ABSTRACT
Death 1,240 32.9 Resignation (including resignations following appointment as Lord Chancellor and elevation to the Peerage) 1,068 28.2
Ministerial (appointments to Ministerial officewhich required re-election) 678 18.0
Succession to the Peerage 228 6.1
Elevation to the Peerage (including Life Peerages and those summoned to the House of Lords in one of their fathers’ Peerages) 221 5.9
Elections declared void following petitions 193 5.1
Members seeking re-election (for various reasons) in their constituency1 51 1.4
Acceptance of an appointment which did not disqualify but necessitated re-election 36 1.0
Members elected for more than one constituency declining the seats they did not wish to represent1 26 0.7
Members disqualified from sitting in the House of Commonsl 16 0.4
Expulsion from the House of Commonsl 8 0.2
Bankruptcy1 3 0.1
Creation of additional seats in the House of Commons during a Parliament 2 0.1
Unseated for voting in the House of Commons before taking the Oath1 2 0.1
Lunacyl 1 0.0
by-election results: Kent, Dartford (27/3/20). A Coalition majority of 9,370 at the previous (1918) General Election was turned
into a Labour majority of 9,048. Fulham, East (25/10/33). A Conservative majority of 14,521 at the previous (1931) General Election was
turned into a Labour majority of 4,840. Kent, Orpington (14/3/62). A Conservative majority of 14,760 at the previous (1959) General Election was
turned into a Liberal majority of 7,855. Leyton (21/1/65). A Labour majority of 7,926 at the previous (1964) General Election was turned into a
Conservative majority of 205. Walthamstow, West (21/9/67). A Labour majority of 8,725 at the previous (1966) General Election was
turned into a Conservative majority of 62. Dudley (28/3/68). A Labour majority of 10,022 at the previous (1966) General Election was turned into a
Conservative majority of 11,656. Warwickshire, Meriden (28/3/68). A Labour majority of 4,581 at the previous (1966) General Election was
turned into a Conservative majority of 15,263. Birmingham, Ladywood (26/6/69). A Labour majority of 5,315 at the previous (1966) General Election was
turned into a Liberal majority of 2,713. Swindon (30/10/69). A Labour majority of 10,443 at the previous (1966) General Election was turned into
a Conservative majority of 478. Worcestershire, Bromsgrove (27/5/71). A Labour majority of 1,868 at the previous (1970) General Election
was turned into a Conservative majority of 10,874. Rochdale (26/10/72). A Labour majority of 5,171 at the previous (1970) General Election was turned into a
Liberal majority of 5,093. Sutton and Cheam (7/12/72). A Conservative majority of 12,696 at the previous (1970) General Election
was turned into a Liberal majority of 7,417. Isle of Ely (26/7/73). A Conservative majority of 9,606 at the previous (1970) General Election was turned
into a Liberal majority of 1,470. Yorkshire, Ripon (26/7/73). A Conservative majority of 12,064 at the previous (1970) General Election was
turned into a Liberal majority of 946. Northumberland, Berwick-upon-Tweed (8/11/73). A Conservative majority of 7,145 at the previous (1970)
General Election was turned into a Liberal majority of 57. Walsall, North (4/11/76). A Labour/Co-operative majority of 15,885 at the previous (October 1974) General
Election was turned into a Conservative majority of 4,379. Workington (4/11/76). A Labour majority of 9,551 at the previous (October 1974) General Election was
turned into a Conservative majority of 1,065. Birmingham, Stechford (31/3/77). A Labour majority of 11,923 at the previous (October 1974) General
Election was turned into a Conservative majority of 1,949. Ashfield (28/4/77). A Labour majority of 22,915 at the previous (October 1974) General Election was
turned into a Conservative majority of 264. Ilford, North (2/3/78). A Labour majority of 778 at the previous (October 1974) General Election was
turned into a Conservative majority of 5,497. Liverpool, Edge Hill (29/3/79). A Labour majority of 6,171 at the previous (October 1974) General Election-
was turned into a Liberal majority of 8,133. Crosby (26/11/81). A Conservative majority of 19,272 at the previous (1979) General Election was turned
into a Social Democratic Party majority of 5,289. Bermondsey (24/2/83). A Labour majority of 19,338 at the previous (1979) General Election was turned
into a Liberal majority of 9,319.
