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The Wansbeck by-election, 1940 was a by-election held on 22 July 1940 for the British House of Commons constituency of Wansbeck in Northumberland.
[edit] Vacancy
The seat had become vacant when the Conservative 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.
[edit] Results
The Conservative candidate, Robert Scott, was returned unopposed. He represented the constituency until his defeat at the 1945 general election.
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« 36th Parliament « By-elections to the 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom » 38th Parliament » |
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| 1937 |
February: St Pancras North • Manchester Gorton • Oxford University • Richmond-upon-Thames • March: Combined English Universities • Tonbridge • Farnham • April: Stalybridge and Hyde • Wandsworth Central • Birmingham West • May: York • June: Glasgow Hillhead • Buckingham • Plymouth Drake • Cheltenham • Hemel Hempstead • Holland with Boston • Bewdley • Ilford • St Ives • July: Kingston-upon-Thames • Chertsey • North Dorset • September: Glasgow Springburn • October: Islington North • November: Hastings |
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| 1938 |
January: Farnworth • February: Pontypridd • Ipswich • Combined Scottish Universities • April: City of London • Fulham West • May: Lichfield • Aylesbury • June: West Derbyshire • Stafford • Barnsley • July: Willesden East • October: Oxford • November: Dartford • Walsall • Bridgwater • Doncaster • Lewisham West • Fylde • December: Kinross-shire and Perthshire |
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| 1939 |
January: East Norfolk • February: Holderness • Ripon • March: Batley and Morley • Kincardineshire and West Aberdeenshire • April: South Ayrshire • May: Down • Sheffield Hallam • Westminster Abbey • Birmingham Aston • Southwark North • Kennington • July: Caerphilly • Portsmouth South • North Cornwall • Hythe • Monmouth • Colne Valley • August: Brecon and Radnor • October: Fareham • High Peak • Clackmannanshire and East Stirlingshire • Ormskirk • Ashton-under-Lyne • November: Macclesfield • December: Streatham • Manchester Stretford • Wells |
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| 1941 |
February: Doncaster • South Dorset • Petersfield • Dunbartonshire • March: Hitchin • Bodmin • Carmarthen • April: Great Yarmouth • West Bromwich • Mansfield • May: King's Norton • Hornsey • June: West Dorset • July: Greenock • Edinburgh West • Dudley • Pontefract • August: Berwick-upon-Tweed • September: Scarborough and Whitby • The Wrekin • October: Lancaster • November: Brighton • Hampstead • December: Harrow • Edinburgh Central |
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| 1943 |
January: Hamilton • University of Wales • February: Belfast West • Ashford • Antrim • Midlothian and Peeblesshire • King's Lynn • Portsmouth North • Bristol Central • Watford • April: Buckingham • Eddisbury • Daventry • June: The Hartlepools • Newark • Birmingham Aston • July: Burton-on-Trent • August: Chippenham • October: St Albans • Peterborough • November: Woolwich West • December: Consett • Darwen • Acton |
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| 1944 |
January: Skipton • February: Brighton • West Derbyshire • Kirkcaldy Burghs • Sheffield Attercliffe • Bury St Edmunds • March: Camberwell North • April: Clay Cross • July: Manchester Rusholme • September: Bilston • October: Chelsea • Berwick-upon-Tweed |
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