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List of Great Britain by-elections (1790–1800)

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This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in Great Britain held between 1790 and 1800, with the names of the previous incumbent and the victor in the by-election.

In the absence of a comprehensive and reliable source, for party and factional alignments in this period, no attempt is made to define them in this article. The House of Commons: 1790–1820 provides some guidance to the complex and shifting political relationships, but it is significant that the compilers of that work make no attempt to produce a definitive list of each members allegiances.

Resignations

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

Where the cause of by-election is given as "resignation", this indicates that the incumbent was appointed on his own request to an "office of profit under the Crown". Offices used, in this period, were the Stewards of the Chiltern Hundreds, the Manor of East Hendred or the Manor of Old Shoreham. These appointments are made as a constitutional device for leaving the House of Commons, whose Members are not permitted to resign. If the vacancy was caused by appointment to another office then this office is noted in brackets.

By-elections

The c/u column denotes whether the by-election was a contested poll or an unopposed return. If the winner was re-elected, at the next general election and any intermediate by-elections, this is indicated by an * following the c or u. In a few cases the winner was elected at the next general election but had not been re-elected in a by-election after the one noted. In those cases no * symbol is used.

17th Parliament (1790–1796)

Date Constituency c/u Former Incumbent Winner Cause
20 December 1790 Haslemere u James Lowther Richard Penn Chose to sit for Westmorland
21 December 1790 Banbury u Lord North Lord North Succeeded to a peerage
21 December 1790 Oxford c Peregrine Bertie Arthur Annesley Death
22 December 1790 Heytesbury u William Pierce Ashe à Court Michael Angelo Taylor Resignation
22 December 1790 Huntingdon u John George Montagu Henry Speed Death
22 December 1790 Warwick u The Lord Arden The Lord Arden Registrar of the Court of the Admiralty
24 December 1790 Great Bedwyn u* Marquess of Graham Viscount Stopford Succeeded to a peerage
27 December 1790 Buckinghamshire u* William Wyndham Grenville James Grenville Elevated to the peerage
27 December 1790 Tavistock u* Charles William Wyndham Lord John Russell Chose to sit for Midhurst
28 December 1790 Monmouth u Marquess of Worcester Charles Bragge Chose to sit for Bristol
28 December 1790 Weobley u* Viscount Weymouth Lord George Thynne Chose to sit for Bath
29 December 1790 Buckingham u James Grenville Sir Alexander Hood Resignation to contest Buckinghamshire
29 December 1790 Petersfield u Lord North Marquess of Titchfield Resignation to contest Banbury
31 December 1790 Higham Ferrers u Viscount Duncannon John Lee Chose to sit for Knaresborough
4 January 1791 Yarmouth u* Thomas Clarke Jervoise Jervoise Clarke Jervoise Resignation
u Edward Rushworth Sir John Fleming Leicester
7 January 1791 St Germans u* Edward James Eliot William Eliot Chose to sit for Liskeard
8 January 1791 Camelford u Sir Samuel Hannay William Smith Death
21 January 1791 Appleby u Robert Banks Jenkinson William Grimston Chose to sit for Rye
12 February 1791 Cambridge u* Francis Dickins Robert Manners Chose to sit for Northamptonshire
28 February 1791 Chichester c* Thomas Steele Thomas Steele Joint Paymaster of the Forces
1 March 1791 Dunwich u Barne Barne Miles Barne Resignation
2 March 1791 Tiverton u* Dudley Ryder Dudley Ryder Joint Paymaster of the Forces
8 March 1791 Heytesbury u Michael Angelo Taylor The Earl of Barrymore Chose to sit for Poole
12 March 1791 Poole c Benjamin Lester Benjamin Lester Seeks re-election due to holding an Admiralty contract
24 March 1791 Steyning c(*) Sir John Honywood James Martin Lloyd Chose to sit for Canterbury
c James Martin Lloyd Samuel Whitbread By-election result reversed on petition 7 May 1792
28 March 1791 Lostwithiel u Viscount Valletort George Smith Chose to sit for Fowey
18 April 1791 Buckinghamshire u* The Earl Verney Marquess of Titchfield Death
27 April 1791 Harwich u Thomas Orde Thomas Orde Governor of the Isle of Wight
28 April 1791 Ludgershall c George Augustus Selwyn Samuel Smith Death
29 April 1791 Petersfield u Marquess of Titchfield Welbore Ellis Resignation to contest Buckinghamshire
2 May 1791 Minehead u Viscount Parker Viscount Parker Comptroller of the Household
4 May 1791 Stirling Burghs c* Sir Archibald Campbell Andrew James Cochrane Death
6 May 1791 Dorset u* William Morton Pitt William Morton Pitt Seeks re-election due to holding a contract to supply cordage
12 May 1791 Lymington u Harry Burrard Nathaniel Brassey Halhed Resignation (Riding Forester of the New Forest)
18 May 1791 Appleby u Richard Ford John Theophilus Rawdon Resignation
14 June 1791 Milborne Port u William Coles Medlycott Richard Johnson Resignation
15 June 1791 Edinburgh u* Henry Dundas Henry Dundas Home Secretary
17 June 1791 Dover u* Charles Small Pybus Charles Small Pybus Lord of the Admiralty
17 June 1791 Queenborough u Richard Hopkins Richard Hopkins Junior Lord of the Treasury
17 June 1791 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis u Thomas Jones Sir James Johnstone Resignation
18 June 1791 Haslemere u* Richard Penn James Clarke Satterthwaite Resignation
20 June 1791 Pontefract u* John Smyth John Smyth Lord of the Admiralty
26 August 1791 Newtown u Sir Richard Worsley Sir Richard Worsley Resignation due to attempt to be appointed as Governor of the Isle of Wight and was then re-elected
17 January 1792 Grantham u Francis Cockayne Cust Philip Yorke Death
18 January 1792 Warwick c* Henry Gage George Villiers Elevated to the peerage
25 January 1792 Merioneth u* Evan Lloyd Vaughan Robert Williames Vaughan Death
7 February 1792 Calne u John Morris Benjamin Vaughan Resignation
10 February 1792 Truro u William Augustus Spencer Boscawen Charles Ingoldsby Paulet Resignation (Commissioner of the Salt Office)
11 February 1792 Great Bedwyn u Lord Doune Edward Hyde East Death
20 February 1792 Malmesbury u Paul Benfield Sir James Sanderson Resignation
21 February 1792 St Mawes u John Graves Simcoe Thomas Calvert Resignation (Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada)
27 February 1792 Leicestershire u* Sir Thomas Cave Penn Assheton Curzon Death
28 February 1792 Clitheroe u Penn Assheton Curzon Assheton Curzon Resignation to contest Leicestershire
7 March 1792 Rochester c Sir Richard Bickerton Nathaniel Smith Death
19 March 1792 Tewkesbury u* Sir William Codrington William Dowdeswell Death
7 May 1792 Malton u* William Weddell George Damer Death
15 May 1792 Huntingdonshire u Viscount Hinchingbrooke Lancelot Brown Succeeded to a peerage
18 May 1792 Aberdeen Burghs u* Alexander Callender Alexander Allardyce Death
28 June 1792 Liskeard u* Edward James Eliot Edward James Eliot Commissioner of the Board of Control
16 August 1792 Monmouthshire u John Morgan Robert Salusbury Death
6 September 1792 Preston u John Burgoyne William Cunliffe Shawe Death
11 September 1792 Eye u Richard Burton Phillipson Peter Bathurst (1723–1801) Death
14 September 1792 Somerset u Edward Phelips Henry Hippisley Coxe Death
15 September 1792 Newcastle-under-Lyme c* John Leveson Gower William Egerton Death
21 September 1792 Banbury u Lord North Frederick North Succeeded to a peerage
24 October 1792 Winchelsea u Viscount Barnard Sir Frederick Fletcher Vane Succeeded to a peerage
18 December 1792 Cambridge University u* William Pitt the Younger William Pitt the Younger Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
19 December 1792 Guildford u* Thomas Onslow Thomas Onslow Out-Ranger of Windsor Forest
7 January 1793 Grantham u* Philip Yorke Simon Yorke Death
8 February 1793 Lyme Regis u* Thomas Fane Thomas Fane Groom of the Bedchamber
13 February 1793 Newport (I.o.w) u The Viscount Melbourne Peniston Lamb Resignation
20 February 1793 Bere Alston u* John Mitford Sir John Mitford Solicitor General for England and Wales
20 February 1793 Weobley u Sir John Scott Sir John Scott Attorney General for England and Wales
22 February 1793 Newcastle-under-Lyme c Sir Archibald Macdonald Sir Francis Ford Resignation (Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer)
6 March 1793 City of London u* Brook Watson John William Anderson Resignation
20 March 1793 Anstruther Easter u Sir John Anstruther Robert Anstruther Resignation
22 March 1793 Heytesbury u The Earl of Barrymore Charles Rose Ellis Death
30 March 1793 Knaresborough u* Viscount Duncannon Lord John Townshend Succeeded to a peerage
30 March 1793 Warwickshire u* Sir Robert Lawley Sir John Mordaunt Death
9 April 1793 Carmarthenshire u* George Talbot Rice James Hamlyn Succeeded to a peerage
17 April 1793 Great Grimsby u Dudley Long North Dudley Long North Void Election
John Harrison John Harrison
28 May 1793 Heytesbury u* The Lord Auckland The Viscount Clifden Became a British Peer
26 June 1793 Shaftesbury u* William Grant Paul Benfield Second Justice of the South Wales Circuit
26 June 1793 Whitchurch u* John Thomas Townshend John Thomas Townshend Junior Lord of the Treasury
27 June 1793 Ludgershall u Samuel Smith Nathaniel Newnham Death
28 June 1793 Edinburgh u* Henry Dundas Henry Dundas President of the Board of Control
28 June 1793 Marlborough u The Earl of Courtown Earl of Dalkeith Resignation
28 June 1793 Newtown u Sir Richard Worsley George Canning Resignation
28 June 1793 Rye u* Robert Banks Jenkinson Robert Banks Jenkinson Commissioner of the Board of Control
29 June 1793 Great Bedwyn u Viscount Stopford Viscount Stopford Treasurer of the Household
5 August 1793 Cockermouth u John Anstruther John Anstruther Chief Justice of the North Wales Circuit
13 September 1793 Higham Ferrers u* John Lee James Adair Death
24 October 1793 Horsham u James Baillie William Fullarton Death
3 December 1793 Queenborough u Gibbs Crawfurd Augustus Rogers Death
29 January 1794 Seaford c John Sargent Richard Paul Jodrell Clerk of the Ordnance
1 February 1794 Chipping Wycombe c Sir John Jervis Sir Francis Baring Resignation
1 February 1794 New Windsor c Peniston Portlock Powney William Grant Death
3 February 1794 Steyning c* John Curtis John Henniker Major Resignation
4 February 1794 Cardiff Boroughs u* Lord Mount Stuart Evelyn James Stuart Death
11 February 1794 Malmesbury u Benjamin Bond Hopkins Francis Glanville Death
14 February 1794 Plympton Erle u The Earl of Carhampton William Manning Resignation
15 February 1794 Milborne Port u Richard Johnson Mark Wood Resignation
15 February 1794 Queenborough u Augustus Rogers John Sargent Resignation
15 February 1794 Wilton u* Lord Herbert Philip Goldsworthy Succeeded to a peerage
17 February 1794 Winchelsea u Sir Frederick Fletcher Vane John Hiley Addington Resignation
3 March 1794 East Retford u Earl of Lincoln William Henry Clinton Succeeded to a peerage
5 March 1794 Banbury u Frederick North William Holbech Resignation (Comptroller of Customs for the Port of London)
12 March 1794 Wallingford c Nathaniel William Wraxall Francis William Sykes Resignation
5 April 1794 Cambridge University u* Earl of Euston Earl of Euston Chief Ranger of St. James Park and Hyde Park
11 April 1794 Perthshire u* James Murray Thomas Graham Death
1 May 1794 Ross-shire u William Adam Francis Humberston Mackenzie Resignation
3 May 1794 Bath u* Viscount Bayham Sir Richard Pepper Arden Succeeded to a peerage
9 May 1794 Hastings u Sir Richard Pepper Arden Robert Dundas Resignation to contest Bath
9 May 1794 Pontefract u* John Smyth John Smyth Junior Lord of the Treasury
12 May 1794 Rochester u* Nathaniel Smith Sir Richard King Death
12 May 1794 Tregony u John Stephenson Robert Stewart Death
21 May 1794 New Radnor Boroughs u* David Murray Viscount Malden Death
22 May 1794 Derbyshire u* Lord George Augustus Cavendish Lord John Cavendish Death
3 June 1794 Huntingdonshire u Lancelot Brown Viscount Hinchingbrooke Resignation
9 June 1794 Cricklade u* John Walker Heneage Lord Porchester Resignation
12 June 1794 Ayr Burghs u* Charles Stuart John Campbell Resignation
1 July 1794 Anstruther Easter u Robert Anstruther William Dundas Resignation
7 July 1794 Orford u* Earl of Yarmouth Lord Robert Seymour Succeeded to a peerage
12 July 1794 Norwich c* William Windham William Windham Resignation pending appointment as Secretary at War
14 July 1794 Castle Rising u* Henry Drummond Charles Bagot Chester Death
15 July 1794 Honiton u Sir George Yonge Sir George Yonge Master of the Mint
18 July 1794 Malton u Edmund Burke Richard Burke Resignation
19 July 1794 Bishop's Castle u* Henry Strachey Henry Strachey Master of the Household
26 August 1794 Southampton c* Sir Henry Martin George Henry Rose Death
9 September 1794 Wenlock u* Sir Henry Bridgeman John Simpson Elevated to the peerage
14 September 1794 Bedfordshire u* The Earl of Upper Ossory John Osborn Became a British Peer
15 September 1794 Clitheroe u Assheton Curzon Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor Elevated to the peerage
16 September 1794 Berkshire u* Winchcombe Henry Hartley Charles Dundas Death
18 September 1794 Lincolnshire u* Charles Anderson Pelham Robert Vyner Elevated to the peerage
19 September 1794 Scarborough u* The Lord Mulgrave Edmund Phipps Became a British Peer
20 September 1794 Cirencester u* Lord Apsley Michael Hicks Beach Succeeded to a peerage
3 October 1794 Weymouth and Melcombe Regis u* Sir James Johnstone Gabriel Tucker Steward Death
10 October 1794 Ludlow u* The Lord Clive Robert Clive Became a British Peer
17 October 1794 City Durham u* John Tempest, Jr. Sir Henry Vane Death
20 October 1794 Beaumaris u* Sir Hugh Williams Sir Watkin Williams Wynn Death
7 November 1794 Surrey u* William Clement Finch Sir John Frederick Death
10 November 1794 Stirlingshire u Sir Thomas Dundas Robert Graham Elevated to the peerage
22 November 1794 Anglesey u* William Paget Arthur Paget Death
5 January 1795 Hindon u William Thomas Beckford Thomas Wildman Resignation
9 January 1795 Launceston c Sir Henry Clinton William Garthshore Resignation (Governor of Gibraltar)
10 January 1795 Morpeth u* Francis Gregg Viscount Morpeth Resignation
10 January 1795 Wiltshire u* Sir James Tylney Long Henry Penruddocke Wyndham Death
12 January 1795 Petersfield u Welbore Ellis Charles Greville Elevated to the peerage
14 January 1795 Lichfield u* Thomas Gilbert Lord Granville Leveson Gower Resignation
15 January 1795 Westbury u Ewan Law Samuel Estwick (younger) Resignation
17 January 1795 Midhurst u Charles William Wyndham Peter Isaac Thellusson Resignation
21 January 1795 Malton u* Richard Burke William Baldwin Death
4 February 1795 Caernarvon Boroughs u Lord Paget Lord Paget Accepted a Commission in the Army
7 February 1795 Leicester u* Thomas Boothby Parkyns Thomas Boothby Parkyns Accepted a Commission in the Army
11 February 1795 Arundel u Henry Thomas Howard Sir Thomas Gascoigne Resignation to contest Gloucester
11 February 1795 Gloucester u* John Webb Henry Thomas Howard Death
14 February 1795 Fowey u Viscount Valletort Sylvester Douglas Succeeded to a peerage
20 February 1795 Chester u* Thomas Grosvenor Thomas Grosvenor Death
21 February 1795 Saltash u Viscount Garlies William Stewart Resignation
26 February 1795 Tiverton u* Sir John Duntze Richard Ryder Death
7 March 1795 Wendover u Lord Hugh Seymour Lord Hugh Seymour Lord of the Admiralty
9 March 1795 Dorset u Viscount Parker Thomas Fownes Luttrell Succeeded to a peerage
12 March 1795 City of London c* John Sawbridge William Lushington Death
13 March 1795 Bridport c* James Watson George Barclay Resignation (Puisne Justice in Bengal)
13 March 1795 Sandwich u* Sir Philip Stephens Sir Philip Stephens Lord of the Admiralty
23 March 1795 Kirkcudbright Stewartry u* Alexander Stewart Patrick Heron Death
26 March 1795 Preston u* Sir Henry Hoghton Sir Henry Philip Hoghton Death
27 March 1795 East Looe u William Wellesley Pole Charles Arbuthnot Resignation
4 April 1795 Montgomeryshire u* William Mostyn Owen Francis Lloyd Death
28 April 1795 Bridgnorth u* Thomas Whitmore John Whitmore Death
29 May 1795 Great Yarmouth c* Henry Beaufoy Stephens Howe Death
30 May 1795 New Shoreham u* John Clater Aldridge Charles William Wyndham Death
4 June 1795 Amersham u* William Drake Thomas Drake Tyrwhitt Death
19 June 1795 Helston u* Sir Gilbert Elliott Charles Abbot Resignation (Viceroy of Corsica)
24 July 1795 Banffshire u Sir James Grant David McDowall Grant Resignation (Cashier of Excise in Scotland)
14 August 1795 Northumberland u* Sir William Middleton Thomas Richard Beaumont Death
21 September 1795 Somerset u* Henry Hippisley Coxe William Gore Langton Death
26 September 1795 Rutland u John Heathcote Lord Sherard Death
28 September 1795 Berwick-upon-Tweed u* John Vaughan John Callender Death
21 October 1795 New Woodstock u* Lord Henry John Spencer The Lord Lavington Death
6 November 1795 Eye u Peter Bathurst Viscount Brome Resignation
10 November 1795 St Mawes u Thomas Calvert William Drummond Resignation
26 November 1795 Haddingtonshire u* John Hamilton Hew Hamilton Dalrymple Resignation (Receiver of Land Tax in Scotland)
27 November 1795 Westbury u Samuel Estwick Edward Wilbraham Bootle Death
6 January 1796 Beaumaris u Sir Watkin Williams Wynn Sir Watkin Williams Wynn Steward of Bromfield and Yale
12 February 1796 Hindon u* Thomas Wildman James Wildman Death
19 March 1796 Camelford u James Macpherson Lord William Bentinck Death
4 April 1796 Perth Burghs u* George Murray David Scott Resignation
16 April 1796 Bossiney u Humphrey Minchin Evelyn Pierrepont Death
25 April 1796 Forfarshire u David Scott William Maule Resignation to contest Perth Burghs
9 May 1796 Northampton u* Lord Compton Spencer Perceval Succeeded to a peerage
14 May 1796 Lincoln u* John Fenton Cawthorne George Rawdon Expulsion

18th Parliament (1796–1800)

Date Constituency c/u Former Incumbent Winner Cause
26 October 1796 Great Yarmouth c Lord Charles Townshend Henry Jodrell Death (Murdered)
Stephens Howe William Loftus Death
26 October 1796 Hereford u* John Scudamore John Scudamore II Death
26 October 1796 Peterborough u* Richard Benyon French Laurence Death
28 October 1796 St Mawes u George Nugent Jeremiah Crutchley Chose to sit for Buckingham
28 October 1796 Westbury u George Ellis George William Richard Harcourt Chose to sit for Seaford
29 October 1796 Stamford u* Sir George Howard John Leland Death
1 November 1796 Gatton u Sir Gilbert Heathcote John Heathcote Chose to sit for Lincolnshire
1 November 1796 Wareham u Charles Rose Ellis Sir Godfrey Vassall Chose to sit for Seaford
2 November 1796 Brecon u* Charles Gould Morgan Sir Robert Salusbury Chose to sit for Monmouthshire
4 November 1796 Ashburton u* Lawrence Palk Walter Palk Chose to sit for Devon
5 November 1796 Haslemere u* James Lowther George Wood Chose to sit for Westmorland
8 November 1796 Flintshire c Sir Roger Mostyn Sir Thomas Mostyn Death
Sir Thomas Mostyn John Lloyd By-election result reversed on petition 12 June 1797
11 November 1796 Newport (I.o.w.) u Jervoise Clarke Jervoise William Hamilton Nisbet Chose to sit for Yarmouth
Edward Rushworth Andrew Strahan
22 November 1796 Malmesbury c Samuel Smith Philip Metcalfe Chose to sit for Leicester
22 November 1796 Southwark c George Woodford Thellusson George Woodford Thellusson Void Election
c* George Woodford Thellusson George Tierney By-election result reversed on petition 21 December 1796
22 November 1796 West Looe u John Buller John Hookham Frere Resignation
30 November 1796 Ayrshire u* Hugh Montgomerie William Fullarton Became a Scottish Peer
8 December 1796 Bath u* Viscount Weymouth Lord John Thynne Succeeded to a peerage
9 December 1796 Higham Ferrers u James Adair James Adair Chief Justice of Chester
10 December 1796 Saltash u Edward Bearcroft Charles Smith Death
13 December 1796 Winchelsea u Richard Barwell William Devaynes Resignation
16 December 1796 Weobley u Lord John Thynne Inigo Freeman Thomas Resignation to contest Bath
2 January 1797 Derby u* Lord George Cavendish George Walpole Resignation to contest Derbyshire
7 January 1797 Petersfield u Hylton Jolliffe Sir John Sinclair Resignation
12 January 1797 Denbigh Boroughs u Richard Myddelton Thomas Jones Death
12 January 1797 Derbyshire u* Lord John Cavendish Lord George Cavendish Death
20 February 1797 Bletchingley u Sir Lionel Copley Benjamin Hobhouse Chose to sit for Tregony
20 February 1797 New Windsor c Henry Isherwood Sir William Johnston Death
22 February 1797 Aldborough u Richard Muilman Trench Chiswell John Blackburn Death
22 February 1797 Bossiney u* John Stuart Wortley James Archibald Stuart Death
22 February 1797 Midhurst u Sylvester Douglas Sylvester Douglas Junior Lord of the Treasury
10 March 1797 Canterbury c John Baker John Baker Void Election
John Baker Sir John Honywood By-election result reversed on petition 12 May 1797
Samuel Elias Sawbridge Samuel Elias Sawbridge Void Election
Samuel Elias Sawbridge George Gipps By-election result reversed on petition 12 May 1797
21 March 1797 Yarmouth u Edward Rushworth William Peachy Resignation
3 May 1797 Stirling Burghs u Andrew James Cochrane Johnstone William Tait Resignation (Governor of Dominica)
8 May 1797 Scarborough u Lord Charles Henry Somerset Lord Charles Henry Somerset Comptroller of the Household
15 May 1797 Dunbartonshire u William Cunninghame Bontine Alexander Telfer Smollett Resignation
5 June 1797 Reading u Richard Aldworth Neville John Simeon Succeeded to a peerage
8 June 1797 Kincardineshire u Robert Barclay Allardice Sir John Wishart Belches Death
14 June 1797 Leominster c John Hunter William Taylor Resignation
30 June 1797 Buckinghamshire u* James Grenville Earl Temple Resignation
7 July 1797 Plymouth u Sir Frederick Leman Rogers Francis Glanville Death
25 July 1797 Newark-on-Trent u* Thomas Manners Sutton Thomas Manners Sutton Chief Justice of the North Wales Circuit
27 July 1797 Dover c Charles Small Pybus Charles Small Pybus Junior Lord of the Treasury
29 July 1797 Arundel u Sir George Thomas Nisbet Balfour Resignation
29 July 1797 Old Sarum u The Earl of Mornington Charles Watkin Williams Wynn Resignation
31 July 1797 Orford u Viscount Castlereagh Earl of Yarmouth Resignation
31 July 1797 Penryn u* Thomas Wallace Thomas Wallace Lord of the Admiralty
19 August 1797 Anstruther Easter Burghs u* John Anstruther Alexander Campbell Resignation (Chief Justice of Bengal)
15 September 1797 Newton c(*) Thomas Peter Legh Thomas Langford Brooke Death
Thomas Langford Brooke Peter Patten By-Election result reversed on petition 13 December 1797
25 October 1797 Leicestershire u* Penn Assheton Curzon George Anthony Legh Keck Death
6 November 1797 Liskeard u Edward James Eliot The Earl of Inchiquin Death
10 November 1797 Chichester u* Thomas Steele Thomas Steele King's Remembrancer
11 November 1797 Nottingham u* The Lord Carrington Sir John Borlase Warren Became a British Peer
15 November 1797 Norfolk u* Sir John Wodehouse Jacob Henry Astley Elevated to the peerage
16 November 1797 Marlborough u James Bruce Robert Brudenell Resignation
27 November 1797 Hythe u Sir Charles Farnaby Radcliffe Charles Marsham Death
2 December 1797 Tain Burghs u William Dundas William Dundas Commissioner of the Board of Control
14 December 1797 Andover u* Benjamin Lethieullier Thomas Assheton Smith Death
18 December 1797 Tewkesbury c* William Dowdeswell Christopher Bethell Codrington Resignation (Governor of the Bahamas)
23 December 1797 Great Bedwyn u* Thomas Bruce Robert John Buxton Death
3 January 1798 Newcastle-upon-Tyne u* Charles Brandling Charles John Brandling Resignation
8 January 1798 City Durham u* William Henry Lambton Ralph John Lambton Death
26 February 1798 Clackmannanshire u Sir Ralph Abercromby Sir Robert Abercromby Resignation
27 February 1798 Malton u* Viscount Milton Bryan Cooke Succeeded to a peerage
23 April 1798 East Looe u William Graves Frederick William Buller Resignation
28 April 1798 Ripon u* The Lord Headley John Heathcote Death
3 July 1798 Hastings u Sir James Sanderson William Sturges Death
5 July 1798 Malton u* William Baldwin Charles Lawrence Dundas Resignation
4 September 1798 Higham Ferrers u James Adair Stephen Thurston Adey Death
27 October 1798 Ripon u* William Lawrence Sir James Graham Death
1 November 1798 Leicestershire u* William Pochin Sir Edmund Cradock Hartopp Death
3 December 1798 Richmond u* Charles George Beauclerk Arthur Shakespeare Resignation
6 December 1798 Downton u Sir William Scott Sir William Scott Judge of the Admiralty Court
10 December 1798 Banffshire u* William Grant William Grant Chief Justice of Chester
28 January 1799 New Woodstock u The Lord Lavington Charles Moore Resignation (Governor of the Leeward Islands)
1 March 1799 Wareham u Lord Robert Spencer Joseph Chaplin Hankey Resignation
2 March 1799 Beverley c William Tatton John Morritt Death
2 March 1799 Lichfield c* Lord Granville Leveson Gower Sir John Wrottesley Resignation to contest Staffordshire
8 March 1799 Staffordshire u* Earl Gower Lord Granville Leveson Gower Joint Postmaster General and elevation to the House of Lords through a writ of acceleration
13 March 1799 Rye u* Lord Hawkesbury Lord Hawkesbury Master of the Mint
14 March 1799 Montgomeryshire u* Francis Lloyd Charles Watkin Williams Wynn Death
18 March 1799 New Radnor Boroughs u* Viscount Malden Richard Price Succeeded to a peerage
19 March 1799 Flint Boroughs u* Watkin Williams Watkin Williams Constable of Flint Castle
20 March 1799 Old Sarum u Charles Watkin Williams Wynn Sir George Yonge Resignation to contest Montgomeryshire
26 March 1799 Wendover u* George Canning George Canning Commissioner of the Board of Control
27 March 1799 Monmouth u Sir Charles Thompson Lord Robert Edward Henry Somerset Death
30 March 1799 Helston u Richard Richards Lord Francis Godolphin Osborne Resignation
2 April 1799 Mitchell u Sir Christopher Hawkins John Simpson Resignation
8 April 1799 Stockbridge u Joseph Foster Barham John Agnew Resignation
10 April 1799 Harwich u Richard Hopkins Henry Augustus Dillon Lee Death
19 April 1799 Gatton u John Heathcote Walter Stirling Resignation to contest Ripon
23 May 1799 East Looe u John Buller John Smith Resignation
27 May 1799 Norwich c Henry Hobart John Frere Death
28 May 1799 Ilchester u Sir Robert Clayton Lewis Bayly Death
17 June 1799 Plympton Erle u William Mitchell Richard Hankey Resignation
18 June 1799 Appleby u John Tufton Robert Adair Death
19 June 1799 Fowey u* Reginald Pole Carew Edward Golding Resignation (Commissioner for Auditing Public Accounts)
24 July 1799 East Looe u John Smith Sir John Mitford Resignation
29 July 1799 Bere Alston u* Sir John Mitford Lord Lovaine Resignation to contest East Looe
2 August 1799 Banffshire u* William Grant Sir William Grant Resignation pending appointment as Solicitor General for England and Wales
23 August 1799 Boroughbridge u* Sir John Scott John Scott Elevated to the peerage
3 October 1799 Argyllshire u* Lord Frederick Campbell Lord John Campbell Resignation
11 October 1799 Edinburghshire u Robert Dundas Robert Dundas Joint Clerk and Keeper of Sasines
30 October 1799 Eye u* Mark Singleton James Cornwallis Resignation
7 November 1799 Dunbartonshire u* Alexander Telfer Smollett James Colquhoun Death
8 November 1799 Flintshire u* John Lloyd Sir Thomas Mostyn Resignation
10 February 1800 Bramber u Sir Charles Rouse Boughton John Henry Newbolt Resignation (Commissioner for Auditing Public Accounts)
24 February 1800 Stirling Burghs c* William Tait Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane Death
17 March 1800 City Durham c Sir Henry Vane Tempest Michael Angelo Taylor Resignation
26 March 1800 Aldeburgh u Michael Angelo Taylor George Johnstone Resignation to contest City Durham
1 April 1800 Weobley u Inigo Freeman Thomas Sir Charles Talbot Resignation
5 April 1800 New Windsor u* Robert Fulke Greville Robert Fulke Greville Groom of the Bedchamber
9 April 1800 Lincoln u* George Rawdon Humphrey Sibthorp Death
18 April 1800 Westbury u George William Richard Harcourt John Simon Harcourt Resignation
29 April 1800 Gatton u John Petrie James Du Pre Resignation to contest Ripon
8 May 1800 Newport (I.o.w.) u William Hamilton Nisbet Sir George Dallas Resignation
12 May 1800 Haddingtonshire u* Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton Charles Hope Resignation
12 May 1800 Linlithgowshire u* John Hope Alexander Hope Resignation
22 May 1800 Dumfries Burghs u Alexander Hope William Johnstone Hope Resignation to contest Linlithgowshire
31 May 1800 Christchurch u William Stewart Rose William Chamberlayne Resignation
2 June 1800 Edinburgh u* Henry Dundas Henry Dundas Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
5 June 1800 Wendover u George Canning George Canning Joint Paymaster of the Forces
7 June 1800 Tiverton u* Dudley Ryder Dudley Ryder Treasurer of the Navy
9 June 1800 Penryn u Thomas Wallace Thomas Wallace Commissioner of the Board of Control
9 June 1800 Rye u Robert Saunders Dundas Robert Saunders Dundas Keeper of the Signet for Scotland
16 June 1800 Wareham u* Sir Godfrey Webster John Calcraft Death
21 June 1800 Wigan u Orlando Bridgeman George William Gunning Succeeded to a peerage
23 June 1800 St Albans u* The Earl of Lucan William Stephen Poyntz Resignation
5 July 1800 St Germans u William Eliot William Eliot Lord of the Admiralty
15 July 1800 Whitchurch u* John Thomas Townshend William Augustus Townshend Succeeded to a peerage
28 July 1800 Buckingham u* Thomas Grenville Thomas Grenville Chief Justice in Eyre South of Trent
28 July 1800 Grampound u* Bryan Edwards Sir Christopher Hawkins Death
2 August 1800 Staffordshire u* Lord Granville Leveson Gower Lord Granville Leveson Gower Junior Lord of the Treasury
7 August 1800 Taunton u* Sir Benjamin Hammet John Hammet Death
4 November 1800 Hereford u* James Walwyn Thomas Powell Symonds Death
13 December 1800 Wendover u John Hiley Addington John Hiley Addington Junior Lord of the Treasury
17 December 1800 Leicester c* The Lord Rancliffe Thomas Babington Death
23 December 1800 Liskeard u The Earl of Inchiquin Lord Fincastle Resignation
23 December 1800 Peeblesshire u* William Montgomery James Montgomery Death
27 December 1800 Midhurst u* The Lord Glenbervie George Smith Resignation (Governor of the Cape Colony)
29 December 1800 Cockermouth u Edward Burrow Walter Spencer Stanhope Death

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Northern Ireland Assembly vacancies are filled by co-option. Local Government by-election results are generally given on the page for the last election in that area.
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