1939 Colne Valley by-election

UK parliamentary by-election June 2025 April 2026 February 2014 The 1939 Colne Valley by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 27 July 1939 for the British House of Commons constituency of Colne Valley. Previous MP Ernest Marklew, who had been a Councillor in Grimsby, was first elected as MP for Colne Valley in 1935 when he gained the seat from the Liberal Party.June 2025 He died on 14 June 1939, forcing a by-election on the Labour Party.June 2025 Previous election General election, 14 November 1935 Labour Party (UK) Ernest Marklew 16,725 39.5 Liberal Party (UK) Lance Mallalieu 12,946 30.6 Conservative Party (UK) M.G. Crofton 10,917 25.8 Independent (politician) W.G. Bagnall 1,754 4.1 3,779 8.9 N/A 42,342 76.0 Labour Party (UK) Liberal Party (UK) Candidates The Labour Party selected 52-year-old Glenvil Hall to defend the seat. He had been Labour MP for Portsmouth Central from 1929 to 1931.June 2025 The Liberal Party selected 34-year-old Lance Mallalieu to fight the seat. He had been the MP for the seat from 1931 until defeated by Marklew at the last General Election in 1935.June 2025 The Conservative Party selected 41-year-old Cecil Pike as their new candidate. He had been Conservative MP for Sheffield Attercliffe from 1931 to 1935.June 2025 Result Colne Valley by-election, 1939 Labour Party (UK) Glenvil Hall 17,277 48.6 +6.3 Liberal Party (UK) Lance Mallalieu 9,228 26.0 -4.6 Conservative Party (UK) Cecil Frederick Pike 9,012 25.4 -0.4 8,049 22.6 +13.7 35,517 Labour Party (UK) Aftermath Hall continued as MP for Colne Valley until his death in 1962. He served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury in the 1945-50 Labour government.June 2025 Mallalieu left the Liberal Party for Labour before being elected Labour MP for Brigg in 1948.June 2025 Pike did not contest another election.June 2025 General election, 5 July 1945 Labour Party (UK) Glenvil Hall 23,488 54.7 Conservative Party (UK) S. Smith 11,593 27.0 Liberal Party (UK) G. K. Lawrence 7,890 18.3 11,895 27.7 42,971 79.2 Labour Party (UK) References British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979) Category:1939 in England Category:Elections in Kirklees Category:Colne Valley Category:1939 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West Yorkshire constituencies Category:1930s in Yorkshire Category:July 1939 in the United Kingdom