Fareham by-election, 1939
The Fareham by-election, 1939 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)
- Fareham by-election, 1931
- The town of Fareham
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
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- 1939 in England
- 1939 elections in the United Kingdom
- Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom (need citation)
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Hampshire constituencies
- Politics of Fareham (borough)
- 20th century in Hampshire