The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Liberal MP, Sir Edward Grey.
It was won by the Liberal candidate Sir Francis Blake.
[1] Blake was unopposed by Conservative or Labour candidates due to a war time electoral truce where the three main parties would not put up candidates against one another.
[2] The unsuccessful candidate, Dr Arthur Turnbull, stood as an Independent, though one source has described him as an Independent Liberal.
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