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This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in England held between 1701 and 1707, 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: 1690-1715 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.
Dates
During this period England counted its legal year as beginning on 25 March. For the purposes of this list the year is considered to have started on 1 January.
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.
Date | Constituency | c/u | Former Incumbent | Winner | Cause |
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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 | Chose to sit for Cambridgeshire |
4 March 1701 | Steyning | c | Sir John Fagg | Sir Robert Fagg | Death |
4 March 1701 | Truro | u | Hugh Fortescue | Sir John Hawles | Chose to sit for Tregony |
5 March 1701 | Wareham | u | Thomas Erle | Sir Edward Ernle | Chose to sit for Portsmouth |
7 March 1701 | Bere Alston | u* | Sir Rowland Gwynne | William Cowper | Chose to sit for Breconshire |
10 March 1701 | Amersham | u | The Viscount Newhaven | Sir Samuel Garrard | Chose to sit for Buckinghamshire |
17 March 1701 | Taunton | c* | Henry Seymour Portman | Sir Francis Warre | Chose to sit for Wells |
18 March 1701 | Bramber | u* | Thomas Stringer | Francis Seymour Conway | Chose to sit for Clitheroe |
19 March 1701 | St Albans | c* | Joshua Lomax | John Gape | Void Election |
19 March 1701 | Thetford | u* | Joseph Williamson | Thomas Hanmer | Chose to sit for Rochester |
20 March 1701 | City of London | c | Gilbert Heathcote | Sir John Fleet | Expulsion |
21 March 1701 | Bossiney | u | Francis Robartes | Thomas Watson Wentworth | Chose to sit for Tregony |
21 March 1701 | Oxford University | c* | Sir Christopher Musgrave | William Bromley | Chose to sit for Westmorland |
22 March 1701 | Saltash | u* | Alexander Pendarves | Thomas Carew | Chose to sit for Penryn |
2 April 1701 | St Germans | u | John Speccot | Daniel Eliot | Chose to sit for Cornwall |
7 April 1701 | Sandwich | c | Sir Henry Furnese | John Michel | Expulsion |
16 April 1701 | Steyning | c* | Sir Robert Fagg | Charles Goring | By-election voided 10 April 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 | Chose to sit for Northumberland |
25 June 1701 | Cornwall | u | Hugh Boscawen | Richard Edgcumbe | Death |
9 July 1701 | Salisbury | u* | Thomas Mompesson | Charles Fox | Death |
5th Parliament of William III (1701–1702)
Date | Constituency | c/u | Former Incumbent | Winner | Cause |
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27 January 1702 | Exeter | u* | Sir Bartholomew Shower | John Snell | Death |
27 January 1702 | Portsmouth | u | Thomas Erle | John Gibson | Chose to sit for Wareham |
27 January 1702 | Seaford | u | Sir William Thomas | Thomas Chowne | Chose to sit for Sussex |
2 February 1702 | Castle Rising | u | The Earl of Ranelagh | Marquess of Hartington | Chose to sit for West Looe |
2 February 1702 | Flint Boroughs | u | Sir Thomas Hanmer | Sir John Conway | Chose to sit for Thetford |
3 February 1702 | Northallerton | u | Robert Dormer | Daniel Lascelles | Chose to sit for Buckinghamshire |
4 February 1702 | Dorchester | u* | Thomas Trenchard | Sir Nathaniel Napier | Chose to sit for Dorset |
4 February 1702 | East Looe | u | Francis Godolphin | George Courtenay | Chose to sit for Helston |
4 February 1702 | Plymouth | u* | Henry Trelawny | John Woolcombe | Death |
5 February 1702 | Milborne Port | c* | Henry Thynne | John Hunt | Chose to sit for Tamworth |
5 February 1702 | Saltash | u* | James Buller | Benjamin Buller | Chose to sit for Cornwall |
5 February 1702 | Weymouth and Melcombe Regis | c* | Maurice Ashley | Anthony Henley | Chose to sit for Wiltshire |
9 February 1702 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | u* | Francis Blake | Jonathan Hutchinson | Chose to sit for Northumberland |
12 February 1702 | Truro | u | William Scawen | Robert Cotton | Chose to sit for Grampound |
19 February 1702 | Cockermouth | c* | Goodwin Wharton | Thomas Lamplugh | Chose to sit for Buckinghamshire |
7 March 1702 | Newport (I.o.W.) | u | The Lord Cutts | James Stanhope | Chose to sit for Cambridgeshire |
23 March 1702 | Calne | u* | Sir Charles Hedges | Henry Chivers | Election voided due to a Double Return |
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13 April 1702 | Higham Ferrers | u* | Thomas Ekins | Thomas Pemberton | Death |