List of United Kingdom by-elections (1847–1857)

This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1847 and 1857, 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 gain, orange for a Whig (including their Peelite allies) gain, green for Irish Repeal gain and grey for any other gain.

Resignations

See Resignation from the British House of Commons for more details.

Where the cause of by-election is given as "resignation" or "seeks re-election", this indicates that the incumbent was appointed on his own request to an "office of profit under the Crown", either the Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, the Steward of the Manor of Northstead or the Steward of the Manor of Hempholme. These appointments are made as a constitutional device for leaving the House of Commons, whose Members are not permitted to resign.

By-elections

By-election	Date	Former incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
16th Parliament (1852–1857)
Tipperary	16 March 1857	James Sadleir		Independent Irish	Daniel O'Donoghue		Independent Irish	Expulsion (Absconded to avoid charges for fraud)
County Londonderry	9 March 1857	Thomas Bateson		Conservative	James Johnston Clark		Conservative	Resignation
East Sussex	7 March 1857	Charles Frewen		Conservative	Viscount Pevensey		Conservative	Resignation (intended to contest North Leicestershire)
Glasgow	6 March 1857	John MacGregor		Whig	Walter Buchanan		Whig	Resignation
North Leicestershire	2 March 1857^{[16 1]}	Marquess of Granby		Conservative	Lord John Manners		Conservative	Succession to a peerage
Colchester	24 February 1857^{[16 1]}	Lord John Manners		Conservative	John Gurdon Rebow		Whig	Resignation in order to contest North Leicestershire
County Limerick	17 February 1857^{[16 1]}	William Monsell		Whig	William Monsell		Whig	President of the Board of Health^{[16 2]}
Clonmel	17 February 1857	John O'Connell		Whig	John Bagwell		Whig	Resignation (Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in Ireland)
West Kent	16 February 1857^{[16 1]}	Sir Edmund Filmer		Conservative	Charles Wykeham Martin		Whig	Death
Hereford	14 February 1857	Sir Robert Price		Whig	George Clive		Whig	Resignation
Bandon	14 February 1857	Viscount Bernard		Conservative	William Smyth Bernard		Conservative	Succession to an Irish peerage
Dumfriesshire	12 February 1857^{[16 1]}	Viscount Drumlanrig		Conservative	John Hope-Johnstone		Conservative	Succession to a Scottish peerage
Downpatrick	12 February 1857	Charles Hardinge		Conservative	Richard Ker		Conservative	Succession to a peerage
Buteshire	12 February 1857^{[16 1]}	James Stuart-Wortley		Peelite	James Stuart-Wortley		Peelite	Solicitor General for England and Wales^{[16 2]}
Southampton	11 February 1857	Alexander Cockburn		Whig	Thomas Matthias Weguelin		Whig	Resignation (Chief Justice of the Common Pleas)
Newport (I.O.W.)	11 February 1857	William Biggs		Whig	Robert Kennard		Conservative	Resignation
Kingston upon Hull	11 February 1857^{[16 1]}	William Henry Watson		Whig	James Clay		Whig	Resignation (Baron of the Court of Exchequer)
Hertford	9 February 1857^{[16 1]}	William Cowper		Whig	William Cowper		Whig	Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education^{[16 2]}
Greenwich	9 February 1857	Peter Rolt		Conservative	William Codrington		Whig	Resignation
Aylesbury	9 February 1857^{[16 1]}	Richard Bethell		Whig	Richard Bethell		Whig	Attorney General for England and Wales^{[16 2]}
Salford	2 February 1857^{[16 1]}	Joseph Brotherton		Whig	Edward Ryley Langworthy		Ind. Whig^[1]	Death
Lanarkshire	9 January 1857^{[16 1]}	William Lockhart		Conservative	Alexander Baillie-Cochrane		Conservative	Death
East Suffolk	26 December 1856^{[16 1]}	Sir Edward Gooch		Conservative	The Lord Henniker		Conservative	Death
Kerry	9 August 1856^{[16 1]}	Viscount Castlerosse		Whig	Viscount Castlerosse		Whig	Comptroller of the Household^{[16 2]}
Nottingham	30 July 1856^{[16 1]}	Edward Strutt		Whig	Charles Paget		Whig	Resignation and elevation to the peerage
Dorset	26 July 1856^{[16 1]}	George Bankes		Conservative	Henry Sturt		Conservative	Death
Frome	23 July 1856	Viscount Dungarvan		Whig	William George Boyle		Whig	Succession to a peerage
Dorchester	22 July 1856^{[16 1]}	Henry Sturt		Conservative	Charles Napier Sturt		Conservative	Resignation in order to contest Dorset
Calne	9 July 1856^{[16 1]}	Earl of Shelburne		Whig	Sir William Fenwick Williams		Whig	Resignation and elevation to the House of Lords through a Writ of acceleration
Leicester	18 June 1856^{[16 1]}	Richard Gardner		Whig	John Biggs		Whig	Death
Lichfield	30 May 1856^{[16 1]}	Lord Waterpark		Whig	Viscount Sandon		Ind. Whig^[2]^[3]	Resignation
Longford	13 May 1856^{[16 1]}	Richard Maxwell Fox		Whig	Henry George Hughes		Whig	Death
Cheltenham	8 May 1856	Grenville Berkeley		Whig	Francis Berkeley		Whig	Resignation
Athlone	14 April 1856	William Keogh		Whig	Henry Handcock		Conservative	Resignation (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas)
Chippenham	9 April 1856^{[16 1]}	Joseph Neeld		Conservative	Robert Parry Nisbet		Conservative	Death
Ennis	8 April 1856^{[16 1]}	John David FitzGerald		Whig	John David FitzGerald		Whig	Attorney-General for Ireland^{[16 2]}
Boston	7 March 1856	Gilbert Heathcote		Whig	Herbert Ingram		Whig	Resignation in order to contest Rutlandshire
Rutlandshire	4 March 1856^{[16 1]}	Sir Gilbert Heathcote		Whig	Gilbert Heathcote		Whig	Resignation and elevation to the peerage
Leominster	19 February 1856	George Arkwright		Conservative	Gathorne Hardy		Conservative	Death
New Ross	18 February 1856	Charles Gavan Duffy		Independent Irish	Charles Tottenham		Conservative	Resignation
Cambridge University	11 February 1856	Henry Goulburn		Conservative	Spencer Horatio Walpole		Conservative	Death
Wigtownshire	9 February 1856^{[16 1]}	Viscount Dalrymple		Whig	Sir Andrew Agnew		Whig	Resignation
Edinburgh	9 February 1856	Thomas Babington Macaulay		Whig	Adam Black		Whig	Resignation
Sligo Borough	8 February 1856	John Sadleir		Whig	John Arthur Wynne		Conservative	Death
Rochester	8 February 1856	Francis Child Villiers		Conservative	Philip Wykeham Martin		Whig	Resignation
Tamworth	7 February 1856^{[16 1]}	John Townshend		Whig	Viscount Raynham		Whig	Succession to a peerage
Midhurst	7 February 1856^{[16 1]}	Spencer Horatio Walpole		Conservative	Samuel Warren		Conservative	Resignation in order to contest Cambridge University
Leeds	6 February 1856^{[16 1]}	Matthew Talbot Baines		Whig	Matthew Talbot Baines		Whig	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster^{[16 2]}
Taunton	5 February 1856^{[16 1]}	Henry Labouchere		Whig	Henry Labouchere		Whig	Secretary of State for the Colonies^{[16 2]}
Newcastle upon Tyne	5 February 1856^{[16 1]}	John Fenwick Burgoyne Blackett		Whig	George Ridley		Whig	Resignation
Lincoln	16 January 1856^{[16 1]}	Charles Delaet Waldo Sibthorp		Conservative	Gervaise Tottenham Waldo Sibthorp		Conservative	Death
Meath	17 December 1855	Frederick Lucas		Independent Irish	Edward McEvoy		Independent Irish	Death
Armagh City	6 December 1855	Ross Stephenson Moore		Conservative	Joshua Bond		Conservative	Death
Wells	21 November 1855	Robert Charles Tudway		Conservative	Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe		Conservative	Death
Southwark	20 November 1855^{[16 1]}	Sir William Molesworth		Radical	Charles Napier		Whig	Death
Totnes	5 November 1855^{[16 1]}	Lord Seymour		Whig	Earl of Gifford		Whig	Succession to a peerage
Huntingdonshire	23 October 1855^{[16 1]}	Viscount Mandeville		Conservative	James Rust		Conservative	Succession to a peerage
Kilmarnock Burghs	16 August 1855^{[16 1]}	Edward Pleydell-Bouverie		Whig	Edward Pleydell-Bouverie		Whig	President of the Poor Law Board^{[16 2]}
Kidderminster	14 August 1855^{[16 1]}	Robert Lowe		Whig	Robert Lowe		Whig	Vice-President of the Board of Trade and Paymaster General^{[16 2]}
Hertford	14 August 1855^{[16 1]}	William Cowper		Whig	William Cowper		Whig	President of the Board of Health^{[16 2]}
Marylebone	28 July 1855^{[16 1]}	Sir Benjamin Hall		Peelite	Sir Benjamin Hall		Peelite	First Commissioner of Works^{[16 2]}
Southwark	27 July 1855^{[16 1]}	Sir William Molesworth		Radical	Sir William Molesworth		Radical	Secretary of State for the Colonies^{[16 2]}
East Norfolk	17 July 1855^{[16 1]}	Edmond Wodehouse		Conservative	Sir Henry Stracey		Conservative	Resignation
Cheltenham	14 July 1855	Craven Berkeley		Whig	Grenville Berkeley		Whig	Death
Evesham	11 July 1855^{[16 1]}	Grenville Berkeley		Whig	Edward Holland		Whig	Resignation in order to contest Cheltenham
Bath	5 June 1855	Thomas Phinn		Whig	William Tite		Whig	Resignation
Renfrewshire	14 May 1855^{[16 1]}	William Mure		Conservative	Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart		Conservative	Resignation
County Cork	23 April 1855	Edmond Roche, 1st Baron Fermoy		Whig	Rickard Deasy		Whig	Resignation and elevation to the Irish peerage
Cavan	13 April 1855	Sir John Young		Peelite	Robert Burrowes		Conservative	Resignation (Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands)
Kilmarnock Burghs	7 April 1855^{[16 1]}	Edward Pleydell-Bouverie		Whig	Edward Pleydell-Bouverie		Whig	Vice-President of the Board of Trade and Paymaster General^{[16 2]}
Lewes	5 April 1855^{[16 1]}	Henry Brand		Whig	Henry Brand		Whig	Junior Lord of the Treasury^{[16 2]}
Gloucester	31 March 1855^{[16 1]}	William Philip Price		Whig	William Philip Price		Whig	Seeks re-election after his firm was granted a contract to supply huts to the army in the Crimea
Liverpool	29 March 1855	Henry Thomas Liddell		Conservative	Joseph Christopher Ewart		Whig	Succession to a peerage
Wilton	28 March 1855^{[16 1]}	Charles A'Court		Whig	Edmund Antrobus		Whig	Resignation (Special Commissioner of Property and Income Tax)
Tamworth	14 March 1855^{[16 1]}	Sir Robert Peel		Peelite	Sir Robert Peel		Peelite	Civil Lord of the Admiralty^{[16 2]}
Portsmouth	14 March 1855	The Viscount Monck		Whig	The Viscount Monck		Whig	Junior Lord of the Treasury^{[16 2]}
Forfarshire	10 March 1855^{[16 1]}	Viscount Duncan		Whig	Viscount Duncan		Whig	Junior Lord of the Treasury^{[16 2]}
Barnstaple	10 March 1855^{[16 1]}	John Laurie		Conservative	George Buck		Conservative	Void By-Election
Montrose Burghs	9 March 1855	Joseph Hume		Whig	William Edward Baxter		Whig	Death
Ennis	8 March 1855^{[16 1]}	John David FitzGerald		Independent Irish	John David FitzGerald		Whig	Solicitor-General for Ireland^{[16 2]}
Dudley	8 March 1855	John Benbow		Conservative	Sir Stafford Northcote		Conservative	Death
Athlone	7 March 1855^{[16 1]}	William Keogh		Whig	William Keogh		Whig	Attorney-General for Ireland^{[16 2]}
Stroud	6 March 1855^{[16 1]}	Edward Horsman		Whig	Edward Horsman		Whig	Chief Secretary for Ireland^{[16 2]}
Stirlingshire	5 March 1855^{[16 1]}	William Forbes		Conservative	Peter Blackburn		Conservative	Death
Radnor Boroughs	5 March 1855^{[16 1]}	George Cornewall Lewis		Whig	George Cornewall Lewis		Whig	Chancellor of the Exchequer^{[16 2]}
Northampton	5 March 1855^{[16 1]}	Robert Vernon Smith		Whig	Robert Vernon Smith		Whig	President of the Board of Control^{[16 2]}
Halifax	3 March 1855^{[16 1]}	Sir Charles Wood		Whig	Sir Charles Wood		Whig	First Lord of the Admiralty^{[16 2]}
City of London	3 March 1855^{[16 1]}	Lord John Russell		Whig	Lord John Russell		Whig	Secretary of State for the Colonies^{[16 2]}
Swansea District	27 February 1855^{[16 1]}	John Henry Vivian		Whig	Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn		Whig	Death
Cardigan Boroughs	24 February 1855	Pryse Loveden		Whig	John Lloyd Davies		Conservative	Death
South Wiltshire	15 February 1855^{[16 1]}	Sidney Herbert		Peelite	Sidney Herbert		Peelite	Secretary of State for the Colonies^{[16 2]}
Windsor	14 February 1855^{[16 1]}	Lord Charles Wellesley		Conservative	Samson Ricardo		Whig	Resignation
Tiverton	12 February 1855^{[16 1]}	The Viscount Palmerston		Whig	The Viscount Palmerston		Whig	Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury^{[16 2]}
Radnor Boroughs	8 February 1855^{[16 1]}	Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis		Whig	George Cornewall Lewis		Whig	Death
Sunderland	2 January 1855	William Digby Seymour		Whig	Henry Fenwick		Whig	Recorder of Newcastle^{[16 2]}
Ayrshire	30 December 1854	James Hunter Blair		Conservative	Sir James Fergusson		Conservative	Death
Norwich	29 December 1854	Samuel Morton Peto		Whig	Samuel Bignold		Conservative	Resignation
Fermanagh	29 December 1854^{[16 1]}	Sir Arthur Brooke		Conservative	Henry Cole		Conservative	Death
Antrim	27 December 1854^{[16 1]}	Edward William Pakenham		Conservative	Thomas Henry Pakenham		Conservative	Death
County Limerick	26 December 1854^{[16 1]}	Wyndham Goold		Whig	Stephen de Vere		Whig	Death
Marylebone	20 December 1854	Lord Dudley Stuart		Whig	Viscount Ebrington		Whig	Death
East Gloucestershire	19 December 1854	Sir Michael Hicks Beach		Conservative	Robert Stayner Holford		Conservative	Death
Abingdon	13 December 1854	Lord Norreys		Whig	Joseph Haythorne Reed		Whig	Succession to a peerage
Bedford	6 December 1854	Henry Stuart		Conservative	William Stuart		Conservative	Death
Coventry	2 December 1854^{[16 1]}	Charles Geach		Whig	Joseph Paxton		Whig	Death
Limerick City	28 October 1854^{[16 1]}	Robert Potter		Independent Irish	James O'Brien		Whig	Death
Frome	24 October 1854	Robert Edward Boyle		Whig	Viscount Dungarvan		Whig	Death
Forfarshire	11 October 1854^{[16 1]}	Lauderdale Maule		Whig	Viscount Duncan		Whig	Death
Wigan	3 October 1854	Ralph Anthony Thicknesse		Whig	Joseph Acton		Whig	Death
King's Lynn	16 September 1854^{[16 1]}	Viscount Jocelyn		Conservative	John Henry Gurney		Whig	Death
Barnstaple	25 August 1854	Richard Bremridge		Conservative	John Laurie		Conservative	Void election
Barnstaple	25 August 1854	Sir William Fraser		Conservative	Richard Samuel Guinness		Conservative	Void election
Aberdeenshire	22 August 1854^{[16 1]}	William Gordon		Conservative	Lord Haddo		Whig	Resignation
Kingston upon Hull	18 August 1854	Viscount Goderich		Whig	William Henry Watson		Whig	Void election
Kingston upon Hull	18 August 1854	James Clay		Whig	William Digby Seymour		Whig	Void election
Canterbury	18 August 1854	Henry Plumptre Gipps		Conservative	Charles Manners Lushington		Conservative	Void election
Canterbury	18 August 1854	Henry Butler-Johnstone		Conservative	Sir William Somerville		Whig	Void election
Cambridge	18 August 1854	Kenneth Macaulay		Conservative	Robert Adair		Whig	Void election
Cambridge	18 August 1854	John Harvey Astell		Conservative	Francis Mowatt		Whig	Void election
Maldon	17 August 1854	Charles Du Cane		Conservative	George Sandford		Conservative	Void election
Maldon	17 August 1854	Taverner John Miller		Conservative	John Bramley-Moore		Conservative	Void election
Marylebone	16 August 1854^{[16 1]}	Sir Benjamin Hall		Whig	Sir Benjamin Hall		Whig	President of the Board of Health^{[16 2]}
Cockermouth	9 August 1854^{[16 1]}	Henry Aglionby Aglionby		Whig	John Steel		Whig	Death
Beverley	31 July 1854	Francis Charles Lawley		Whig	Arthur Hamilton-Gordon		Whig	Resignation
Morpeth	17 June 1854^{[16 1]}	Sir George Grey		Whig	Sir George Grey		Whig	Secretary of State for the Colonies^{[16 2]}
City of London	14 June 1854^{[16 1]}	Lord John Russell		Whig	Lord John Russell		Whig	Lord President of the Council^{[16 2]}
Hertfordshire	24 May 1854	Thomas Plumer Halsey		Conservative	Abel Smith, Jnr		Conservative	Death
Devonport	11 May 1854	Henry Tufnell		Whig	Thomas Erskine Perry		Whig	Resignation
Hastings	10 May 1854^{[16 1]}	Musgrave Brisco		Conservative	Frederick North		Whig	Resignation
Lichfield	9 May 1854^{[16 1]}	Viscount Anson		Whig	The Lord Waterpark		Whig	Succession to a peerage
Flintshire	8 May 1854^{[16 1]}	Edward Lloyd-Mostyn		Whig	Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn		Whig	Succession to a peerage
Southampton	12 April 1854^{[16 1]}	Alexander Cockburn		Whig	Alexander Cockburn		Whig	Recorder of Bristol^{[16 2]}
North Durham	1 April 1854^{[16 1]}	Viscount Seaham		Conservative	Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest		Conservative	Succession to a peerage
Westmorland	31 March 1854^{[16 1]}	William Thompson		Conservative	Earl of Bective		Conservative	Death
Tynemouth and North Shields	30 March 1854	Hugh Taylor		Conservative	William Schaw Lindsay		Whig	Void election
Liskeard	29 March 1854	Richard Budden Crowder		Whig	Ralph William Grey		Whig	Resignation (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas)
Louth	27 February 1854	Chichester Fortescue		Whig	Chichester Fortescue		Whig	Junior Lord of the Treasury^{[16 2]}
Cardiganshire	22 February 1854^{[16 1]}	William Edward Powell		Conservative	The Earl of Lisburne		Conservative	Resignation
South Devon	14 February 1854^{[16 1]}	Sir Ralph Lopes		Conservative	Lawrence Palk		Conservative	Death
West Sussex	13 February 1854^{[16 1]}	Richard Prime		Conservative	Henry Wyndham		Conservative	Resignation
South Staffordshire	8 February 1854	Viscount Lewisham		Conservative	Lord Paget		Whig	Succession to a peerage
South Shropshire	8 February 1854^{[16 1]}	Robert Clive		Conservative	Robert Windsor-Clive		Conservative	Death
Oxford University	7 February 1854^{[16 1]}	Robert Inglis		Conservative	Sir William Heathcote,		Conservative	Resignation
Ludlow	7 February 1854^{[16 1]}	Robert Windsor-Clive		Conservative	Percy Egerton Herbert		Conservative	Resignation in order to contest South Shropshire
Brecon	6 February 1854^{[16 1]}	Charles Rodney Morgan		Conservative	John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins		Whig	Death
East Gloucestershire	9 January 1854^{[16 1]}	Marquess of Worcester		Conservative	Sir Michael Hicks Beach		Conservative	Succession to a peerage
Clonmel	21 December 1853^{[16 1]}	Cecil Lawless		Independent Irish	John O'Connell		Whig	Death
South Warwickshire	3 December 1853^{[16 1]}	Lord Brooke		Whig	Evelyn Shirley		Whig	Succession to a peerage
Salisbury	15 November 1853	Charles Baring Wall		Whig	Edward Pery Buckley		Whig	Death
Lisburn	14 October 1853^{[16 1]}	Roger Johnson Smyth		Peelite	Jonathan Joseph Richardson		Whig	Death
Dungarvan	26 August 1853	John Francis Maguire		Independent Irish	John Francis Maguire		Independent Irish	Seeks re-election upon becoming Mayor of Cork
Clitheroe	23 August 1853	John Thomas Walshman Aspinall		Conservative	Le Gendre Starkie		Whig	Void By-Election
Stamford	22 August 1853^{[16 1]}	John Charles Herries		Conservative	Lord Robert Cecil		Conservative	Resignation
Cork City	20 August 1853	Francis Murphy		Whig	Francis Beamish		Whig	Resignation (Commissioner for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England)
South Staffordshire	15 August 1853^{[16 1]}	George Anson		Whig	Edward Littleton		Whig	Resignation
North Derbyshire	22 July 1853	William Evans		Whig	William Pole Thornhill		Ind. Whig^[4]^[5]	Resignation
West Cornwall	18 July 1853^{[16 1]}	Edward Wynne-Pendarves		Whig	Michael Williams		Whig	Death
Liverpool	9 July 1853	Charles Turner		Conservative	Thomas Horsfall		Conservative	Void election
Liverpool	9 July 1853	William Forbes Mackenzie		Conservative	Henry Liddell		Conservative	Void election
Sligo Borough	8 July 1853	Charles Towneley		Independent Irish	John Sadleir		Whig	Void election
Tralee	4 July 1853	Maurice O'Connell		Whig	Daniel O'Connell Jnr		Whig	Death
Clare	4 July 1853	John Forster FitzGerald		Whig	John Forster FitzGerald		Whig	Void election
Clare	4 July 1853	Cornelius O'Brien		Independent Irish	Cornelius O'Brien		Independent Irish	Void election
Stroud	28 June 1853^{[16 1]}	Lord Moreton		Whig	Edward Horsman		Whig	Succession to a peerage
Peterborough	25 June 1853	George Hammond Whalley		Whig	George Hammond Whalley		Whig	Void By-Election
Peterborough	25 June 1853	George Hammond Whalley		Whig	Thomson Hankey		Whig	By-election result reversed on petition
Edinburghshire	25 June 1853^{[16 1]}	John Hope		Conservative	Earl of Dalkeith		Conservative	Void election
City Durham	25 June 1853	Lord Adolphus Vane		Conservative	John Mowbray		Conservative	Void By-Election
Chatham	23 June 1853	John Mark Frederick Smith		Conservative	Leicester Viney Vernon		Conservative	Void election
Harwich	21 June 1853	George Sandford		Conservative	John Bagshaw		Whig	Void election
Plymouth	2 June 1853	Charles John Mare		Conservative	Roundell Palmer		Conservative	Void election
Clitheroe	28 May 1853	Mathew Wilson		Whig	John Thomas Walshman Aspinall		Conservative	Void election
Rye	23 May 1853	William Alexander Mackinnon (younger)		Whig	William Alexander Mackinnon (elder)		Whig	Void election
Maidstone	16 May 1853	George Dodd		Conservative	William Lee		Whig	Void election
Berwick-upon-Tweed	14 May 1853	John Stapleton		Whig	Dudley Marjoribanks		Whig	Void election
Berwick-upon-Tweed	14 May 1853	Matthew Forster		Whig	John Forster		Whig	Void election
Taunton	4 May 1853	Arthur Mills		Conservative	Sir John Ramsden		Whig	Void election
County Carlow	25 April 1853^{[16 1]}	Henry Bruen		Conservative	William McClintock-Bunbury		Conservative	Death
Athlone	23 April 1853	William Keogh		Independent Irish	William Keogh		Whig	Solicitor-General for Ireland^{[16 2]}
Huddersfield	22 April 1853	William Rookes Crompton Stansfield		Whig	Viscount Goderich		Whig	Void election
Lancaster	12 April 1853	Robert Baynes Armstrong		Whig	Thomas Greene		Conservative	Void election
Blackburn	24 March 1853	William Eccles		Whig	Montague Joseph Feilden		Whig	Void election
Bridgnorth	22 March 1853^{[16 1]}	Sir Robert Pigot		Conservative	John Pritchard		Conservative	Void election
Frome	7 March 1853^{[16 1]}	Robert Edward Boyle		Whig	Robert Edward Boyle		Whig	Void election
West Worcestershire	28 February 1853^{[16 1]}	Henry Lygon		Conservative	Viscount Elmley		Conservative	Succession to a peerage
Forfarshire	25 February 1853^{[16 1]}	Lauderdale Maule		Whig	Lauderdale Maule		Whig	Surveyor-General of the Ordnance^{[16 2]}
Oxford University	20 January 1853	William Ewart Gladstone		Peelite	William Ewart Gladstone		Peelite	Chancellor of the Exchequer^{[16 2]}
Carlow Borough	20 January 1853	John Sadleir		Independent Irish	John Alexander		Conservative	Junior Lord of the Treasury^{[16 2]}
County Limerick	12 January 1853^{[16 1]}	William Monsell		Whig	William Monsell		Whig	Clerk of the Ordnance^{[16 2]}
Dumfriesshire	12 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Viscount Drumlanrig		Peelite	Viscount Drumlanrig		Peelite	Comptroller of the Household^{[16 2]}
South Wiltshire	11 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Sidney Herbert		Peelite	Sidney Herbert		Peelite	Secretary at War^{[16 2]}
Haddingtonshire	11 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Lord Elcho		Peelite	Lord Elcho		Peelite	Junior Lord of the Treasury^{[16 2]}
Cavan	10 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Sir John Young		Peelite	Sir John Young		Peelite	Chief Secretary for Ireland^{[16 2]}
Southampton	7 January 1853	Sir Alexander Cockburn		Whig	Sir Alexander Cockburn		Whig	Attorney General for England and Wales^{[16 2]}
Aylesbury	6 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Richard Bethell		Whig	Richard Bethell		Whig	Solicitor General for England and Wales^{[16 2]}
Lichfield	5 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Lord Alfred Paget		Whig	Lord Alfred Paget		Whig	Chief Equerry and Clerk Marshal^{[16 2]}
Halifax	5 January 1853	Charles Wood		Whig	Charles Wood		Whig	President of the Board of Control^{[16 2]}
Wolverhampton	4 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Charles Pelham Villiers		Whig	Charles Pelham Villiers		Whig	Judge Advocate General^{[16 2]}
Oxford	4 January 1853^{[16 1]}	William Wood		Whig	Edward Cardwell		Peelite	Resignation (Vice Chancellor of the High Court)
Marlborough	4 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Lord Ernest Bruce		Peelite	Lord Ernest Bruce		Peelite	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household^{[16 2]}
Leith Burghs	4 January 1853^{[16 1]}	James Moncreiff		Whig	James Moncreiff		Whig	Lord Advocate^{[16 2]}
Gloucester	4 January 1853	Maurice Berkeley		Whig	Maurice Berkeley		Whig	Second Sea Lord^{[16 2]}
Brighton	4 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Lord Alfred Hervey		Peelite	Lord Alfred Hervey		Peelite	Junior Lord of the Treasury^{[16 2]}
Tiverton	3 January 1853^{[16 1]}	The Viscount Palmerston		Whig	The Viscount Palmerston		Whig	Home Secretary^{[16 2]}
Carlisle	3 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Matthew Talbot Baines		Whig	Matthew Talbot Baines		Whig	President of the Poor Law Board^{[16 2]}
City of London	3 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Lord John Russell		Whig	Lord John Russell		Whig	Foreign Secretary^{[16 2]}
Scarborough	1 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Earl of Mulgrave		Whig	Earl of Mulgrave		Whig	Treasurer of the Household^{[16 2]}
Nottingham	1 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Edward Strutt		Whig	Edward Strutt		Whig	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster^{[16 2]}
Morpeth	1 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Edward Granville George Howard		Whig	Sir George Grey		Whig	Resignation
Hertford	1 January 1853^{[16 1]}	William Cowper		Whig	William Cowper		Whig	Civil Lord of the Admiralty^{[16 2]}
Carlisle	1 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Sir James Graham		Peelite	Sir James Graham		Peelite	First Lord of the Admiralty^{[16 2]}
Southwark	1 January 1853^{[16 1]}	Sir William Molesworth		Radical	Sir William Molesworth		Radical	First Commissioner of Works^{[16 2]}
Merthyr Tydfil	14 December 1852^{[16 1]}	John Josiah Guest		Whig	Henry Bruce		Whig	Death
Lisburn	11 December 1852	James Emerson Tennent		Conservative	Roger Johnson Smyth		Peelite	Resignation
Peterborough	6 December 1852	Richard Watson		Whig	George Hammond Whalley		Whig	Death
Bury St Edmunds	4 December 1852	John Stuart		Conservative	James Henry Porteous Oakes		Conservative	Resignation (Vice Chancellor)
Oldham	3 December 1852	John Duncuft		Conservative	William Johnson Fox		Whig	Death
City Durham	3 December 1852	Thomas Colpitts Granger		Whig	Lord Adolphus Vane		Conservative	Death
Abingdon	3 December 1852	James Caulfeild		Whig	Lord Norreys		Whig	Death
15th Parliament (1847–1852)
By-election	Date	Former incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause
Huntingdonshire	11 June 1852^{[15 1]}	George Thornhill		Conservative	Viscount Mandeville		Conservative	Death
Sandwich	28 May 1852	Charles William Grenfell		Whig	Lord Charles Clinton		Conservative	Resignation in order to contest Windsor
Windsor	22 May 1852	George Alexander Reid		Conservative	Charles William Grenfell		Whig	Death
Perth	15 May 1852	Fox Maule		Whig	Arthur Kinnaird		Whig	Succession to a peerage
Carmarthenshire	13 May 1852^{[15 1]}	George Rice-Trevor		Conservative	David Jones		Conservative	Succession to a peerage
Harwich	8 May 1852^{[15 1]}	Fitzroy Kelly		Conservative	Isaac Butt		Conservative	Resignation in order to contest East Suffolk
East Suffolk	1 May 1852^{[15 1]}	The Lord Rendlesham		Conservative	Fitzroy Kelly		Conservative	Death
Worcester	28 April 1852^{[15 1]}	Francis Rufford		Conservative	William Laslett		Whig	Resignation
Tavistock	28 April 1852	John Salusbury-Trelawny		Whig	Samuel Carter		Whig	Seeks re-election due to opposition from local party members
Harwich	10 April 1852^{[15 1]}	Robert Wigram Crawford		Whig	Fitzroy Kelly		Conservative	Void By-election
Monmouth Boroughs	3 April 1852	Reginald James Blewitt		Whig	Crawshay Bailey		Conservative	Resignation
Dungannon	24 March 1852^{[15 1]}	William Stuart Knox		Conservative	William Stuart Knox		Conservative	Parliamentary Groom in Waiting^{[15 2]}
South Shropshire	23 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Viscount Newport		Conservative	Viscount Newport		Conservative	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household^{[15 2]}
County Cork	22 March 1852	Maurice Power		Irish Repeal	Vincent Scully		Irish Repeal	Resignation (Governor of St. Lucia)
Coleraine	22 March 1852^{[15 1]}^{[15 3]}	John Boyd		Conservative	Lord Naas		Conservative	Resignation to provide a seat for Lord Naas
East Retford	19 March 1852^{[15 1]}	The Viscount Galway		Conservative	The Viscount Galway		Conservative	Lord-in-waiting^{[15 2]}
County Londonderry	13 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Thomas Bateson		Conservative	Thomas Bateson		Conservative	Junior Lord of the Treasury^{[15 2]}
North Lincolnshire	13 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Robert Adam Christopher		Conservative	Robert Adam Christopher		Conservative	Resignation pending appointment as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Kildare	13 March 1852^{[15 1]}^{[15 3]}	Lord Naas		Conservative	William Henry Ford Cogan		Whig	Chief Secretary for Ireland^{[15 2]}
Tyrone	12 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Lord Claud Hamilton		Conservative	Lord Claud Hamilton		Conservative	Treasurer of the Household^{[15 2]}
South Lincolnshire	12 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Sir John Trollope		Conservative	Sir John Trollope		Conservative	President of the Poor Law Board^{[15 2]}
Buckinghamshire	12 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Benjamin Disraeli		Conservative	Benjamin Disraeli		Conservative	Chancellor of the Exchequer^{[15 2]}
Oxfordshire	10 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Joseph Warner Henley		Conservative	Joseph Warner Henley		Conservative	President of the Board of Trade^{[15 2]}
East Riding of Yorkshire	9 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Arthur Duncombe		Conservative	Arthur Duncombe		Conservative	Fourth Naval Lord^{[15 2]}
North Essex	9 March 1852^{[15 1]}	William Beresford		Conservative	William Beresford		Conservative	Secretary at War^{[15 2]}
Enniskillen	9 March 1852	James Whiteside		Conservative	James Whiteside		Conservative	Solicitor-General for Ireland^{[15 2]}
Dublin University	9 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Joseph Napier		Conservative	Joseph Napier		Conservative	Attorney-General for Ireland^{[15 2]}
Dorset	9 March 1852^{[15 1]}	George Bankes		Conservative	George Bankes		Conservative	Judge Advocate General^{[15 2]}
Portarlington	8 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Francis Plunkett Dunne		Conservative	Francis Plunkett Dunne		Conservative	Clerk of the Ordnance^{[15 2]}
Stamford	6 March 1852^{[15 1]}	John Charles Herries		Conservative	John Charles Herries		Conservative	President of the Board of Control^{[15 2]}
Midhurst	5 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Spencer Horatio Walpole		Conservative	Spencer Horatio Walpole		Conservative	Home Secretary^{[15 2]}
Buckingham	5 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Marquess of Chandos		Conservative	Marquess of Chandos		Conservative	Junior Lord of the Treasury^{[15 2]}
Abingdon	5 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Sir Frederic Thesiger		Conservative	Sir Frederic Thesiger		Conservative	Attorney General for England and Wales^{[15 2]}
Droitwich	4 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Sir John Pakington		Conservative	Sir John Pakington		Conservative	Secretary of State for War and the Colonies^{[15 2]}
Colchester	4 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Lord John Manners		Conservative	Lord John Manners		Conservative	First Commissioner of Works^{[15 2]}
Chichester	4 March 1852^{[15 1]}	Lord Henry Lennox		Conservative	Lord Henry Lennox		Conservative	Junior Lord of the Treasury^{[15 2]}
Wenlock	3 March 1852^{[15 1]}	George Weld-Forester		Conservative	George Weld-Forester		Conservative	Comptroller of the Household^{[15 2]}
East Kent	16 February 1852	John Pemberton Plumptre		Conservative	Sir Brook Bridges		Conservative	Resignation
Kinsale	12 February 1852^{[15 1]}	Benjamin Hawes		Whig	John Isaac Heard		Whig	Resignation
Northampton	11 February 1852	Robert Vernon Smith		Whig	Robert Vernon Smith		Whig	Secretary at War^{[15 2]}
Greenwich	11 February 1852	James Whitley Deans Dundas		Whig	Houston Stewart		Whig	Resignation
East Retford	11 February 1852^{[15 1]}	Arthur Duncombe		Conservative	William Ernest Duncombe		Conservative	Resignation in order to contest East Riding of Yorkshire
Perth	9 February 1852^{[15 1]}	Fox Maule		Whig	Fox Maule		Whig	President of the Board of Control^{[15 2]}
Lisburn	5 January 1852^{[15 1]}	Horace Beauchamp Seymour		Peelite	James Emerson Tennent		Conservative	Death
Bradford	21 October 1851^{[15 1]}	Robert Milligan		Whig	William Busfeild		Whig	Death
East Riding of Yorkshire	7 October 1851^{[15 1]}	Henry Broadley		Conservative	Arthur Duncombe		Conservative	Death
Downpatrick	8 August 1851^{[15 1]}	Richard Ker		Peelite	Charles Hardinge		Conservative	Resignation
Limerick City	1 August 1851^{[15 1]}	John O'Connell		Irish Repeal	Earl of Arundel		Ind. Whig^[6]	Resignation
Scarborough	19 July 1851	Earl of Mulgrave		Whig	George Frederick Young		Conservative	Comptroller of the Household^{[15 2]}
Arundel	16 July 1851^{[15 1]}	Earl of Arundel		Whig	Edward Strutt		Whig	Resignation in order to contest Limerick City
Knaresborough	12 July 1851	William Lascelles		Whig	Thomas Collins		Conservative	Death
Greenwich	28 June 1851	Edward George Barnard		Whig	David Salomons		Whig	Death
Bath	25 June 1851	Lord Ashley		Conservative	George Treweeke Scobell		Whig	Succession to a peerage
Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire	9 June 1851	Sir William Morison		Whig	James Johnstone		Whig	Death
Argyllshire	6 June 1851^{[15 1]}	Duncan McNeill		Conservative	Sir Archibald Islay Campbell		Conservative	Resignation (Senator of the College of Justice)
Newry	30 May 1851^{[15 1]}	Viscount Newry		Peelite	Edmund Gilling Hallewell		Conservative	Death
Isle of Wight	29 May 1851	John Simeon		Whig	Edward Dawes		Whig	Resignation
Harwich	28 May 1851	Henry Thoby Prinsep		Conservative	Robert Wigram Crawford		Whig	Void By-Election
Cork City	23 April 1851^{[15 1]}	William Trant Fagan		Irish Repeal	Francis Murphy		Whig	Resignation
Boston	22 April 1851	Dudley Pelham		Whig	James William Freshfield		Conservative	Death
Longford	21 April 1851	Samuel Wensley Blackall		Irish Repeal	Richard More O'Ferrall		Whig	Resignation (Governor of Dominica)
Leith Burghs	14 April 1851^{[15 1]}	Andrew Rutherfurd		Whig	James Moncreiff		Whig	Resignation (Judge of the Court of Session)
Enniskillen	12 April 1851	Henry Arthur Cole		Conservative	James Whiteside		Conservative	Resignation
Aylesbury	11 April 1851	Frederick Calvert		Whig	Richard Bethell		Whig	Void By-Election
West Somerset	10 April 1851^{[15 1]}	Sir Alexander Hood		Conservative	William Gore-Langton		Conservative	Death
Coventry	8 April 1851	George James Turner		Conservative	Charles Ponsonby		Whig	Resignation (Vice Chancellor)
Oxford	3 April 1851^{[15 1]}	William Page Wood		Whig	William Page Wood		Whig	Solicitor General for England and Wales^{[15 2]}
Southampton	2 April 1851^{[15 1]}	Alexander Cockburn		Whig	Alexander Cockburn		Whig	Attorney General for England and Wales^{[15 2]}
Devonport	2 April 1851^{[15 1]}	John Romilly		Whig	John Romilly		Whig	Master of the Rolls^{[15 2]}
Dungarvan	22 March 1851	Richard Lalor Sheil		Whig	Charles Ponsonby		Whig	Resignation (Minister to Tuscany)
Thirsk	21 March 1851^{[15 1]}	John Bell		Conservative	Sir William Payne-Gallwey		Conservative	Death
Harwich	5 March 1851	Sir John Hobhouse		Whig	Henry Thoby Prinsep		Conservative	Resignation and elevation to the peerage
Glamorganshire	25 February 1851^{[15 1]}	The Earl of Dunraven		Conservative	Sir George Tyler		Conservative	Resignation
Bedfordshire	24 February 1851	Viscount Alford		Conservative	Richard Gilpin		Conservative	Death
North Staffordshire	22 February 1851^{[15 1]}	Viscount Brackley		Conservative	Sir Smith Child		Conservative	Resignation
South Nottinghamshire	17 February 1851	Robert Bromley		Conservative	William Hodgson Barrow		Conservative	Death
Falkirk Burghs	14 February 1851	Earl of Lincoln		Conservative	James Baird		Conservative	Succession to a peerage
Dungannon	14 February 1851^{[15 1]}	Viscount Northland		Conservative	William Stuart Knox		Conservative	Resignation
Pontefract	13 February 1851	Samuel Martin		Whig	Beilby Lawley		Whig	Resignation (Baron of the Exchequer)
Windsor	10 February 1851^{[15 1]}	John Hatchell		Whig	John Hatchell		Whig	Attorney-General for Ireland^{[15 2]}
Aylesbury	27 December 1850	The Lord Nugent		Whig	Frederick Calvert		Whig	Death
St Albans	24 December 1850^{[15 4]}	Alexander Raphael		Whig	Jacob Bell		Whig	Death
County Limerick	14 December 1850	Samuel Dickson		Whig	Wyndham Goold		Whig	Death
Herefordshire	18 October 1850^{[15 1]}	Joseph Bailey		Conservative	Thomas William Booker-Blakemore		Conservative	Death
Montgomeryshire	11 October 1850^{[15 1]}	Charles Williams-Wynn		Conservative	Herbert Williams-Wynn		Conservative	Death
Cambridge University	4 October 1850^{[15 1]}	Charles Law		Conservative	Loftus Wigram		Conservative	Death
Poole	24 September 1850	George Richard Robinson		Conservative	Henry Danby Seymour		Whig	Death
Lambeth	7 August 1850	Charles Pearson		Whig	William Williams		Whig	Resignation
Dungannon	3 August 1850^{[15 1]}	Viscount Northland		Conservative	Viscount Northland		Conservative	Resigned seat and was re-elected without his knowledge or consent
Mayo	29 July 1850^{[15 1]}	Robert Dillon Browne		Irish Repeal	George Gore Ousley Higgins		Whig	Death
Chester	22 July 1850^{[15 1]}	John Jervis		Whig	William Owen Stanley		Whig	Resignation
Tamworth	19 July 1850^{[15 1]}	Sir Robert Peel		Peelite	Sir Robert Peel		Peelite	Death
Southampton	17 July 1850^{[15 1]}	Alexander Cockburn		Whig	Alexander Cockburn		Whig	Solicitor General for England and Wales^{[15 2]}
Devonport	17 July 1850^{[15 1]}	Sir John Romilly		Whig	Sir John Romilly		Whig	Attorney General for England and Wales^{[15 2]}
Lymington	30 April 1850	George Keppel		Whig	Edward John Hutchins		Whig	Resignation
Totnes	30 March 1850^{[15 1]}	Lord Seymour		Whig	Lord Seymour		Whig	First Commissioner of Woods and Forests^{[15 2]}
County Sligo	12 March 1850^{[15 1]}	John Ffolliott		Conservative	Sir Robert Gore-Booth		Conservative	Resignation
Canterbury	4 March 1850^{[15 1]}	Albert Denison		Whig	Frederick Romilly		Whig	Resignation and elevation to the peerage
Kirkcudbrightshire	20 February 1850^{[15 1]}	Thomas Maitland		Whig	John Mackie		Whig	Resignation (Judge of the Court of Session)
Colchester	9 February 1850^{[15 1]}	George Henry Smyth		Conservative	Lord John Manners		Conservative	Resignation
Windsor	6 February 1850^{[15 1]}	Lord John Hay		Whig	John Hatchell		Whig	Resignation
New Shoreham	28 December 1849^{[15 1]}	Charles Goring		Conservative	Lord Alexander Gordon-Lennox		Conservative	Death
Cork City	14 November 1849	Daniel Callaghan		Irish Repeal	James Charles Chatterton		Conservative	Death
West Surrey	27 September 1849	William Denison		Whig	William John Evelyn		Conservative	Death
Kidderminster	5 September 1849	Richard Godson		Peelite	John Best		Peelite	Death
Reading	8 August 1849	Thomas Noon Talfourd		Whig	Viscount Chelsea		Conservative	Resignation (Puisne Judge of the Court of Common Pleas)
Boston	2 August 1849	Sir James Duke		Whig	Dudley Pelham		Whig	Resignation in order to contest City of London
City of London	27 July 1849^{[15 1]}	James Pattison		Whig	Sir James Duke		Whig	Death
City of London	4 July 1849	Lionel de Rothschild		Whig	Lionel de Rothschild		Whig	Seeks re-election following the rejection of the Jewish Disabilities Bill
South Warwickshire	7 June 1849^{[15 1]}	Evelyn Shirley		Conservative	Lord Guernsey		Conservative	Resignation
Sutherland	5 June 1849^{[15 1]}	Sir David Dundas		Whig	Sir David Dundas		Whig	Judge Advocate General^{[15 2]}
County Limerick	1 June 1849^{[15 1]}	William Smith O'Brien		Irish Confederate	Samuel Dickson		Whig	Disqualification (conviction for high treason)
Sheffield	3 May 1849^{[15 1]}	Henry George Ward		Whig	John Arthur Roebuck		Ind. Whig^[7]^[8]	Resignation
South Nottinghamshire	17 April 1849^{[15 1]}	Lancelot Rolleston		Conservative	Robert Bromley		Conservative	Resignation
North Hampshire	6 April 1849	Sir William Heathcote		Conservative	Melville Portal		Conservative	Resignation
South Derbyshire	23 March 1849^{[15 1]}	Edward Miller Mundy		Conservative	William Mundy		Conservative	Death
Donegal	20 February 1849^{[15 1]}	Edward Michael Conolly		Conservative	Thomas Conolly		Conservative	Death
South Staffordshire	19 February 1849^{[15 1]}	Viscount Ingestre		Conservative	Viscount Lewisham		Conservative	Succession to a peerage
South Devon	13 February 1849^{[15 1]}	Lord Courtenay		Conservative	Sir Ralph Lopes		Conservative	Resignation
Cardigan Boroughs	12 February 1849	Pryse Pryse		Whig	Pryse Loveden		Whig	Death
Bolton	9 February 1849	John Bowring		Whig	Joshua Walmsley		Whig	Resignation
Kingston upon Hull	7 February 1849^{[15 1]}	Matthew Talbot Baines		Whig	Matthew Talbot Baines		Whig	President of the Poor Law Board^{[15 2]}
Portsmouth	6 February 1849^{[15 1]}	Francis Baring		Whig	Francis Baring		Whig	First Lord of the Admiralty^{[15 2]}
Leominster	6 February 1849^{[15 1]}	Henry Barkly		Conservative	Frederick Peel		Conservative	Resignation (Governor of British Guiana)
Truro	11 January 1849	Edmund Turner		Whig	Humphrey Willyams		Whig	Death
Liskeard	3 January 1849^{[15 1]}	Charles Buller		Whig	Richard Budden Crowder		Whig	Death
King's Lynn	22 December 1848^{[15 1]}	Lord George Bentinck		Conservative	Edward Stanley		Conservative	Death
West Riding of Yorkshire	11 December 1848	Viscount Morpeth		Whig	Edmund Beckett		Conservative	Succession to a peerage
Bolton	12 September 1848^{[15 1]}	William Bolling		Conservative	Stephen Blair		Conservative	Death
Cheltenham	4 September 1848	Craven Berkeley		Whig	Grenville Berkeley		Whig	Void election
Leicester	2 September 1848^{[15 1]}	Joshua Walmsley		Whig	John Ellis		Whig	Void election
Leicester	2 September 1848^{[15 1]}	Richard Gardner		Whig	Richard Harris		Whig	Void election
Derby	2 September 1848	Frederick Leveson-Gower		Whig	Michael Thomas Bass		Whig	Void election
Derby	2 September 1848	Edward Strutt		Whig	Lawrence Heyworth		Whig	Void election
Thetford	8 August 1848^{[15 1]}	Bingham Baring		Conservative	Francis Baring		Conservative	Succession to a peerage
Sligo Borough	15 July 1848	Charles Towneley		Whig	John Patrick Somers		Irish Repeal	Void By-Election
Great Yarmouth	8 July 1848	Lord Arthur Lennox		Conservative	Joseph Sandars		Conservative	Void election
Great Yarmouth	8 July 1848	Octavius Coope		Conservative	Charles Rumbold		Whig	Void election
Cheltenham	29 June 1848	Willoughby Jones		Conservative	Craven Berkeley		Whig	Void election
Horsham	28 June 1848	John Jervis		Whig	William Vesey-FitzGerald		Conservative	Void election
Horsham	28 June 1848	William Vesey-FitzGerald		Conservative	Lord Edward Howard		Whig	By-election result reversed on petition
North Cheshire	8 June 1848	Edward Stanley		Whig	George Legh		Conservative	Elevation to the peerage
York	24 May 1848	Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke		Whig	William Milner		Whig	Death
Cirencester	24 May 1848	William Cripps		Conservative	Joseph Randolph Mullings		Conservative	Death
Wicklow	27 April 1848	William Acton		Conservative	Ralph Howard		Whig	Resignation
Bewdley	18 April 1848	Thomas James Ireland		Conservative	Viscount Mandeville		Conservative	Void election
Sligo Borough	11 April 1848	John Patrick Somers		Irish Repeal	Charles Towneley		Whig	Void election
Rye	6 April 1848^{[15 1]}	Herbert Mascall Curteis		Whig	Herbert Mascall Curteis		Whig	Void By-Election
Devonport	3 April 1848^{[15 1]}	John Romilly		Whig	John Romilly		Whig	Solicitor General for England and Wales^{[15 2]}
Harwich	1 April 1848	John Attwood		Conservative	Sir John Hobhouse		Whig	Void election
Aylesbury	29 March 1848	John Peter Deering		Conservative	Quintin Dick		Conservative	Void election
Monmouthshire	24 March 1848^{[15 1]}	Lord Granville Somerset		Conservative	Edward Arthur Somerset		Conservative	Death
Lincoln	16 March 1848	Charles Seely		Whig	Thomas Hobhouse		Whig	Void election
Carlisle	14 March 1848	William Nicholson Hodgson		Conservative	William Nicholson Hodgson		Conservative	Void election
Carlisle	14 March 1848	John Dixon		Whig	Philip Howard		Whig	Void election
Kinsale	11 March 1848	Richard Samuel Guinness		Conservative	Benjamin Hawes		Whig	Void election
Lancaster	9 March 1848	Samuel Gregson		Whig	Robert Baynes Armstrong		Whig	Void election
Waterford City	1 March 1848	Daniel O'Connell		Irish Repeal	Sir Henry Barron		Whig	Resignation
Devizes	25 February 1848^{[15 1]}	William Heald Ludlow Bruges		Conservative	James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt		Conservative	Resignation
Dublin University	19 February 1848^{[15 1]}	Frederick Shaw		Conservative	Joseph Napier		Conservative	Resignation
North Shropshire	16 February 1848^{[15 1]}	Viscount Clive		Conservative	John Whitehall Dod		Conservative	Succession to a peerage
Wells	27 December 1847^{[15 1]}	William Goodenough Hayter		Whig	William Goodenough Hayter		Whig	Judge Advocate General^{[15 2]}
Calne	27 December 1847^{[15 1]}	Earl of Shelburne		Whig	Earl of Shelburne		Whig	Junior Lord of the Treasury^{[15 2]}
Rye	23 December 1847^{[15 1]}	Herbert Barrett Curteis		Whig	Herbert Mascall Curteis		Whig	Death
Sunderland	22 December 1847	David Barclay		Whig	Sir Hedworth Williamson		Whig	Resignation
South Lancashire	20 December 1847^{[15 1]}	Charles Pelham Villiers		Whig	Alexander Henry		Whig	Double election, chose to sit for Wolverhampton
Tamworth	18 December 1847^{[15 1]}	William Yates Peel		Conservative	John Townshend		Whig	Resignation
Kilkenny City	18 December 1847^{[15 1]}	John O'Connell		Irish Repeal	Michael Sullivan		Irish Repeal	Double election, chose to sit for Limerick City
Stockport	16 December 1847	Richard Cobden		Radical	James Kershaw		Whig	Double election, chose to sit for the West Riding of Yorkshire
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis	15 December 1847^{[15 1]}	William Dougal Christie		Whig	Frederick Child Villiers		Conservative	Resignation (to avoid election petition)
Newcastle-under-Lyme	15 December 1847	Samuel Christy		Conservative	Samuel Christy		Conservative	Seeks re-election due to his firm holding a government contract
Edinburgh	15 December 1847^{[15 1]}	Charles Cowan		Whig	Charles Cowan		Whig	Disqualification (held government contract)
Liskeard	14 December 1847^{[15 1]}	Charles Buller		Whig	Charles Buller		Whig	President of the Poor Law Board^{[15 2]}

References

List of MPs since 1660^[usurped]
British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Statistics 1832-1987
F. W. S. Craig, Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833-1987
Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B. M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)

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