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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
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Johnstone was elected unopposed as the constituency's MP at the by-election. He sat for the seat until he died. Johnstone had previously been MP for
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47:(23 December 1889 – 25 September 1962) vacated his seat on becoming a County Court Judge.
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The seat had become vacant when the constituency's
Liberal Member of Parliament (MP),
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Parliament of the United Kingdom in Middlesbrough constituencies
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Liberal Party candidate, supporting the coalition government, was
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British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919–1945
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997:Birmingham Edgbaston
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334:Birmingham Erdington
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1208:Glasgow Cathcart
844:Leeds North East
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1316:Belfast West
1272:Poplar South
1203:Cardiff East
1019:South Dorset
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808:Swansea East
765:Macclesfield
727:Colne Valley
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1336:King's Lynn
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1078:West Dorset
1024:Petersfield
992:Northampton
986:Southampton
958:September:
912:Bournemouth
887:Spen Valley
850:Argyllshire
798:Southampton
544:Fulham West
486:September:
39:Previous MP
1660:Categories
1533:Chelmsford
1523:Motherwell
1483:Clay Cross
1449:February:
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1410:November:
1395:Chippenham
1357:Buckingham
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1256:Spennymoor
1229:Chichester
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1099:Pontefract
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431:Buckingham
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340:Clay Cross
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287:February:
195:References
139:Unopposed
106:Candidate
66:Candidates
1630:1979–2010
1625:1950–1979
1620:1931–1950
1615:1918–1931
1610:1900–1918
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1595:1857–1868
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1585:1832–1847
1580:1818–1832
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1570:1801–1806
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1061:Mansfield
1014:Doncaster
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834:Kettering
776:Stretford
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744:High Peak
737:October:
635:January:
604:Doncaster
581:October:
555:Aylesbury
550:Lichfield
517:Farnworth
515:January:
492:October:
393:Tonbridge
332:October:
281:January:
1451:Brighton
1393:August:
1367:Daventry
1305:Hamilton
1262:Rothwell
1260:August:
1213:Wallasey
1192:Grantham
1172:Nuneaton
1166:Keighley
1128:Brighton
1103:August:
1084:Greenock
942:August:
938:Wansbeck
933:Rochdale
871:Brighton
855:Lonsdale
754:Ormskirk
731:August:
722:Monmouth
589:Dartford
571:Barnsley
566:Stafford
500:Hastings
477:Chertsey
350:Greenock
300:Llanelli
173:See also
1554:Newport
1521:April:
1501:Chelsea
1495:Bilston
1481:April:
1475:March:
1445:Skipton
1418:Consett
1355:April:
1351:Watford
1321:Ashford
1245:Windsor
1196:April:
1170:March:
1072:Hornsey
1049:April:
1035:Hitchin
1033:March:
970:Preston
949:Mitcham
848:April:
832:March:
739:Fareham
663:April:
652:March:
594:Walsall
537:April:
528:Ipswich
466:St Ives
456:Bewdley
402:April:
398:Farnham
386:March:
345:Preston
306:Peckham
293:March:
262:»
256:to the
244:«
162:Liberal
126:Liberal
60:Bromley
1487:July:
1423:Darwen
1387:July:
1378:Newark
1371:June:
1326:Antrim
1249:July:
1240:Maldon
1233:June:
1224:Putney
1139:Harrow
1094:Dudley
1082:July:
1076:June:
1040:Bodmin
960:Bolton
916:July:
885:June:
700:July:
583:Oxford
575:July:
559:June:
470:July:
461:Ilford
424:June:
316:July:
310:June:
268:»
250:«
109:Votes
103:Party
20:was a
1549:Neath
1542:May:
1428:Acton
1222:May:
1218:Rugby
1187:Wigan
1065:May:
869:May:
781:Wells
717:Hythe
669:May:
648:Ripon
614:Fylde
548:May:
418:May:
318:Derby
312:Lewes
304:May:
1515:1945
1437:1944
1297:1943
1288:Ince
1153:1942
1006:1941
790:1940
671:Down
629:1939
509:1938
420:York
359:1937
275:1936
165:hold
16:The
152:N/A
145:N/A
31:of
1662::
116:±%
112:%
35:.
236:e
229:t
222:v
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