1940 Leeds North East by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 The 1940 Leeds North East by-election was a parliamentary by-election in England held on 13 March 1940 to elect a new Member of Parliament (MP) for the UK House of Commons constituency of Leeds North East. The vacancy was caused by the resignation on 8 February 1940 of the sitting Member, Sir John Birchall, through the procedural device of appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds.http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850 Department of Information Services House of Commons Library 9 June 2009 30 November 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110206041753/http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf 6 February 2011 He had held the seat since its creation for the 1918 general election.l 1 March 2012 The by-election was held during World War II, and the five largest political parties – Conservative, Labour, Liberal, National Labour and National Liberal – were all members of the Coalition Government. As such, they maintained an electoral pact and agreed not to contest any by-elections in seats held by any other party in the Government. The Conservative candidate, John Craik-Henderson, was opposed only by Sydney Allen of the British Union of Fascists. Henderson won with 97.1% of the vote, but gained only 37.5% and lost his seat in the 1945 general election, when the seat was also contested by Labour and Liberal Party candidates.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 162 Result Leeds North East by-election, 1940 Conservative Party (UK) John Craik-Henderson 23,882 97.1 +32.3 British Union of Fascists Sydney Allen 722 2.9 New 23,160 94.1 +64.5 24,604 34.9 -31.2 Conservative Party (UK) References See also 1940 Middleton and Prestwich by-election North East, 1940 Leeds North East by-election Leeds North East by-election Leeds North East by-election North East by-election, 1940