymour Portman Sir Francis Warre Decided to represent another area (Wells)
18 March 1701 Bramber u* Thomas Stringer Francis Seymour Conway Decided to represent another area (Clitheroe)
19 March 1701 St Albans c* Joshua Lomax John Gape Election result cancelled
19 March 1701 Thetford u* Joseph Williamson Thomas Hanmer Decided to represent another area (Rochester)
20 March 1701 City of London c Gilbert Heathcote Sir John Fleet Removed from Parliament
21 March 1701 Bossiney u Francis Robartes Thomas Watson Wentworth Decided to represent another area (Tregony)
21 March 1701 Oxford University c* Sir Christopher Musgrave William Bromley Decided to represent another area (Westmorland)
22 March 1701 Saltash u* Alexander Pendarves Thomas Carew Decided to represent another area (Penryn)
2 April 1701 St Germans u John Speccot Daniel Eliot Decided to represent another area (Cornwall)
7 April 1701 Sandwich c Sir Henry Furnese John Michel Removed from Parliament
16 April 1701 Steyning c* Sir Robert Fagg Charles Goring Previous by-election result cancelled (April 10, 1701)
18 April 1701 Lostwithiel c* John Buller George Booth Death
29 April 1701 Merionethshire u* Hugh Nanney Richard Vaughan Death
30 April 1701 Castle Rising u Thomas Howard Robert Cecil Death
31 May 1701 Morpeth u William Howard Sir Richard Sandford Decided to represent another area (Northumberland)
25 June 1701 Cornwall u Hugh Boscawen Richard Edgcumbe Death
9 July 1701 Salisbury u* Thomas Mompesson Charles Fox Death

Special Elections in William III's Time (1701–1702)

Date Area c/u Previous MP Winner Reason for Election
27 January 1702 Exeter u* Sir Bartholomew Shower John Snell Death
27 January 1702 Portsmouth u Thomas Erle John Gibson Decided to represent another area (Wareham)
27 January 1702 Seaford u Sir William Thomas Thomas Chowne Decided to represent another area (Sussex)
2 February 1702 Castle Rising u The Earl of Ranelagh Marquess of Hartington Decided to represent another area (West Looe)
2 February 1702 Flint Boroughs u Sir Thomas Hanmer Sir John Conway Decided to represent another area (Thetford)
3 February 1702 Northallerton u Robert Dormer Daniel Lascelles Decided to represent another area (Buckinghamshire)
4 February 1702 Dorchester u* Thomas Trenchard Sir Nathaniel Napier Decided to represent another area (Dorset)
4 February 1702 East Looe u Francis Godolphin George Courtenay Decided to represent another area (Helston)
4 February 1702 Plymouth u* Henry Trelawny John Woolcombe Death
5 February 1702 Milborne Port c* Henry Thynne John Hunt Decided to represent another area (Tamworth)
5 February 1702 Saltash u* James Buller Benjamin Buller Decided to represent another area (Cornwall)
5 February 1702 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis c* Maurice Ashley Anthony Henley Decided to represent another area (Wiltshire)
9 February 1702 Berwick-upon-Tweed u* Francis Blake Jonathan Hutchinson Decided to represent another area (Northumberland)
12 February 1702 Truro u William Scawen Robert Cotton Decided to represent another area (Grampound)
19 February 1702 Cockermouth c* Goodwin Wharton Thomas Lamplugh Decided to represent another area (Buckinghamshire)
7 March 1702 Newport (I.o.W.) u The Lord Cutts James Stanhope Decided to represent another area (Cambridgeshire)
23 March 1702 Calne u* Sir Charles Hedges Henry Chivers Election result cancelled due to two people claiming to have won
Edward Bayntun
13 April 1702 Higham Ferrers u* Thomas Ekins Thomas Pemberton Death

Special Elections in Queen Anne's Time (1702–1705)

Date Area c/u Previous MP Winner Reason for Election
14 November 1702 Devizes u Sir Francis Child John Child Decided to represent another area (City of London)
21 November 1702 Malmesbury u Sir Charles Hedges Thomas Boucher Decided to represent another area (Calne)
23 November 1702 Hedon u* Sir Charles Duncombe Anthony Duncombe Decided to represent another area (Downton)
23 November 1702 Northallerton u* Sir William Hustler Robert Dormer Decided to represent another area (Ripon)
24 November 1702 Lewes u Thomas Pelham Sir Nicholas Pelham Decided to represent another area (Sussex)
24 November 1702 Wareham u George Pitt Sir Josiah Child Decided to represent another area (Hampshire)
25 November 1702 Marlborough c John Jeffreys Edward Jeffreys Decided to represent another area (Breconshire)
25 November 1702 Southwark c* Charles Cox Charles Cox Election result cancelled
John Cholmley John Cholmley
26 November 1702 Truro u Thomas Powys Philip Meadowes Decided to represent another area (Ludlow)
27 November 1702 Totnes u Sir Christopher Musgrave William Seymour Decided to represent another area (Westmorland)
28 November 1702 Tiverton u* Lord Spencer Robert Burridge Became a Lord
1 December 1702 Bletchingley c John Evelyn Sir Robert Clayton Death
2 December 1702 Bodmin u* John Grubham Howe Russell Robartes Decided to represent another area (Gloucestershire)
2 December 1702 Flint Boroughs u Sir Roger Mostyn Thomas Mostyn Decided to represent another area (Cheshire)
3 December 1702 West Looe u Sidney Godolphin Richard Hele Decided to represent another area (Helston)
14 December 1702 Colchester u* Isaac Rebow Isaac Rebow Election result cancelled
14 December 1702 Tamworth c* Henry Thynne Joseph Girdler Decided to represent another area (Weymouth)
21 December 1702 Aylesbury c Sir John Pakington Simon Harcourt Decided to represent another area (Worcestershire)
26 December 1702 Stafford u* John Chetwynd Walter Chetwynd Death
29 December 1702 Gloucester c* John Grubham Howe John Hanbury Decided to represent another area (Gloucestershire)
31 December 1702 Newton u John Grubham Howe Thomas Legh Decided to represent another area (Gloucestershire)
31 December 1702 Portsmouth u* Thomas Erle William Gifford Decided to represent another area (Wareham)
11 January 1703 Lancashire u James Stanley Richard Assheton Became a Lord
25 January 1703 Saltash u Benjamin Buller John Rolle Death
8 February 1703 Sudbury c Joseph Haskin Stiles Joseph Haskin Stiles Election result cancelled
Joseph Haskin Stiles George Dashwood Election results changed after a complaint (December 6, 1703)
10 February 1703 Lincolnshire u Charles Dymoke Lewis Dymoke Death
3 March 1703 Devizes u John Child Francis Merewether Death
31 March 1703 West Looe u Richard Hele Henry Poley Decided to represent another area (Plympton Erle)
The Earl of Ranelagh Charles Seymour Removed from Parliament
22 November 1703 Bury St Edmunds c* John Hervey Sir Robert Davers Became a Lord
22 November 1703 Higham Ferrers u* Thomas Pemberton Thomas Watson Wentworth Death
22 November 1703 Oxford University c* Heneage Finch Sir William Whitelock Became a Lord
24 November 1703 Newcastle-under-Lyme c* John Leveson Gower John Crewe Offley Became a Lord
26 November 1703 Bramber c Francis Seymour Conway John Middleton Became a Lord
26 November 1703 Tavistock c* Lord Robert Russell James Bulteel Death
29 November 1703 Beaumaris u Robert Bulkeley Coningsby Williams Death
30 November 1703 Callington u* John Acland Sir William Coryton Death
7 December 1703 Newton u* Thomas Legh John Ward Death
8 December 1703 Cornwall u* John Granville Sir Richard Vyvyan Became a Lord
22 December 1703 Norwich c(*) Robert Davy Thomas Palgrave Death
13 January 1704 Petersfield u* Richard Markes Leonard Bilson Death
17 January 1704 Camelford u* Henry Manaton William Pole Decided to represent another area (Tavistock)
1 February 1704 Bramber c John Middleton Samuel Sambrooke Election result cancelled
22 February 1704 Wareham u Sir Josiah Child Sir Edward Ernle Death
29 March 1704 Nottinghamshire u Gervase Eyre John Thornhagh Death
18 April 1704 Lancashire u Richard Bold Richard Fleetwood Death
2 November 1704 Northampton c* Bartholomew Tate Francis Arundell Death
3 November 1704 Maidstone c Sir Robert Marsham Heneage Finch Election result cancelled
c* Sir Thomas Roberts Thomas Bliss
4 November 1704 New Romney u* Sir Benjamin Bathurst Walter Whitfield Death
7 November 1704 Hindon c George Morley Thomas Jervoise Election result cancelled
8 November 1704 Buckinghamshire c* Goodwin Wharton Sir Richard Temple Death
8 November 1704 Newcastle-under-Lyme c John Crewe Offley John Crewe Offley Previous by-election result cancelled (February 1, 1704)
22 November 1704 Haslemere u Lewis Oglethorpe Thomas Heath Death
24 November 1704 Aylesbury c James Herbert Sir Henry Parker Death
30 November 1704 Anglesey u* The Viscount Bulkeley The Viscount Bulkeley Death
30 November 1704 Westmorland u Sir Christopher Musgrave William Fleming Death

More Special Elections in Queen Anne's Time (1705–1707)

Date Area c/u Previous MP Winner Reason for Election
26 November 1705 Brackley u John Sidney Harry Mordaunt Became a Lord
26 November 1705 Chichester u William Elson Thomas Onslow Death
26 November 1705 Chippenham c Walter White Viscount Mordaunt Death
26 November 1705 Reading u Tanfield Vachell Sir William Rich Death
27 November 1705 Marlborough c* Edward Ashe Earl of Hertford Decided to represent another area (Heytesbury)
28 November 1705 Warwickshire u* Sir Charles Shuckburgh Andrew Archer Death
29 November 1705 Castle Rising u* Sir Robert Clayton William Feilding Decided to represent another area (City of London)
30 November 1705 Truro u Hugh Boscawen Peregrine Bertie Decided to represent another area (Cornwall)
1 December 1705 Bere Alston u* William Cowper Spencer Cowper Given an important government job (Lord Keeper of the Great Seal)
1 December 1705 Bury St Edmunds u* Sir Robert Davers Aubrey Porter Decided to represent another area (Suffolk)
3 December 1705 Buckingham c Sir Richard Temple Browne Willis Decided to represent another area (Buckinghamshire)
3 December 1705 Northallerton c* Robert Dormer Roger Gale Decided to represent another area (Buckinghamshire)
4 December 1705 St Germans u* Samuel Rolle Edward Eliot Decided to represent another area (Callington)
6 December 1705 Richmond u Wharton Dunch William Walsh Death
7 December 1705 Great Bedwyn u* Sir George Byng Lord Bruce Decided to represent another area (Plymouth)
7 December 1705 Lymington u Thomas Dore Marquess of Winchester Death
15 December 1705 Colchester c* Edward Bullock Sir Thomas Webster Death
2 January 1706 Newcastle-upon-Tyne u* Sir William Blackett Sir Henry Liddell Death
1 February 1706 Cardiff Boroughs u* Thomas Mansel Sir John Aubrey Death
27 February 1706 Buckinghamshire u Robert Dormer William Egerton Given an important court job (Justice of the Common Pleas)
2 March 1706 Wootton Bassett u* John Morton Pleydell Francis Popham Death
5 March 1706 Bishop's Castle u Charles Mason Henry Newport Decided to represent another area (Montgomery Boroughs)
11 December 1706 Devizes c* John Methuen Josiah Diston Death
11 December 1706 Oxford c* Francis Norreys Sir John Walter Death
12 December 1706 Seaford c* Sir William Thomas George Naylor Death
16 December 1706 Sudbury u* Sir Gervase Elwes Sir Hervey Elwes Death
17 December 1706 Bodmin c John Hoblyn Thomas Herne Death
23 December 1706 Nottingham u* William Pierrepont John Plumptre Death
27 December 1706 Clitheroe c(*) Thomas Stringer Daniel Harvey Death (Two MPs were chosen because two people claimed to have won)
Christopher Parker
Daniel Harvey Daniel Harvey Harvey was declared the winner on January 22, 1707
Christopher Parker
27 December 1706 Preston c* Edward Rigby Arthur Maynwaring Death
1 January 1707 Yorkshire c Sir John Kaye The Lord Fairfax of Cameron Death
21 January 1707 Essex u* Lord Walden Thomas Middleton Became a Lord
21 January 1707 Newport (Cornwall) u John Sparke Sir John Pole Death
23 January 1707 West Looe u John Mountstephen Francis Palmes Death
20 February 1707 Bath c* Alexander Popham Samuel Trotman Death
20 February 1707 Westmorland u Henry Graham Michael Fleming Death
25 February 1707 Coventry c* Sir Christopher Hales Sir Orlando Bridgeman Election result cancelled
Thomas Gery Edward Hopkins
3 March 1707 Newport (I.o.W.) u* The Lord Cutts Sir Tristram Dillington Death
5 March 1707 County Durham u Sir William Bowes John Tempest Death
4 April 1707 Horsham u Henry Cowper Henry Goring Death
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