Spalding (UK Parliament constituency)

Spalding was a county constituency in Lincolnshire, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Finch-Hatton succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham, causing a by-election.

Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1915.

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