Nottingham Central by-election, 1940

The Nottingham Central by-election, 1940 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 for the British House of Commons

British House of Commons

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constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

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of Nottingham Central
Nottingham Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Nottingham Central was a borough constituency in the city of Nottingham. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

on 19 July 1940. The seat had become vacant when the Conservative

Conservative 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

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(MP) Sir Terence O'Connor

Terence O'Connor

Sir Terence James O'Connor was a Conservative Party politician in the United KingdomHe was elected to the House of Commons at the 1924 general election, as Member of Parliament for Luton, but lost his seat at the October 1929 general election to the Liberal candidate, Leslie Burgin.O'Connor...

had died on 7 May 1940. O'Connor had held the seat since a by-election in 1930

Nottingham Central by-election, 1930

The Nottingham Central by-election, 1930 was a parliamentary by-election held on 27 May 1930 for the British House of Commons constituency of Nottingham Central.- Previous MP :...

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The Conservative party selected as its candidate Sir Frederick Sykes

Frederick Sykes

Air Vice-Marshal The Right Honourable Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes GCSI, GCIE, GBE, KCB, CMG was a military officer, British statesman and politician....

, the former Governor of Bombay who had been MP for Sheffield Hallam from 1922 to 1928. The parties in the war-time Coalition Government

Coalition Government 1940-1945

Members of the War Cabinet are in bold face.-Source:* D. Butler and G. Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000....

had agreed not to contest vacancies in seats held by other coalition parties, so Sykes was returned unopposed. He was defeated 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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