1939 Fareham by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 June 2025 The 1939 Fareham by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Fareham in Hampshire on 6 October 1939. The seat had become vacant when Sir Thomas Inskip, the constituency's Conservative Party Member of Parliament had been ennobled as Viscount Caldecote on 6 September and appointed as Lord Chancellor. Inskip had held the Fareham seat since a by-election in 1931. The Conservative candidate, Dymoke White, was returned unopposed. During World War II, unopposed by-elections were common, since the major parties had agreed not to contest by-elections when vacancies arose in seats held by the other parties; contests occurred only when independent candidates or minor parties chose to stand, and the Common Wealth Party was formed in 1942 with the specific aim of contesting war-time by-elections. However, this was the first by-election since the start of the war, and no other candidates were nominated. The last unopposed by-election had been Portsmouth South in July 1939. See also Fareham (UK Parliament constituency) 1931 Fareham by-election The town of Fareham 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 February 2012 Fareham by-election Fareham by-election Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Hampshire constituencies Category:Politics of the Borough of Fareham Category:20th century in Hampshire Fareham by-election