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1944 Clay Cross by-election
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UK Parliamentary by-election
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The 1944 Clay Cross by-election was held on 14 April 1944. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, George Ridley. It was won by the Labour candidate Harold Neal.May 2021
D. Craven Griffiths, a Liberal who worked for the civil service wanted to stand in the by-election. The President of the Board of Trade refused him permission for a leave of absence to fight a campaign.Nottingham Evening Post 18 Jan 1944
Clay Cross by-election, 1944Whitaker's Almanac (1945), p.311
Labour Party (UK) Harold Neal 13,693 76.3 +1.7
Independent Anti-Fascist Phil Hicken 2,336 13.0 New
Independent Atlantic Charter William Douglas-Home 1,911 10.7 New
11,357 63.3 +14.1
17,940
Labour Party (UK)
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