Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election, 1941

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The Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election, 1941 was a parliamentary by-election held on 18 August 1941 for the British House of Commons constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

By-elections, also spelled bye-elections, are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.

United Kingdom constituencies electoral area in the UK (do not use in P31; use subclasses of this instead)

In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elect one member to a parliament or assembly, with the exception of European Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly constituencies which are multi member constituencies.

Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency) Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Berwick-upon-Tweed is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK parliament by an elected Member of Parliament (MP). Since 2015 this MP has been Anne-Marie Trevelyan of the Conservative Party who succeeded the longest serving Liberal Democrat MP Sir Alan Beith who stood down prior to the 2015 election.

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Previous MP

The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Member of Parliament (MP), Sir Hugh Seely, Bt (2 October 1898 – 1 April 1970), was elevated to the peerage as the 1st Baron Sherwood in July 1941.

Hugh Seely, 1st Baron Sherwood British politician

Hugh Michael Seely, 1st Baron Sherwood was a British Liberal politician. He was the third baronet of the Seely family, of Sherwood Lodge, Nottinghamshire.

Seely had become the Liberal MP for the constituency, when he defeated the previous Conservative MP in the United Kingdom general election, 1935. He had contested East Norfolk in 1922, before becoming its MP 1923 - 1924. He also stood at Kensington South in 1929.

East Norfolk was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Norfolk. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1868. Another Eastern division was created in 1885, when its representation was reduced to one member. That constituency was abolished in 1950.

Kensington South (UK Parliament constituency) Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Kensington South was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Kensington district of west London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Candidates

The election took place during the Second World War. Under an agreement between the Conservative, Labour and Liberal parties; who were participating in a wartime coalition, the party holding a seat would not be opposed by the other two at a by-election. Accordingly, the Liberal Party nominated a candidate, but no Labour or Conservative representative was put forward.

As only one candidate was nominated, he was returned unopposed with no poll being necessary.[ citation needed ]

George Charles Grey (2 December 1918 – 30 July 1944), the son of a major-general, had joined the British Army in 1938 before the outbreak of the Second World War the following year.

George Charles Grey was Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the Berwick-upon-Tweed constituency in England from August

Between his election and his death, he was the youngest member of the House of Commons, having been elected at the age of 22 years 259 days.

Baby of the House is the unofficial title given to the youngest member of a parliamentary house. The term is most often applied to members of the British parliament from which the term originated. The title is named after the Father of the House, which is given to the longest serving member of the British and other parliaments.

A captain in the 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards, Grey was killed at Le Repas in Normandy, France, on the first day of Operation Bluecoat. He was buried on the battlefield by his men, on the site of which his family later erected a memorial. The site is now recognised as a war grave, designated the Livry Isolated Grave.

Votes

1941 by-election: Berwick-upon-Tweed
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal George Charles Grey UnopposedN/AN/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

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