Wansbeck by-election, 1940
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The Wansbeck by-election, 1940 was a by-election
held in England
on 22 July 1940 for the House of Commons constituency
of Wansbeck
in Northumberland
.
Member of Parliament
(MP) Bernard Cruddas
had resigned from the House of Commons
on 12 July 1940. He had held the seat since the 1931 general election
.
, was returned unopposed. He represented the constituency until his defeat at the 1945 general election
.
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
held in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
on 22 July 1940 for the House of Commons constituency
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
of Wansbeck
Wansbeck (UK Parliament constituency)
Wansbeck is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...
in Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...
.
Vacancy
The seat had become vacant when the ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) Bernard Cruddas
Bernard Cruddas
Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Cruddas DSO was a British Conservative politician.Educated at Winchester College, Cruddas was commissioned into a volunteer battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1899, but the following year transferred to the Regular Army and the Northumberland Fusiliers...
had resigned from the House of Commons
Resignation from the British House of Commons
Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...
on 12 July 1940. He had held the seat since the 1931 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1931
The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...
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Results
The Conservative candidate, Robert ScottRobert Scott (Conservative politician)
Sir Robert Donald Scott was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected unopposed as Member of Parliament for Wansbeck in a by-election on 22 July 1940, but at the 1945 general election he lost his seat to Labour's Alf Robens, who won with a majority of over 13,000 votes.At the 1950...
, was returned unopposed. He represented the constituency until his defeat at the 1945 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1945
The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...
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See also
- WansbeckWansbeckWansbeck was a local government district in south-east Northumberland, England. Its main population centres were Ashington, Bedlington and Newbiggin-by-the-Sea....
- Wansbeck (UK Parliament constituency)Wansbeck (UK Parliament constituency)Wansbeck is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...
- Wansbeck by-election, 1929Wansbeck by-election, 1929The Wansbeck by-election, 1929 was a by-election held on 13th February 1929 for the British House of Commons constituency of Wansbeck.The by-election was triggered by the death the constituency's Labour Party Member of Parliament George Warne, who had held the seat since the 1922 general...
- Wansbeck by-election, 1918Wansbeck by-election, 1918The Wansbeck by-election, 1918 was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of Wansbeck in Northumberland on 28 May 1918.-Vacancy:...
- List of United Kingdom by-elections