This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in England held between 1689 and 1700, with the names of the previous incumbent and the victor in the by-election.
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.
Dates During this period England counted its legal year as beginning on 25 March. For the purposes of this list the year is considered to have started on 1 January.
By-elections 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. In a few cases the winner was elected at the next general election but had not been re-elected in a by-election after the one noted. In those cases no * symbol is used.
Convention Parliament of 1689 (1689–1690)
Date Constituency c/u Former Incumbent Winner Cause30 January 1689MalmesburyuHenry WhartonThomas TollemacheChose to sit for Westmorland31 January 1689Bere AlstonuSir John MaynardSir John HoltChose to sit for Plymouth4 February 1689MonmouthuJohn ArnoldJohn WilliamsChose to sit for Southwark8 February 1689Great MarlowuSir John BorlaseJohn HobyDeath8 February 1689Higham FerrersuSir Rice RuddLewis WatsonChose to sit for Carmarthenshire14 February 1689Thetfordc*Sir Henry HobartFrancis GuybonChose to sit for Norfolk15 February 1689RichmonduLord ConyersPhilip DarcyDeath16 February 1689Scarboroughu*William HarbordWilliam ThompsonChose to sit for Launceston19 February 1689HampshirecLord William PowlettThomas JervoiseChose to sit for Winchester25 March 1689Old Sarumc*John YoungWilliam HarveyVoid ElectioncThomas PittJohn Hawles6 April 1689TregonyuCharles BoscawenRobert HarleyDeath18 April 1689DerbyshireuSir John GellSir Philip GellDeath2 May 1689WarehamuGeorge RyvesThomas SkinnerDeath7 May 1689BeverleyuSir John HothamSir John HothamDeath8 May 1689TamworthuHenry SydneyHenry BoyleElevated to the peerage14 May 1689City of LondoncWilliam LoveSir William AshhurstDeath14 May 1689NottinghamshireuLord HoughtonJohn WhiteSucceeded to a peerage21 May 1689Bere AlstonuSir John HoltSir John TrevorAppointed Lord Chief Justice22 May 1689AbingdoncThomas MedlycottJohn SouthbyVoid ElectionJohn SouthbySir John StonhouseBy-election results reversed on petition 8 January 1690.23 May 1689New WindsorcSir Christopher WrenSir Algernon MayVoid Election28 May 1689Ipswichc*Peyton VentrisSir Charles BloisAppointed Puisne Justice of the Common Pleas28 May 1689Lincolnu*Sir Henry MonsonSir Edward HusseyDischarged from sitting as a non-juror.30 May 1689Salisburyc*Giles EyreThomas PittAppointed Puisne Justice of the King's Bench6 June 1689Exeterc*Henry PollexfenChristopher BaleAppointed Chief Justice of the Common Pleas11 June 1689Herefordc*Sir William GregoryHenry CornewallAppointed Puisne Justice of the King's Bench13 June 1689NorthamptonshireuEdward HarbySir Thomas SamwellDeath20 June 1689ThetforduWilliam HarbordJohn TrenchardChose to sit for Launceston25 June 1689Newport (I.o.W.)uSir Robert DillingtonEdward DillingtonDeath10 July 1689Plymouthc*Arthur HerbertJohn GranvilleElevated to the peerage15 July 1689Higham Ferrersu*Lewis WatsonThomas AndrewSucceeded to a peerage25 July 1689Applebyu*Philip MusgraveWilliam CheyneDeath9 August 1689Hastingsc*John AshburnhamJohn BeaumontElevated to the peerage18 September 1689Mitchellc(*)The Viscount FanshaweWilliam CorytonDischarged from sitting as a non-jurorWilliam CorytonHumphrey CourtneyBy-election results reversed on petition 17 December 1689.19 September 1689Dartmouthc(*)Charles BooneGeorge BoothDeathGeorge BoothJoseph HerneBy-election results reversed on petition 28 November 1689.26 September 1689StockbridgecOliver St JohnWilliam MontaguDeath21 November 1689Lancasterc*Curwen RawlinsonRoger KirkbyDeath25 November 1689Southamptonc(*)Richard BrettEdward FlemingDeathEdward FlemingSir Charles WyndhamBy-election results reversed on petition 31 December 1689.9 December 1689BletchingleyuJohn GlydJeffrey AmherstDeath9 December 1689DorchestercGerard NapierThomas ChafinDeath14 December 1689Great Marlowu*John HobySir William WhitelockDeath23 December 1689WestmorlanduHenry WhartonGoodwin WhartonDeath28 December 1689Peterboroughu*Charles FitzWilliamWilliam BrownlowDeath28 December 1689StockbridgecWilliam MontaguThomas NealeVoid Election17 January 1690WellsuThomas WyndhamWilliam CowardDeath
2nd Parliament of William III & Mary II (1690–1695)