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href="/wiki/Eddisbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Eddisbury</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">56.1%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #ff7f50;"><div style="width:120px;"><span style="line-height:160px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:#ff7f50; font-size:35px;"> <b>CW</b></span></div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #AFEEEE;"><div style="width:120px;"><span style="line-height:160px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:#AFEEEE; font-size:35px;"> <b>LNP</b></span></div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FFFFAA;"><div style="width:120px;"><span style="line-height:160px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:#FFFFAA; -webkit-text-stroke: 0.50px #000000; font-size:35px;"> <b>IL</b></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Candidate </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Loverseed" title="John Loverseed">John Loverseed</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">Thomas Peacock </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Heathcote-Williams" title="Harold Heathcote-Williams">Harold Heathcote-Williams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Common_Wealth_Party" title="Common Wealth Party">Common Wealth</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberal</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>8,023</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7,537 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">2,803 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>43.7%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">41.0% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">15.3% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>MP before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/R._J._Russell" title="R. J. Russell">R. J. Russell</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberal</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Subsequent MP</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Loverseed" title="John Loverseed">John Loverseed</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Common_Wealth_Party" title="Common Wealth Party">Common Wealth</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The <b>1943 Eddisbury by-election</b> was a parliamentary <a href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">by-election</a> for the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">British House of Commons</a> constituency of <a href="/wiki/Eddisbury_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Eddisbury (UK Parliament constituency)">Eddisbury</a> on 7 April 1943. </p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vacancy">Vacancy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_Eddisbury_by-election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Vacancy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting <a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">Liberal National</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_John_Russell" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard John Russell">Richard John Russell</a> on 5 February 1943. He had been MP here since gaining the seat from the Conservatives in 1929. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_history">Election history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_Eddisbury_by-election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Election history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1885 when the seat was created to 1931, Eddisbury had been a battleground constituency between the Liberals and the Conservatives. Since the formation of the <a href="/wiki/National_Government_(United_Kingdom)" title="National Government (United Kingdom)">National Government</a> in 1931, that situation changed when the Liberal MP, Richard Russell broke from the official party to join the Liberal National group. Since then, the local Conservatives were happy to support Russell as if he were one of their own and he was returned unopposed in both the 1931 and 1935 general elections. The Labour party was traditionally very weak in the constituency, and had never fielded a candidate. After 1935, there was increasing disenchantment within Eddisbury Liberal Association over its support for Russell and his support for an increasingly Conservative dominated National Government. Matters came to a head in 1939 as the parties prepared for a General Election. Those Eddisbury Liberals who opposed the National Government, broke away and formed a new Liberal Association, that was recognised by and affiliated to the official Liberal party, led by <a href="/wiki/Sir_Archibald_Sinclair" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Archibald Sinclair">Sir Archibald Sinclair</a>. They also selected a candidate, William Gretton Ward, to oppose Russell at the General Election. However, due to the outbreak of war, the election did not take place. </p><p>Lieutenant Percy Carter, son of <a href="/wiki/1915_Birthday_Honours" title="1915 Birthday Honours">T. B. Carter</a>, was for some years "hon. Secretary of the Eddisbury Liberal Association", till his death in 1918. He was also commander of the <a href="/wiki/Frodsham" title="Frodsham">Frodsham</a> detachment of <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Regiment" title="Cheshire Regiment">Cheshire Volunteer Regiment</a>, director of the firm <a href="/wiki/Carter_%26_Carter#History" title="Carter & Carter">Carter and Sons Ltd.</a>, and active member of the Gilbert Greenall Lodge No 1250.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidates">Candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_Eddisbury_by-election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The local Liberal Nationals who had the right to choose the government candidate selected local farmer, Thomas Peacock, a known Conservative.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had been Chairman of Chester Farmers Ltd since 1924. He had been a Member of Council of the <a href="/wiki/National_Farmers_Union_of_England_and_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="National Farmers Union of England and Wales">National Farmers' Union</a> since 1934 and was President from 1939 to 1941. He had been a member of <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_County_Council" title="Cheshire County Council">Cheshire County Council</a> since 1931. He was a member of Cheshire County War Agricultural Committee and he became a member of the Red Cross Agricultural Fund Committee in 1940. In 1942 he had been appointed a CBE.<sup id="cite_ref-whoswho_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whoswho-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Outraged by the Liberal Nationals fielding a known Conservative, a number of the Eddisbury Liberals got together and selected 47-year-old Chester man, Harold Heathcote-Williams as their candidate. He was a Barrister, having been <a href="/wiki/Called_to_the_Bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Called to the Bar">Called to the Bar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inner_Temple" title="Inner Temple">Inner Temple</a>, in 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-whoswho_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-whoswho-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had stood as Liberal candidate at <a href="/wiki/Poplar_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Poplar South (UK Parliament constituency)">South Poplar</a> in 1924 and 1929 coming second both times. At the last General Election, he had fought the neighbouring Cheshire seat of <a href="/wiki/Knutsford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Knutsford (UK Parliament constituency)">Knutsford</a>, finishing second.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in accordance with the terms of the wartime electoral truce, he was not endorsed by party headquarters. </p><p>Former Liberal MP, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Acland" title="Richard Acland">Richard Acland</a> had formed the <a href="/wiki/Common_Wealth_Party" title="Common Wealth Party">Common Wealth Party</a> in 1942 expressly to fight by-elections in opposition to the all-party electoral truce. He saw Eddisbury as a good opportunity to defeat the government candidate and enlisted <a href="/wiki/John_Eric_Loverseed" class="mw-redirect" title="John Eric Loverseed">John Eric Loverseed</a> to be his own party's candidate. Loverseed was a 33-year-old fighter pilot with the RAF who had fought in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a> and before that, on the Republican side in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a>. He was the son of a former Liberal MP, <a href="/wiki/John_Frederick_Loverseed" class="mw-redirect" title="John Frederick Loverseed">John Frederick Loverseed</a>. However, he had no connection with the constituency, unlike the other two candidates. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign">Campaign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_Eddisbury_by-election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Polling day was set for 7 April 1943. When nominations closed, it was to reveal a three horse race, between a Conservative who called himself a 'Liberal National', a Liberal who wanted to call himself 'the Liberal' but couldn't and the son of a Liberal. </p><p>Peacock received a joint letter of endorsement from all the leaders of the parties in the coalition, including Sir Archibald Sinclair, much to the irritation of Heathcote Williams. The Peacock campaign used the slogan "Hitler is watching Eddisbury" in the hope that it would stir feelings of Patriotic duty among the electorate.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Common Wealth party leader Richard Acland put much of his own money into funding Loverseed's campaign, which also had the financial backing of Alan Good, head of <a href="/wiki/Brush_Traction" title="Brush Traction">Brush Electrical Engineering Co. Ltd.</a> <a href="/wiki/Kim_Mackay" title="Kim Mackay">Ronald William Gordon Mackay</a> was appointed as Loverseed's agent. Loverseed's campaign downplayed his party's commitment to common ownership, and emphasised its liberal policies. Loverseed proved to be a strong campaigner who 'captured the imagination of the working classes and the young people and made a real stir.' <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Farm wages were a major issue of the campaign,<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reflecting the agricultural nature of the constituency. Though this did not seem to work in the favour of Peacock, despite his farming background. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Result">Result</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_Eddisbury_by-election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Result"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Loverseed won, being the first Common Wealth Party candidate to win an election. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Eddisbury by-election, 1943 <sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Electorate </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#ff7f50; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Common_Wealth_Party" title="Common Wealth Party">Common Wealth</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Loverseed" title="John Loverseed">John Loverseed</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,023 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>43.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>New</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #AFEEEE; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Thomas Peacock </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,537 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFFFAA; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Heathcote-Williams" title="Harold Heathcote-Williams">Harold Heathcote-Williams</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,803 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">486 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,363 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">56.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #ff7f50"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Common_Wealth_Party" title="Common Wealth Party">Common Wealth</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberal</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_Eddisbury_by-election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Loverseed left the Common Wealth Party in November 1944, becoming an independent, and then joining the Labour Party in May 1945. Standing now as a Labour candidate, he found himself opposed by a genuine Liberal National and was defeated. The result at the following General election; </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">General election 1945</a>: Eddisbury <sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Electorate 35,224 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#AFEEEE; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Barlow,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir John Barlow, 2nd Baronet">John Barlow</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>15,294 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>57.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+16.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Loverseed" title="John Loverseed">John Loverseed</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,392 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−15.8 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Dunstan Curtis </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,808 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,902 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26,494 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">75.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+19.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #AFEEEE"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/National_Liberal_Party_(UK,_1931)" title="National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)">National Liberal</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Common_Wealth_Party" title="Common Wealth Party">Common Wealth</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+16.2 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <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=1943_Eddisbury_by-election&action=edit&section=7" 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> 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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 href="/wiki/1942_Newcastle-under-Lyme_by-election" title="1942 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 (1818–1832)">1818–1832</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1832%E2%80%931847)" title="List of United Kingdom by-elections (1832–1847)">1832–1847</a></dd> <dd><a 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