The 1940 Spen Valley by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Spen Valley on 1 June 1940. The seat had become vacant when the Liberal National Member of Parliament Sir John Simon, had been elevated to the peerage as Viscount Simon. Simon had held the seat since the 1922 general election.
During the Second World War the political parties in the Coalition Government had agreed not to contest by-elections when a vacancy arose in any of the seats held by the other coalition parties. As a result, the only candidate was William Woolley of the Liberal National Party, who was returned unopposed. He represented the constituency until his defeat at the 1945 general election.
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References
- ^ "New M.P. for Spen Valley". Birmingham Daily Post. 3 June 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 1 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1940 elections in the United Kingdom
- 1940 in England
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West Yorkshire constituencies
- Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituencies
- Elections in Kirklees
- 1940s in Yorkshire
- June 1940 events in the United Kingdom