1916 Portsmouth by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 June 2025 The 1916 Portsmouth by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Portsmouth on 15 January 1916. The seat had become vacant when Lord Charles Beresford (one of the constituency's two Conservative Members of Parliament) was elevated to peerage as Baron Beresford. The Conservative candidate, Hon. Sir Hedworth Meux, was returned unopposed. He held the seat until the constituency was divided at the 1918 general election, and did not stand for Parliament again.Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 1969 3rd 1983 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-06-X References Sources Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 1974 2nd 1989 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-27-2 172 See also Portsmouth (UK Parliament constituency) 1900 Portsmouth by-election The town (now city) of Portsmouth List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900–1918) Category:1916 in England Category:1916 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Hampshire constituencies Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom Category:Elections in Portsmouth Category:20th century in Hampshire Category:January 1916 in the United Kingdom