1943 The Hartlepools by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The Hartlepools by-election of 1943 was held on 1 June 1943. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, William George Howard Gritten. It was won by the Conservative candidate Thomas George Greenwell,May 2021 who was not opposed by a Liberal or a Labour candidate due to the war time electoral truce where the main parties pledged not to oppose each other's candidates until the end of the Second World War. The Hartlepools 1943 by-electionBritish parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S. Conservative Party (UK) Thomas George Greenwell 13,333 64.1 +16.3 Common Wealth Party Elaine Burton 3,634 17.4 New Independent Labour Oswald Lupton 2,351 11.3 New Independent Progressive William Reginald Hipwell 1,510 7.2 New 9,699 46.7 +35.9 20,828 39.5 -43.5 Conservative Party (UK) References Category:1943 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1943 in England Category:20th century in County Durham Category:Politics of the Borough of Hartlepool Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Durham constituencies Category:June 1943 in the United Kingdom