Lowe was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in Gladstone's government. Elections in the 1870s Elections in the 1880s Lowe was elevated to the peerage as the 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, causing a by-election. Lubbock joined the breakaway Liberal Unionist Party in 1886. This was a gain for the Liberal Unionist Party, but a hold for Lubbock personally. Elections in the 1890s Elections in the 1900s Lubbock was elevated to the peerage as the 1st Baron Avebury, triggering a by-election. Elections in the 1910s The Liberal Unionist Party merged with the Conservative Party in 1912, but its former members continued to be known collectively as the Unionist Party. (They are not to be confused with the contemporary Unionist Party in Scotland, which also later merged with the Conservatives.) Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1930s Elections in the 1940s See also List of former United Kingdom Parliament constituencies References Bibliography 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) Electoral Reform in War and Peace 1906–18, by Martin Pugh (Routledge & Kegan Paul 1978) 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) Historic parliamentary constituencies in England University constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1868 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950 Parliament constituency