The Chippenham by-election, 1943 was a parliamentary by-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 on 24 August 1943 for the British House of Commons constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

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 of Chippenham

Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)

Chippenham is a parliamentary constituency, abolished in 1983 but recreated in 2010, and 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...

 in Wiltshire

Wiltshire

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The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP), Victor Cazalet

Victor Cazalet

Colonel Victor Alexander Cazalet MC was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament .Cazalet was commissioned into the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry in 1915 and reached the rank of Captain, winning the Military Cross in 1917...

, was killed in an aircraft crash on 4 July 1943, aged 46. He had held the seat since the 1924 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1924

- Seats summary :- References :* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* - External links :* * *...

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The result was a narrow victory for the Conseravtive candidate, David Eccles

David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles

David McAdam Eccles, 1st Baron Eccles and 1st Viscount Eccles, CH, KCVO, MP, PC was an English Conservative politician....

 over his sole opponent, the Independent Liberal Dr D. M. Johnson.

Donald McIntosh Johnson

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Votes

See also

• Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
  Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency)
  Chippenham is a parliamentary constituency, abolished in 1983 but recreated in 2010, and 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...
  
  
• Chippenham by-election, 1962
  Chippenham by-election, 1962
  A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, on 22 November 1962.It was won by the Conservative Party candidate, Daniel Awdry.-External links:*-See also:* Chippenham by-election, 1943...
  
  
• Chippenham
  Chippenham
  Chippenham may be:* Chippenham, Wiltshire* Chippenham * Chippenham, Cambridgeshire-See also:* Virginia State Route 150, also known as Chippenham Parkway, USA* Cippenham, Berkshire, UK...
  
  
• List of United Kingdom by-elections