Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Lancaster was re-established for the 1885 general election as a county constituency.Lancaster returned Members to Parliament between 1295 and 1331 but is not known to have done so again, on the grounds of the poverty of the town's burgesses, until the election of William Banester in 1523.Gregson's election was declared void on petition due to bribery, causing a by-election.[25] Armstrong's election was declared void due to corruption and bribery, causing a by-election.The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Craig, F. W. S. (1983).