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title="British House of Commons">British House of Commons</a> constituency of <a href="/wiki/Skipton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Skipton (UK Parliament constituency)">Skipton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire" title="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a> held on 7 January 1944. </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=1944_Skipton_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/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_William_Rickards" class="mw-redirect" title="George William Rickards">George William Rickards</a> on 27 November 1943. He had been MP here since holding the seat at the <a href="/wiki/1933_Skipton_by-election" title="1933 Skipton by-election">1933 Skipton by-election</a>. </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=1944_Skipton_by-election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Election history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Skipton had been won by the Conservatives at every election since 1918. At the 1933 by-election, the Conservatives had won on a minority vote in a four-way contest. The result at the last General election was as follows; </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>1935 general election: Skipton<sup id="cite_ref-Craig_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Craig-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Electorate 51,041 </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:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/George_William_Rickards" class="mw-redirect" title="George William Rickards">George William Rickards</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>22,847 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>56.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−12.0 </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_Davies,_1st_Baron_Darwen" title="John Davies, 1st Baron Darwen">John Davies</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,788 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">43.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+12.0 </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">5,059 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−24.0 </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">40,635 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">79.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−0.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <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=1944_Skipton_by-election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The local Conservatives selected 61-year-old local clothing manufacturer, Harry Riddiough.</li> <li>The Labour party had reselected <a href="/wiki/John_Davies,_1st_Baron_Darwen" title="John Davies, 1st Baron Darwen">John Davies</a> as their prospective parliamentary candidate for the general election expected to take place in 1939. He had contested the constituency at the previous general election in 1935. He had remained their candidate in waiting.</li></ul> <p>At the outbreak of war, the Conservative, Liberal and Labour parties had agreed an electoral truce which meant that when a by-election occurred, the party that was defending the seat would not be opposed by an official candidate from the other two parties. When the Labour and Liberal parties joined the Coalition government, it was agreed that any by-election candidate defending a government seat would receive a letter of endorsement jointly signed by all the party leaders. </p> <ul><li>There was much irritation with the electoral truce within local Labour Party ranks. To this end, 57-year-old Mancunian Alderman <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Toole_(British_politician)" title="Joseph Toole (British politician)">Joseph Toole</a> a former Labour MP for <a href="/wiki/Salford_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Salford South (UK Parliament constituency)">Salford South</a> announced his candidature. He was a former <a href="/wiki/Lord_Mayor_of_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Mayor of Manchester">Lord Mayor of Manchester</a> from 1936 to 1937. He stood as an Independent Labour candidate. He was promptly expelled from the Labour Party for breaking the <a href="/wiki/War-time_electoral_truce" class="mw-redirect" title="War-time electoral truce">war-time electoral truce</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On 9 December 1943 the <a href="/wiki/Common_Wealth_Party" title="Common Wealth Party">Common Wealth Party</a> put forward 31-year-old <a href="/wiki/Leeds" title="Leeds">Leeds</a> born engineer <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Lawson_(British_politician)" title="Hugh Lawson (British politician)">Lt. Hugh Lawson</a> as their candidate. He had served in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a> since 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <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=1944_Skipton_by-election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The writ was moved on 15 December 1943 and polling day was set for 7 January 1944, 41 days after the death of the previous MP. When nominations closed, it was to reveal a three horse race, </p><p>Conservative candidate Harry Riddiough received a joint letter of endorsement from all the leaders of the parties in the coalition. His campaign was hopeful that support for those opposed to the Conservatives would be evenly split between his two opponents. As the only local candidate he hoped this would help his campaign. </p><p>The Skipton District Labour Party decided to endorse Lawson, the Common Wealth candidate, in exchange for the guarantee that Lawson would stand down in favour of a Labour candidate at the next general election.<sup id="cite_ref-CookRamsden_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CookRamsden-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This decision further isolated the candidacy of Joe Toole, the Independent Labour candidate. Toole's campaign was left with no local organisation.<sup id="cite_ref-Davies_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davies-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In contrast, the Lawson campaign took the shape of previous Common Wealth campaigns which had been successful at the <a href="/wiki/1943_Eddisbury_by-election" title="1943 Eddisbury by-election">1943 Eddisbury by-election</a>, organised by <a href="/wiki/Kim_Mackay" title="Kim Mackay">Kim Mackay</a><sup id="cite_ref-CookRamsden_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CookRamsden-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and given the political direction of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Acland" title="Richard Acland">Richard Acland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Davies_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davies-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to full-time organisers, the Lawson campaign was supported by about 200 volunteers from outside the constituency. Many of these were apparently teachers, taking advantage of the school holidays.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Local farmers in the constituency were disenchanted with the prospect of supporting the government candidate because of low farm prices and the government's ploughing up policy.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=1944_Skipton_by-election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Result"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Common Wealth Party gained the seat. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><b>1944 Skipton by-election</b><sup id="cite_ref-Craig_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Craig-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Electorate 51,041 </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:#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/Hugh_Lawson_(British_politician)" title="Hugh Lawson (British politician)">Hugh Lawson</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>12,222 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>44.8 </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: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Harry Riddiough </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,001 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">44.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−12.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFBBBB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Labour">Independent Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Toole_(British_politician)" title="Joseph Toole (British politician)">Joseph Toole</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,029 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.1 </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">221 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.8 </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">27,252 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">54.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−24.7 </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/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </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=1944_Skipton_by-election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite winning, Lawson made good his pledge not to contest the seat at the general election and instead stood and lost at <a href="/wiki/Harrow_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Harrow West (UK Parliament constituency)">Harrow West</a>. Neither Riddiough or Toole stood again. Labour's <a href="/wiki/John_Davies,_1st_Baron_Darwen" title="John Davies, 1st Baron Darwen">John Davies</a> did get his chance to contest the seat again at the 1945 general election but despite the swing to Labour across the country, he failed to win here. The result at the 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>: Skipton<sup id="cite_ref-Craig_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Craig-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Electorate 53,877 </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:#0087DC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Burnaby_Drayson" title="Burnaby Drayson">Burnaby Drayson</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>17,905 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>41.5 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−2.5 </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_Davies,_1st_Baron_Darwen" title="John Davies, 1st Baron Darwen">John Davies</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15,704 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </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">E. Townsend </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,546 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.1 </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">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,201 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5.1 </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">43,155 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">80.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+25.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #0087DC"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</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;"> </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=1944_Skipton_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/Lists_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections" title="Lists of United Kingdom by-elections">Lists of United Kingdom by-elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_by-election_records" title="United Kingdom by-election records">United Kingdom by-election records</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=1944_Skipton_by-election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Craig-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Craig_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Craig_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Craig_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">F. 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Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><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 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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 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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