1920 The Wrekin by-election was held on 7 February 1920. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Coalition Liberal MP, Sir Charles Henry Bt. It was won by the Independent Conservative candidate Charles Palmer, who was backed by Horatio Bottomley's Independent Parliamentary Group. Palmer died on 25 October 1920 from double pneumonia and pleurisy after catching a chill during a visit to the Wrekin. Another by-election was held in November, also won by a Conservative opposed to the coalition, Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend.