1944 Chelsea by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 June 2025 The 1944 Chelsea by-election was a by-election held on 11 October 1944 for the British House of Commons constituency of Chelsea in London. The by-election was caused by the elevation of the constituency's Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP) Sir Samuel Hoare to the peerage as Viscount Templewood. Hoare had held the seat since the January 1910 general election. The Conservative candidate, William Sidney, was returned unopposed.May 2016 Sidney held the seat until he succeeded his father as Baron de L'Isle and Dudley, leaving the seat vacant at the dissolution for the 1945 general election. See also List of United Kingdom by-elections Chelsea constituency References Craig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 1969 3rd 1983 Parliamentary Research Services Chichester 0-900178-06-X February 2012 Chelsea,1944 Chelsea by-election Chelsea by-election Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom Chelsea by-election Chelsea,1944 Chelsea by-election, 1944 Chelsea by-election