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 and The House of Commons: 1660–1690 provides some guidance to the complex and shifting political relationships, but it is significant that the compilers of those works make no attempt to produce a definitive list of each members allegiances.
During this period England counted its legal year as beginning on 25 March.
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.