Appointment of Walpole as Secretary of State for the Home Department. Appointment of Selwyn as Solicitor-General. Appointment of Selwyn as Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chancery. Elections in the 1870s Elections in the 1880s Walpole's resignation caused a by-election. Raikes was appointed Postmaster General, requiring a by-election. Beresford-Hope's death caused a by-election. Elections in the 1890s Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1910s Elections 1918–1950 General Elections, from 1918 when most constituencies polled on the same day, were on different polling days than for territorial constituencies. The polls for university constituencies were open for five days. The elections were also conducted by Single Transferable Vote. Elections in the 1910s Elections in the 1920s As two candidates achieved the quota only one count was necessary As two candidates achieved the quota only one count was necessary Elections in the 1930s As two candidates achieved the quota only one count was necessary Elections in the 1940s See also List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies References Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972) British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977) British Parliamentary Election Results 1885–1918, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1974) British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977) McCalmont's Parliamentary Poll Book: British Election Results 1832–1918 (8th edition, The Harvester Press 1971) The House of Commons 1715–1754, by Romney Sedgwick (HMSO 1970) The House of Commons 1754–1790, by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964) The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973) Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832–1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976) Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886–1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978) Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919–1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979) Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume IV 1945–1979, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1981) Specific University constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies in the East of England (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1603 Constituencies