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was held on 3 February 1917. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent
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879:North Galway
831:Belfast East
825:Leith Burghs
750:Chesterfield
484:Bristol East
473:North Tyrone
430:East Wicklow
310:
301:By-elections
292:
247:
228:
214:
202:
184:
168:
145:
121:
120:
115:
110:
103:
96:
60:
37:
20:
18:
1838:by-election
1688:Mid Norfolk
1670:September:
1582:East Tyrone
1537:Southampton
1515:Basingstoke
1325:Whitechapel
1275:September:
1192:Cockermouth
1166:North Louth
960:Howdenshire
950:Scarborough
913:East Galway
894:September:
777:Wick Burghs
706:Whitechapel
679:East Antrim
628:September:
465:September:
382:East Dorset
155:Independent
25:by-election
1889:Categories
1707:November:
1666:Canterbury
1634:East Cavan
1629:Bridgwater
1563:February:
1554:Mid Armagh
1530:December:
1519:November:
1473:Chesterton
1458:East Clare
1373:Rossendale
1356:February:
1308:December:
1302:November:
1293:Winchester
1234:Tewkesbury
1207:Harborough
1159:February:
1140:Chesterton
1130:Portsmouth
1101:December:
1087:St Austell
1060:November:
1007:Mid Durham
990:Mid Antrim
975:Chesterton
938:February:
911:December:
905:November:
803:February:
775:December:
756:North Cork
754:November:
728:Wandsworth
717:Altrincham
701:Shrewsbury
672:February:
634:November:
630:Midlothian
559:Leominster
531:February:
503:December:
482:November:
450:Wellington
393:Barnstaple
377:Cheltenham
340:Horncastle
328:February:
239:References
78:Candidate
1785:1979–2010
1780:1950–1979
1775:1931–1950
1770:1918–1931
1765:1900–1918
1760:1885–1900
1755:1868–1885
1750:1857–1868
1745:1847–1857
1740:1832–1847
1735:1818–1832
1730:1806–1818
1725:1801–1806
1703:Prestwich
1676:October:
1624:Gravesend
1587:Tullamore
1559:Prestwich
1552:January:
1498:October:
1468:Cambridge
1368:Rotherham
1350:January:
1304:West Cork
1281:October:
1277:Mansfield
1218:Wimbledon
1186:Droitwich
1155:Rotherham
1118:January:
1103:Cleveland
1082:St Helens
1049:October:
995:Maidstone
918:Tullamore
836:East Fife
810:Cork City
797:January:
738:Leicester
712:Newmarket
661:January:
597:Holmfirth
525:January:
471:October:
461:Middleton
440:East Cork
361:Brentford
212:Sinn Féin
175:Majority
98:Sinn Féin
1664:August:
1618:Wansbeck
1597:Keighley
1510:Spalding
1482:August:
1389:Stockton
1383:Tamworth
1271:Abingdon
1254:August:
1197:Hertford
1150:Mile End
1097:Tiverton
1077:Kingston
1067:Uxbridge
1034:Keighley
883:August:
858:Brighton
771:Keighley
748:August:
617:August:
603:Ilkeston
549:Hereford
478:Keighley
459:August:
404:Brighton
345:Westbury
1840:to the
1672:Banbury
1655:Fareham
1639:Clapham
1580:April:
1569:March:
1532:Wisbech
1494:Norwich
1398:April:
1387:March:
1310:Hornsey
1216:April:
1190:March:
1181:Chester
1072:Cardiff
1062:Heywood
1056:Appleby
1019:Preston
1005:April:
999:March:
955:Shipley
940:Norwich
852:Ipswich
829:April:
805:Wycombe
766:Reading
699:April:
688:March:
684:Chorley
636:Taunton
568:April:
542:March:
499:Hitchin
370:April:
354:March:
309:»
303:to the
291:«
192:Turnout
1709:Wilton
1643:July:
1622:June:
1608:Exeter
1478:Dundee
1448:Fulham
1441:July:
1432:Henley
1427:Epping
1425:June:
1410:Ealing
1394:Oxford
1256:Bodmin
1248:July:
1244:Widnes
1228:Ossory
1176:Bolton
1038:July:
1017:June:
896:Bolton
867:July:
856:June:
820:Poplar
742:July:
721:June:
695:Kendal
641:Bolton
608:Hanley
601:July:
590:June:
489:Oldham
408:July:
397:June:
366:Bootle
315:»
297:«
196:5,417
178:1,314
139:1,708
111:3,022
81:Votes
75:Party
65:Result
1601:May:
1414:May:
1330:Derby
1232:May:
1040:Arfon
1011:May:
840:May:
733:Dover
710:May:
613:Crewe
592:Hythe
579:May:
564:Epsom
510:Govan
445:Luton
386:May:
330:Arfon
224:Swing
217:from
199:67.7
181:24.3
165:12.7
142:31.6
116:55.9
21:1917
1846:stub
1683:Bath
1603:Ross
1546:1918
1344:1917
1212:Hyde
1112:1916
932:1915
791:1914
723:Leix
655:1913
519:1912
322:1911
215:gain
162:687
31:MP,
19:The
229:N/A
203:N/A
185:N/A
169:New
146:N/A
122:New
1891::
88:±%
84:%
1877:e
1870:t
1863:v
1852:.
283:e
276:t
269:v
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