The 1915 Preston by-election was held on 9 June 1915. The

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...

was held due to the incumbent

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MP, Alfred Aspinall Tobin, becoming a county court judge. It was won by the

candidate Urban H. Broughton who was unopposed due to a

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