1942 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 June 2025 The 1942 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Newcastle-under-Lyme on 11 March 1942. The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Josiah Wedgwood was elevated to the peerage as Baron Wedgwood. He had held the seat since the 1906 general election. The Labour candidate, John Mack, was returned unopposed; during the Second World War the parties in the wartime coalition government had a pact not to contest by-elections in seats held by the incumbent party. He represented the constituency until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1951 general election. See also List of United Kingdom by-elections 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 Historical list of MPs: N Newcastle Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Staffordshire constituencies Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom Category:1942 in England Category:Politics of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Category:20th century in Staffordshire Category:March 1942 in the United Kingdom