Sleaford (UK Parliament constituency)

It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1885 general election, when the former Mid Lincolnshire constituency was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

Chaplin was appointed President of the Board of Agriculture, requiring a by-election.

Chaplin was appointed President of the Local Government Board, requiring a by-election.

The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;