1944 Brighton by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1944 Brighton by-election was held on 3 February 1944. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Cooper Rawson. It was won by the Conservative candidate William Teeling.May 2021 Bruce Dutton Briant stood as a National Independent. He claimed to be a supporter of the National Government but was repudiated by Winston Churchill.Craig F.W.S. F. W. S. Craig 1969 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 https://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai/ Glasgow Political Reference Publications 104 0900178019 Brighton by-election, 1944 Conservative Party (UK) William Teeling 14,591 53.6 -22.6 National Independent Bruce Dutton Briant 12,635 46.4 New 1,956 7.2 -18.7 27,226 22.1 -39.6 Conservative Party (UK) References Brighton by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in East Sussex constituencies Category:Politics of Brighton and Hove Brighton by-election Brighton by-election Category:20th century in Brighton and Hove