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The by-election was caused by the elevation to the peerage of the sitting
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1805:1916 elections in the United Kingdom
199:List of United Kingdom by-elections
114:Sheffield Hallam by-election, 1916
84:President of the Board of Education
204:United Kingdom by-election records
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21:1916 Sheffield Hallam by-election
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94:Lloyd George's government was a
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58:. Wortley's ascent to the
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340:North East Lanarkshire
1634:Manchester North East
907:Sheffield Attercliffe
831:North East Derbyshire
603:Manchester North West
237:, 26 December 1916 p3
225:, 18 December 1916 p9
78:. The Prime Minister
39:on 23 December 1916.
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319:Cambridge University
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383:Ross & Cromarty
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897:East Galway
878:September:
761:Wick Burghs
690:Whitechapel
663:East Antrim
612:September:
449:September:
366:East Dorset
25:by-election
1799:Categories
1691:November:
1650:Canterbury
1618:East Cavan
1613:Bridgwater
1547:February:
1538:Mid Armagh
1514:December:
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1457:Chesterton
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1191:Harborough
1143:February:
1124:Chesterton
1114:Portsmouth
1085:December:
1071:St Austell
1044:November:
991:Mid Durham
974:Mid Antrim
959:Chesterton
922:February:
895:December:
889:November:
787:February:
759:December:
740:North Cork
738:November:
712:Wandsworth
701:Altrincham
685:Shrewsbury
656:February:
618:November:
614:Midlothian
543:Leominster
515:February:
487:December:
466:November:
434:Wellington
377:Barnstaple
361:Cheltenham
324:Horncastle
312:February:
210:References
155:Unopposed
122:Candidate
106:The result
90:Candidates
1769:1979–2010
1764:1950–1979
1759:1931–1950
1754:1918–1931
1749:1900–1918
1744:1885–1900
1739:1868–1885
1734:1857–1868
1729:1847–1857
1724:1832–1847
1719:1818–1832
1714:1806–1818
1709:1801–1806
1687:Prestwich
1660:October:
1608:Gravesend
1571:Tullamore
1543:Prestwich
1536:January:
1482:October:
1452:Cambridge
1352:Rotherham
1334:January:
1288:West Cork
1265:October:
1261:Mansfield
1202:Wimbledon
1170:Droitwich
1139:Rotherham
1102:January:
1087:Cleveland
1066:St Helens
1033:October:
979:Maidstone
902:Tullamore
820:East Fife
794:Cork City
781:January:
722:Leicester
696:Newmarket
645:January:
581:Holmfirth
509:January:
455:October:
445:Middleton
424:East Cork
345:Brentford
235:The Times
223:The Times
96:Coalition
68:historian
1648:August:
1602:Wansbeck
1581:Keighley
1494:Spalding
1466:August:
1373:Stockton
1367:Tamworth
1255:Abingdon
1238:August:
1181:Hertford
1134:Mile End
1081:Tiverton
1061:Kingston
1051:Uxbridge
1018:Keighley
867:August:
842:Brighton
755:Keighley
732:August:
601:August:
587:Ilkeston
533:Hereford
462:Keighley
443:August:
388:Brighton
329:Westbury
193:See also
49:Unionist
1656:Banbury
1639:Fareham
1623:Clapham
1564:April:
1553:March:
1516:Wisbech
1478:Norwich
1382:April:
1371:March:
1294:Hornsey
1200:April:
1174:March:
1165:Chester
1056:Cardiff
1046:Heywood
1040:Appleby
1003:Preston
989:April:
983:March:
939:Shipley
924:Norwich
836:Ipswich
813:April:
789:Wycombe
750:Reading
683:April:
672:March:
668:Chorley
620:Taunton
552:April:
526:March:
483:Hitchin
354:April:
338:March:
293:»
287:to the
275:«
178:Liberal
142:Liberal
100:Liberal
74:of the
43:Vacancy
35:in the
1693:Wilton
1627:July:
1606:June:
1592:Exeter
1462:Dundee
1432:Fulham
1425:July:
1416:Henley
1411:Epping
1409:June:
1394:Ealing
1378:Oxford
1240:Bodmin
1232:July:
1228:Widnes
1212:Ossory
1160:Bolton
1022:July:
1001:June:
880:Bolton
851:July:
840:June:
804:Poplar
726:July:
705:June:
679:Kendal
625:Bolton
592:Hanley
585:July:
574:June:
473:Oldham
392:July:
381:June:
350:Bootle
299:»
281:«
125:Votes
119:Party
1585:May:
1398:May:
1314:Derby
1216:May:
1024:Arfon
995:May:
824:May:
717:Dover
694:May:
597:Crewe
576:Hythe
563:May:
548:Epsom
494:Govan
429:Luton
370:May:
314:Arfon
183:from
1667:Bath
1587:Ross
1530:1918
1328:1917
1196:Hyde
1096:1916
916:1915
775:1914
707:Leix
639:1913
503:1912
306:1911
181:gain
19:The
168:N/A
161:N/A
1801::
132:±%
128:%
86:.
54:,
52:MP
267:e
260:t
253:v
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