Inskip had held the Fareham seat since a by - election in 1931 .
The seat had become vacant when Sir Thomas Inskip , the constituency 's Conservative Party Member of Parliament had been ennobled as Viscount Caldecote on 6 September and appointed as Lord Chancellor .
Sir had held the Fareham seat since a by - election in 1931 .
The seat had become vacant when Sir Thomas Inskip , the constituency 's Conservative Party Member of Parliament had been ennobled as Viscount Caldecote on 6 September and appointed as Lord Chancellor .