The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, John Robert Davison.
[1] It was won by the Conservative candidate John Lloyd Wharton.
[2] It was the second by-election of the year, as Davison had been required to seek re-election following his appointment as Judge Advocate General.
The first by-election had been held on 14 January, in which Davison had been re-elected unopposed.
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