- Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election, 1940
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The Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election, 1940 was a parliamentary by-election held on 7 June 1940 for the British House of Commons constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne North.
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Previous MP
The seat had become vacant on when the constituency's Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP), Sir Nicholas Grattan-Doyle, had resigned from Parliament on 10 April, aged 77. He been the constituency's MP since its creation for the 1918 general election.
Candidates
During World War II, unopposed by-elections were common, since the major parties had agreed not to contest by-elections when vacancies arose in seats held by the other parties; contests occurred only when independent candidates or minor parties chose to stand. In keeping with the agreement, neither the local Labour Party and Liberal Party fielded a candidate in Newcastle North.
The Conservative Party candidate was Henry Grattan-Doyle, whose selection split the local Conservative Association. A group broke away to form the Newcastle North (1940) Conservative Association, and they fielded Sir Cuthbert Headlam as an "Independent Conservative" candidate.
Headlam had been MP for Barnard Castle from 1924 to 1929 and from 1931 to 1935, and had held several junior ministerial posts. He had also contested the Gateshead by-election in 1931, coming a close second in what had been a safe seat for Labour.
Results
On a very low turnout, the result was an overwhelming victory for Headlam, who took 71% of the votes. Returned to the House of Commons, he promptly took the Conservative Whip, and held the seat as a Conservative until he retired from Parliament at the 1951.
Votes
Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election, 7th June 1940 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Conservative Sir Cuthbert Headlam, Bt. 7,380 71.2 N/A Conservative Henry Grattan-Doyle 2,982 28.8 −48.2 Majority 4,398 42.4 Turnout 10,362 22.0 −48.3 Independent gain from Conservative Swing See also
- Newcastle upon Tyne North constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne North by-election, 1957
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
- United Kingdom by-election records
References
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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