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Regarding the British Parliament, an election held to fill a seat in the House of Commons that has become vacant due to the death, resignation or ennoblement etc. of the former Member of Parliament. By-elections occur between those regular elections in which a new Parliament (in its entirety) is elected (i.e. the general elections); by contrast, a by-election only concerns the particular constituency that needs to send a new representative to Parliament.

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	~~In the context of~~ the [[UK Parliament]], an election held to fill a seat in the [[House of Commons]] that has become vacant due to the death, resignation or [[ennoblement]] etc. of the former Member of Parliament. By-elections occur between those regular elections in which a new Parliament (in its entirety) is elected (i.e. the ''general elections''); by contrast, a by-election only concerns the particular constituency that needs to send a new representative to Parliament.		Regarding the British [[Parliament]], an election held to fill a seat in the [[House of Commons]] that has become vacant due to the death, resignation or [[ennoblement]] etc. of the former Member of Parliament. By-elections occur between those regular elections in which a new Parliament (in its entirety) is elected (i.e. the ''general elections''); by contrast, a by-election only concerns the particular constituency that needs to send a new representative to Parliament.