Spen Valley by-election, 1940
- Spen Valley by-election, 1940
The Spen Valley by-election, 1940 was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Spen Valley on 1st June 1940. The seat had become vacant when the National Liberal Member of Parliament Sir John Simon, had been elevated to the peerage as Viscount Simon. Simon had held the seat since the 1922 general election.
During World War II, the political parties in the Coalition Government had agreed not to contest by-elections when a vacanacy arose in any of the seats held by the other coalition parties. As a result the only candidate was William Woolley of the National Liberal Party, who was returned unopposed. He represented the constituency until his defeat at the 1945 general election.
ee also
*Spen Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
*List of United Kingdom by-elections
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