West Derbyshire by-election, 1938

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The West Derbyshire by-election of 1938 was held on 2 June 1938. The by-election was held due to the succession to the peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Edward Cavendish. It was won by the Conservative candidate Henry Hunloke. [1]

West Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency) Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

West Derbyshire was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 until it was replaced by the Derbyshire Dales constituency in the 2010 General Election, it elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system. It was a safe Conservative seat for most of its existence.

Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire head of the Devonshire branch of the Cavendish family

Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire,, known as the Marquess of Hartington from 1908 to 1938, was a British politician. He was the head of the Devonshire branch of the House of Cavendish. He had careers with the army and in politics and was a senior Freemason. His sudden death, apparently of a heart attack at the age of fifty-five, occurred in the presence of the suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams.

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Hunloke TD was a British Conservative politician.

West Derbyshire by-election, 1938
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Henry Hunloke 16,740 48.6
Labour Charles Frederick White 11,216 32.5
Liberal Milner Gray 6,515 18.9
Majority 5,524 16.1
Turnout 79.4
Conservative hold Swing

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