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dir="ltr"><p> The <b>1942 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election</b> was a <a href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">by-election</a> held for the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">British House of Commons</a> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_constituencies" title="United Kingdom constituencies">constituency</a> of <a href="/wiki/Newcastle-under-Lyme_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)">Newcastle-under-Lyme</a> on 11 March 1942. The seat had become vacant when the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) <a href="/wiki/Josiah_Wedgwood,_1st_Baron_Wedgwood" title="Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood">Josiah Wedgwood</a> was elevated to the peerage as <a href="/wiki/Baron_Wedgwood" title="Baron Wedgwood">Baron Wedgwood</a>. He had held the seat since the <a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">1906 general election</a>. </p><p>The Labour candidate, <a href="/wiki/John_Mack_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mack (UK politician)">John Mack</a>, was returned unopposed; during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> the parties in the <a href="/wiki/Coalition_Government_1940-1945" class="mw-redirect" title="Coalition Government 1940-1945">wartime coalition government</a> had a pact not to contest by-elections in seats held. He represented the constituency until he retired from the House of Commons at the <a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">1951 general election</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1942_Newcastle-under-Lyme_by-election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections">List of United Kingdom by-elections</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1942_Newcastle-under-Lyme_by-election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFCraig1983" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/F._W._S._Craig" title="F. W. S. Craig">Craig, F. W. S.</a> (1983) [1969]. <i>British parliamentary election results 1918-1949</i> (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-900178-06-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-900178-06-X"><bdi>0-900178-06-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+parliamentary+election+results+1918-1949&rft.place=Chichester&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=Parliamentary+Research+Services&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=0-900178-06-X&rft.aulast=Craig&rft.aufirst=F.+W.+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1942+Newcastle-under-Lyme+by-election" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171107011701/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ncommons1.htm">Historical list of MPs: N</a><sup><a href="/wiki/Template:Usurped/doc" title="Template:Usurped/doc">[usurped]</a></sup></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>January: <a href="/wiki/1936_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">Combined Scottish Universities</a></li> <li>February: <a href="/wiki/1936_Ross_and_Cromarty_by-election" title="1936 Ross and Cromarty by-election">Ross and Cromarty</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1936_Dunbartonshire_by-election" title="1936 Dunbartonshire by-election">Dunbartonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Llanelli_by-election" title="1936 Llanelli by-election">Llanelli</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1936_Peckham_by-election" title="1936 Peckham by-election">Peckham</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1936_Lewes_by-election" title="1936 Lewes by-election">Lewes</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1936_Derby_by-election" title="1936 Derby by-election">Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Balham_and_Tooting_by-election" title="1936 Balham and Tooting by-election">Balham and Tooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_East_Grinstead_by-election" title="1936 East Grinstead by-election">East Grinstead</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/1936_Birmingham_Erdington_by-election" title="1936 Birmingham Erdington by-election">Birmingham Erdington</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1936_Clay_Cross_by-election" title="1936 Clay Cross by-election">Clay Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Preston_by-election" title="1936 Preston by-election">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Greenock_by-election" title="1936 Greenock by-election">Greenock</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1937</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>February: <a href="/wiki/1937_St_Pancras_North_by-election" title="1937 St Pancras North by-election">St Pancras North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Manchester_Gorton_by-election" title="1937 Manchester Gorton by-election">Manchester Gorton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Oxford_University_by-election" title="1937 Oxford University by-election">Oxford University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Richmond-upon-Thames_by-election" title="1937 Richmond-upon-Thames by-election">Richmond-upon-Thames</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1937_Combined_English_Universities_by-election" title="1937 Combined English Universities by-election">Combined English Universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Tonbridge_by-election" title="1937 Tonbridge by-election">Tonbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Farnham_by-election" title="1937 Farnham by-election">Farnham</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1937_Stalybridge_and_Hyde_by-election" title="1937 Stalybridge and Hyde by-election">Stalybridge and Hyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Wandsworth_Central_by-election" title="1937 Wandsworth Central by-election">Wandsworth Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Birmingham_West_by-election" title="1937 Birmingham West by-election">Birmingham West</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1937_York_by-election" title="1937 York by-election">York</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1937_Glasgow_Hillhead_by-election" title="1937 Glasgow Hillhead by-election">Glasgow Hillhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Buckingham_by-election" title="1937 Buckingham by-election">Buckingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Plymouth_Drake_by-election" title="1937 Plymouth Drake by-election">Plymouth Drake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Cheltenham_by-election" title="1937 Cheltenham by-election">Cheltenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Hemel_Hempstead_by-election" title="1937 Hemel Hempstead by-election">Hemel Hempstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Holland_with_Boston_by-election" title="1937 Holland with Boston by-election">Holland with Boston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Bewdley_by-election" title="1937 Bewdley by-election">Bewdley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Ilford_by-election" title="1937 Ilford by-election">Ilford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_St_Ives_by-election" title="1937 St Ives by-election">St Ives</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1937_Kingston-upon-Thames_by-election" title="1937 Kingston-upon-Thames by-election">Kingston-upon-Thames</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Chertsey_by-election" title="1937 Chertsey by-election">Chertsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_North_Dorset_by-election" title="1937 North Dorset by-election">North Dorset</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1937_Glasgow_Springburn_by-election" title="1937 Glasgow Springburn by-election">Glasgow Springburn</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/1937_Islington_North_by-election" title="1937 Islington North by-election">Islington North</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1937_Hastings_by-election" title="1937 Hastings by-election">Hastings</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1938</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>January: <a href="/wiki/1938_Farnworth_by-election" title="1938 Farnworth by-election">Farnworth</a></li> <li>February: <a href="/wiki/1938_Pontypridd_by-election" title="1938 Pontypridd by-election">Pontypridd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Ipswich_by-election" title="1938 Ipswich by-election">Ipswich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">Combined Scottish Universities</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1938_City_of_London_by-election" title="1938 City of London by-election">City of London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Fulham_West_by-election" title="1938 Fulham West by-election">Fulham West</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1938_Lichfield_by-election" title="1938 Lichfield by-election">Lichfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Aylesbury_by-election" title="1938 Aylesbury by-election">Aylesbury</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1938_West_Derbyshire_by-election" title="1938 West Derbyshire by-election">West Derbyshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Stafford_by-election" title="1938 Stafford by-election">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Barnsley_by-election" title="1938 Barnsley by-election">Barnsley</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1938_Willesden_East_by-election" title="1938 Willesden East by-election">Willesden East</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/1938_Oxford_by-election" title="1938 Oxford by-election">Oxford</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1938_Dartford_by-election" title="1938 Dartford by-election">Dartford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Walsall_by-election" title="1938 Walsall by-election">Walsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Bridgwater_by-election" title="1938 Bridgwater by-election">Bridgwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Doncaster_by-election" title="1938 Doncaster by-election">Doncaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Lewisham_West_by-election" title="1938 Lewisham West by-election">Lewisham West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Fylde_by-election" title="1938 Fylde by-election">Fylde</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1938_Kinross_and_Western_Perthshire_by-election" title="1938 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election">Kinross and Western Perthshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1939</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>January: <a href="/wiki/1939_East_Norfolk_by-election" title="1939 East Norfolk by-election">East Norfolk</a></li> <li>February: <a href="/wiki/1939_Holderness_by-election" title="1939 Holderness by-election">Holderness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Ripon_by-election" title="1939 Ripon by-election">Ripon</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1939_Batley_and_Morley_by-election" title="1939 Batley and Morley by-election">Batley and Morley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Kincardineshire_and_Western_Aberdeenshire_by-election" title="1939 Kincardineshire and Western Aberdeenshire by-election">Kincardineshire and Western Aberdeenshire</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1939_South_Ayrshire_by-election" title="1939 South Ayrshire by-election">South Ayrshire</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1939_Down_by-election" title="1939 Down by-election">Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Sheffield_Hallam_by-election" title="1939 Sheffield Hallam by-election">Sheffield Hallam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Westminster_Abbey_by-election" title="1939 Westminster Abbey by-election">Westminster Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Birmingham_Aston_by-election" title="1939 Birmingham Aston by-election">Birmingham Aston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Southwark_North_by-election" title="1939 Southwark North by-election">Southwark North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Kennington_by-election" title="1939 Kennington by-election">Kennington</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1939_Caerphilly_by-election" title="1939 Caerphilly by-election">Caerphilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Portsmouth_South_by-election" title="1939 Portsmouth South by-election">Portsmouth South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_North_Cornwall_by-election" title="1939 North Cornwall by-election">North Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Hythe_by-election" title="1939 Hythe by-election">Hythe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Monmouth_by-election" title="1939 Monmouth by-election">Monmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Colne_Valley_by-election" title="1939 Colne Valley by-election">Colne Valley</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1939_Brecon_and_Radnorshire_by-election" title="1939 Brecon and Radnorshire by-election">Brecon and Radnorshire</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/1939_Fareham_by-election" title="1939 Fareham by-election">Fareham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_High_Peak_by-election" title="1939 High Peak by-election">High Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Clackmannanshire_and_East_Stirlingshire_by-election" title="1939 Clackmannanshire and East Stirlingshire by-election">Clackmannanshire and East Stirlingshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Ormskirk_by-election" title="1939 Ormskirk by-election">Ormskirk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Ashton-under-Lyne_by-election" title="1939 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election">Ashton-under-Lyne</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1939_Macclesfield_by-election" title="1939 Macclesfield by-election">Macclesfield</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1939_Streatham_by-election" title="1939 Streatham by-election">Streatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Stretford_by-election" title="1939 Stretford by-election">Stretford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Wells_by-election" title="1939 Wells by-election">Wells</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>February: <a href="/wiki/February_1940_Southampton_by-election" title="February 1940 Southampton by-election">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_City_of_London_by-election" title="1940 City of London by-election">City of London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Swansea_East_by-election" title="1940 Swansea East by-election">Swansea East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Belfast_East_by-election" title="1940 Belfast East by-election">Belfast East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Southwark_Central_by-election" title="1940 Southwark Central by-election">Southwark Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Silvertown_by-election" title="1940 Silvertown by-election">Silvertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Cambridge_University_by-election" title="1940 Cambridge University by-election">Cambridge University</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1940_Kettering_by-election" title="1940 Kettering by-election">Kettering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_City_of_Chester_by-election" title="1940 City of Chester by-election">City of Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Leeds_North_East_by-election" title="1940 Leeds North East by-election">Leeds North East</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1940_Argyllshire_by-election" title="1940 Argyllshire by-election">Argyllshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Lonsdale_by-election" title="1940 Lonsdale by-election">Lonsdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Battersea_North_by-election" title="1940 Battersea North by-election">Battersea North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Glasgow_Pollok_by-election" title="1940 Glasgow Pollok by-election">Glasgow Pollok</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1940_Brighton_by-election" title="1940 Brighton by-election">Brighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_East_Renfrewshire_by-election" title="1940 East Renfrewshire by-election">East Renfrewshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Middleton_and_Prestwich_by-election" title="1940 Middleton and Prestwich by-election">Middleton and Prestwich</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1940_Spen_Valley_by-election" title="1940 Spen Valley by-election">Spen Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Newcastle_upon_Tyne_North_by-election" title="1940 Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election">Newcastle North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Bow_and_Bromley_by-election" title="1940 Bow and Bromley by-election">Bow and Bromley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Croydon_North_by-election" title="1940 Croydon North by-election">Croydon North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Wandsworth_Central_by-election" title="1940 Wandsworth Central by-election">Wandsworth Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Bournemouth_by-election" title="1940 Bournemouth by-election">Bournemouth</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1940_Newcastle_upon_Tyne_West_by-election" title="1940 Newcastle upon Tyne West by-election">Newcastle West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Montrose_Burghs_by-election" title="1940 Montrose Burghs by-election">Montrose Burghs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Nottingham_Central_by-election" title="1940 Nottingham Central by-election">Nottingham Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Rochdale_by-election" title="1940 Rochdale by-election">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Wansbeck_by-election" title="1940 Wansbeck by-election">Wansbeck</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1940_Middlesbrough_West_by-election" title="1940 Middlesbrough West by-election">Middlesbrough West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Mitcham_by-election" title="1940 Mitcham by-election">Mitcham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Heywood_and_Radcliffe_by-election" title="1940 Heywood and Radcliffe by-election">Heywood and Radcliffe</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1940_Bolton_by-election" title="1940 Bolton by-election">Bolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Manchester_Exchange_by-election" title="1940 Manchester Exchange by-election">Manchester Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Preston_by-election" title="1940 Preston by-election">Preston</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1940_Queen%27s_University_of_Belfast_by-election" title="1940 Queen's University of Belfast by-election">Queen's University of Belfast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Aldershot_by-election" title="1940 Aldershot by-election">Aldershot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_1940_Southampton_by-election" title="November 1940 Southampton by-election">Southampton</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1940_Northampton_by-election" title="1940 Northampton by-election">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Birmingham_Edgbaston_by-election" title="1940 Birmingham Edgbaston by-election">Birmingham Edgbaston</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1941</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>February: <a href="/wiki/1941_Doncaster_by-election" title="1941 Doncaster by-election">Doncaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_South_Dorset_by-election" title="1941 South Dorset by-election">South Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Petersfield_by-election" title="1941 Petersfield by-election">Petersfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Dunbartonshire_by-election" title="1941 Dunbartonshire by-election">Dunbartonshire</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1941_Hitchin_by-election" title="1941 Hitchin by-election">Hitchin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Bodmin_by-election" title="1941 Bodmin by-election">Bodmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Carmarthen_by-election" title="1941 Carmarthen by-election">Carmarthen</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1941_Great_Yarmouth_by-election" title="1941 Great Yarmouth by-election">Great Yarmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_West_Bromwich_by-election" title="1941 West Bromwich by-election">West Bromwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Mansfield_by-election" title="1941 Mansfield by-election">Mansfield</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1941_Birmingham_King%27s_Norton_by-election" title="1941 Birmingham King's Norton by-election">Birmingham King's Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Hornsey_by-election" title="1941 Hornsey by-election">Hornsey</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1941_West_Dorset_by-election" title="1941 West Dorset by-election">West Dorset</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1941_Greenock_by-election" title="1941 Greenock by-election">Greenock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Edinburgh_West_by-election" title="1941 Edinburgh West by-election">Edinburgh West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Dudley_by-election" title="1941 Dudley by-election">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Pontefract_by-election" title="1941 Pontefract by-election">Pontefract</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1941_Berwick-upon-Tweed_by-election" title="1941 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election">Berwick-upon-Tweed</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1941_Scarborough_and_Whitby_by-election" title="1941 Scarborough and Whitby by-election">Scarborough and Whitby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_The_Wrekin_by-election" title="1941 The Wrekin by-election">The Wrekin</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/1941_Lancaster_by-election" title="1941 Lancaster by-election">Lancaster</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1941_Brighton_by-election" title="1941 Brighton by-election">Brighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Hampstead_by-election" title="1941 Hampstead by-election">Hampstead</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1941_Harrow_by-election" title="1941 Harrow by-election">Harrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Edinburgh_Central_by-election" title="1941 Edinburgh Central by-election">Edinburgh Central</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1942</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>February: <a href="/wiki/1942_North_East_Derbyshire_by-election" title="1942 North East Derbyshire by-election">North East Derbyshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Keighley_by-election" title="1942 Keighley by-election">Keighley</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1942_Nuneaton_by-election" title="1942 Nuneaton by-election">Nuneaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Manchester_Gorton_by-election" title="1942 Manchester Gorton by-election">Manchester Gorton</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Newcastle-under-Lyme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Wigan_by-election" title="1942 Wigan by-election">Wigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Grantham_by-election" title="1942 Grantham by-election">Grantham</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1942_Tavistock_by-election" title="1942 Tavistock by-election">Tavistock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Cardiff_East_by-election" title="1942 Cardiff East by-election">Cardiff East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Glasgow_Cathcart_by-election" title="1942 Glasgow Cathcart by-election">Glasgow Cathcart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Wallasey_by-election" title="1942 Wallasey by-election">Wallasey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Rugby_by-election" title="1942 Rugby by-election">Rugby</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1942_Putney_by-election" title="1942 Putney by-election">Putney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Chichester_by-election" title="1942 Chichester by-election">Chichester</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1942_Llandaff_and_Barry_by-election" title="1942 Llandaff and Barry by-election">Llandaff and Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Maldon_by-election" title="1942 Maldon by-election">Maldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Windsor_by-election" title="1942 Windsor by-election">Windsor</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1942_Salisbury_by-election" title="1942 Salisbury by-election">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Spennymoor_by-election" title="1942 Spennymoor by-election">Spennymoor</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1942_Rothwell_by-election" title="1942 Rothwell by-election">Rothwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Whitechapel_and_St_Georges_by-election" title="1942 Whitechapel and St Georges by-election">Whitechapel and St Georges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Poplar_South_by-election" title="1942 Poplar South by-election">Poplar South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Sheffield_Park_by-election" title="1942 Sheffield Park by-election">Sheffield Park</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/1942_Manchester_Clayton_by-election" title="1942 Manchester Clayton by-election">Manchester Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Ince_by-election" title="1942 Ince by-election">Ince</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1943</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>January: <a href="/wiki/1943_Hamilton_by-election" title="1943 Hamilton by-election">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_University_of_Wales_by-election" title="1943 University of Wales by-election">University of Wales</a></li> <li>February: <a href="/wiki/1943_Belfast_West_by-election" title="1943 Belfast West by-election">Belfast West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Ashford_by-election" title="1943 Ashford by-election">Ashford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Antrim_by-election" title="1943 Antrim by-election">Antrim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Midlothian_and_Peebles_Northern_by-election" title="1943 Midlothian and Peebles Northern by-election">Midlothian and Peebles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_King%27s_Lynn_by-election" title="1943 King's Lynn by-election">King's Lynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Portsmouth_North_by-election" title="1943 Portsmouth North by-election">Portsmouth North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Bristol_Central_by-election" title="1943 Bristol Central by-election">Bristol Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Watford_by-election" title="1943 Watford by-election">Watford</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1943_Buckingham_by-election" title="1943 Buckingham by-election">Buckingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Eddisbury_by-election" title="1943 Eddisbury by-election">Eddisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Daventry_by-election" title="1943 Daventry by-election">Daventry</a></li> <li>June: <a href="/wiki/1943_The_Hartlepools_by-election" title="1943 The Hartlepools by-election">The Hartlepools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Newark_by-election" title="1943 Newark by-election">Newark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Birmingham_Aston_by-election" title="1943 Birmingham Aston by-election">Birmingham Aston</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1943_Burton-on-Trent_by-election" title="1943 Burton-on-Trent by-election">Burton-on-Trent</a></li> <li>August: <a href="/wiki/1943_Chippenham_by-election" title="1943 Chippenham by-election">Chippenham</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/1943_St_Albans_by-election" title="1943 St Albans by-election">St Albans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Peterborough_by-election" title="1943 Peterborough by-election">Peterborough</a></li> <li>November: <a href="/wiki/1943_Woolwich_West_by-election" title="1943 Woolwich West by-election">Woolwich West</a></li> <li>December: <a href="/wiki/1943_Consett_by-election" title="1943 Consett by-election">Consett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Darwen_by-election" title="1943 Darwen by-election">Darwen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_Acton_by-election" title="1943 Acton by-election">Acton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1944</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>January: <a href="/wiki/1944_Skipton_by-election" title="1944 Skipton by-election">Skipton</a></li> <li>February: <a href="/wiki/1944_Brighton_by-election" title="1944 Brighton by-election">Brighton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_West_Derbyshire_by-election" title="1944 West Derbyshire by-election">West Derbyshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Kirkcaldy_Burghs_by-election" title="1944 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election">Kirkcaldy Burghs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Sheffield_Attercliffe_by-election" title="1944 Sheffield Attercliffe by-election">Sheffield Attercliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Bury_St_Edmunds_by-election" title="1944 Bury St Edmunds by-election">Bury St Edmunds</a></li> <li>March: <a href="/wiki/1944_Camberwell_North_by-election" title="1944 Camberwell North by-election">Camberwell North</a></li> <li>April: <a href="/wiki/1944_Clay_Cross_by-election" title="1944 Clay Cross by-election">Clay Cross</a></li> <li>July: <a href="/wiki/1944_Manchester_Rusholme_by-election" title="1944 Manchester Rusholme by-election">Manchester Rusholme</a></li> <li>September: <a href="/wiki/1944_Bilston_by-election" title="1944 Bilston by-election">Bilston</a></li> <li>October: <a href="/wiki/1944_Chelsea_by-election" title="1944 Chelsea by-election">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Berwick-upon-Tweed_by-election" title="1944 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election">Berwick-upon-Tweed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1945</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>April: <a href="/wiki/1945_Motherwell_by-election" title="1945 Motherwell by-election">Motherwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Combined_Scottish_Universities_by-election" title="1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election">Combined Scottish Universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Chelmsford_by-election" title="1945 Chelmsford by-election">Chelmsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Caernarvon_Boroughs_by-election" title="1945 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election">Caernarvon Boroughs</a></li> <li>May: <a href="/wiki/1945_Middlesbrough_West_by-election" title="1945 Middlesbrough West by-election">Middlesbrough West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Neath_by-election" title="1945 Neath by-election">Neath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Newport_by-election" title="1945 Newport by-election">Newport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>Lists of UK by-elections</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1801%E2%80%931806)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1801–1806)">1801–1806</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1806%E2%80%931818)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1806–1818)">1806–1818</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1818%E2%80%931832)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections 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