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1944 Skipton by-election

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Conservative candidate Harry Riddiough received a joint letter of endorsement from all the leaders of the parties in the coalition. His campaign was hopeful that support for those opposed to the Conservatives would be evenly split between his two opponents. As the only local candidate he hoped this
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At the outbreak of war, the Conservative, Liberal and Labour parties had agreed an electoral truce which meant that when a by-election occurred, the party that was defending the seat would not be opposed by an official candidate from the other two parties. When the Labour and Liberal parties joined
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The Skipton District Labour Party decided to endorse Lawson, the Common Wealth candidate, in exchange for the guarantee that Lawson would stand down in favour of a Labour candidate at the next general election. This decision further isolated the candidacy of Joe Toole, the Independent Labour
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Skipton had been won by the Conservatives at every election since 1918. At the 1933 by-election, the Conservatives had won on a minority vote in a four-way contest. The result at the last General election was as follows;
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as their prospective parliamentary candidate for the general election expected to take place in 1939. He had contested the constituency at the previous general election in 1935. He had remained their candidate in
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The writ was moved on 15 December 1943 and polling day was set for 7 January 1944, 41 days after the death of the previous MP. When nominations closed, it was to reveal a three horse race,
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did get his chance to contest the seat again at the 1945 general election but despite the swing to Labour across the country, he failed to win here. The result at the General election;
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candidate. Toole's campaign was left with no local organisation. In contrast, the Lawson campaign took the shape of previous Common Wealth campaigns which had been successful at the
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Local farmers in the constituency were disenchanted with the prospect of supporting the government candidate because of low farm prices and the government's ploughing up policy.
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the Coalition government, it was agreed that any by-election candidate defending a government seat would receive a letter of endorsement jointly signed by all the party leaders.
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from 1936 to 1937. He stood as an Independent Labour candidate. He was promptly expelled from the Labour Party for breaking the
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There was much irritation with the electoral truce within local Labour Party ranks. To this end, 57-year-old Mancunian Alderman
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Despite winning, Lawson made good his pledge not to contest the seat at the general election and instead stood and lost at
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F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949
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The local Conservatives selected 61-year-old local clothing manufacturer, Harry Riddiough.
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By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in North Yorkshire constituencies
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on 27 November 1943. He had been MP here since holding the seat at the
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The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting
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Townsend 567: 542: 537: 532: 525: 520:Conservative 518: 476: 456:Conservative 451: 423: 407: 397:Joseph Toole 371:Conservative 360: 359: 354: 349: 342: 335: 306: 301: 293: 277: 273: 270: 229:Joseph Toole 221: 187: 185:Conservative 122: 117: 112: 105: 100:Conservative 98: 66: 46:Conservative 43: 17: 15: 2073:September: 1916:King's Lynn 1689:September: 1658:West Dorset 1604:Petersfield 1572:Northampton 1566:Southampton 1538:September: 1492:Bournemouth 1467:Spen Valley 1430:Argyllshire 1378:Southampton 1124:Fulham West 1066:September: 557:John Davies 483:John Davies 479:Harrow West 344:Hugh Lawson 262:since 1940. 215:John Davies 137:John Davies 22:by-election 2240:Categories 2113:Chelmsford 2103:Motherwell 2063:Clay Cross 2029:February: 1996:December: 1990:November: 1975:Chippenham 1937:Buckingham 1894:February: 1836:Spennymoor 1809:Chichester 1739:February: 1717:December: 1706:November: 1696:The Wrekin 1679:Pontefract 1625:Carmarthen 1592:February: 1570:December: 1554:November: 1403:Silvertown 1376:February: 1349:December: 1343:November: 1282:Caerphilly 1276:Kennington 1223:Holderness 1221:February: 1198:December: 1179:Bridgwater 1167:November: 1103:Pontypridd 1101:February: 1078:November: 1021:Cheltenham 1011:Buckingham 945:February: 920:Clay Cross 918:November: 867:February: 673:References 500:Candidate 317:Candidate 285:Kim Mackay 205:Candidates 80:Candidate 2210:1979–2010 2205:1950–1979 2200:1931–1950 2195:1918–1931 2190:1900–1918 2185:1885–1900 2180:1868–1885 2175:1857–1868 2170:1847–1857 2165:1832–1847 2160:1818–1832 2155:1806–1818 2150:1801–1806 2079:October: 2023:January: 1981:St Albans 1979:October: 1942:Eddisbury 1883:January: 1861:October: 1831:Salisbury 1778:Tavistock 1713:Hampstead 1702:Lancaster 1700:October: 1641:Mansfield 1594:Doncaster 1561:Aldershot 1414:Kettering 1356:Stretford 1351:Streatham 1324:High Peak 1317:October: 1215:January: 1184:Doncaster 1161:October: 1135:Aylesbury 1130:Lichfield 1097:Farnworth 1095:January: 1072:October: 973:Tonbridge 912:October: 861:January: 703:The Times 597:Majority 473:Aftermath 414:Majority 152:Majority 34:Yorkshire 2031:Brighton 1973:August: 1947:Daventry 1885:Hamilton 1842:Rothwell 1840:August: 1793:Wallasey 1772:Grantham 1752:Nuneaton 1746:Keighley 1708:Brighton 1683:August: 1664:Greenock 1522:August: 1518:Wansbeck 1513:Rochdale 1451:Brighton 1435:Lonsdale 1334:Ormskirk 1311:August: 1302:Monmouth 1169:Dartford 1151:Barnsley 1146:Stafford 1080:Hastings 1057:Chertsey 930:Greenock 880:Llanelli 784:Archived 656:See also 267:Campaign 218:waiting. 24:for the 2256:Skipton 2134:Newport 2101:April: 2081:Chelsea 2075:Bilston 2061:April: 2055:March: 2025:Skipton 1998:Consett 1935:April: 1931:Watford 1901:Ashford 1825:Windsor 1776:April: 1750:March: 1652:Hornsey 1629:April: 1615:Hitchin 1613:March: 1550:Preston 1529:Mitcham 1428:April: 1412:March: 1319:Fareham 1243:April: 1232:March: 1174:Walsall 1117:April: 1108:Ipswich 1046:St Ives 1036:Bewdley 982:April: 978:Farnham 966:March: 925:Preston 886:Peckham 873:March: 842:» 836:to the 824:« 618:43,155 614:Turnout 577:Liberal 561:15,704 533:17,905 435:27,252 431:Turnout 378:12,001 350:12,222 171:40,635 167:Turnout 141:17,788 113:22,847 40:Vacancy 30:Skipton 2067:July: 2003:Darwen 1967:July: 1958:Newark 1951:June: 1906:Antrim 1829:July: 1820:Maldon 1813:June: 1804:Putney 1719:Harrow 1674:Dudley 1662:July: 1656:June: 1620:Bodmin 1540:Bolton 1496:July: 1465:June: 1280:July: 1163:Oxford 1155:July: 1139:June: 1050:July: 1041:Ilford 1004:June: 896:July: 890:June: 848:» 830:« 624:+25.2 600:2,201 584:9,546 552:Labour 503:Votes 497:Party 441:βˆ’24.7 401:3,029 384:βˆ’12.2 320:Votes 314:Party 298:Result 161:βˆ’24.0 155:5,059 147:+12.0 132:Labour 123:βˆ’12.0 83:Votes 77:Party 2129:Neath 2122:May: 2008:Acton 1802:May: 1798:Rugby 1767:Wigan 1645:May: 1449:May: 1361:Wells 1297:Hythe 1249:May: 1228:Ripon 1194:Fylde 1128:May: 998:May: 898:Derby 892:Lewes 884:May: 644:Swing 637:from 621:80.1 587:22.1 564:36.4 543:βˆ’2.5 538:41.5 461:Swing 454:from 438:54.9 404:11.1 381:44.0 355:44.8 252:Leeds 193:Swing 177:βˆ’0.7 174:79.6 158:12.4 144:43.8 118:56.2 2095:1945 2017:1944 1877:1943 1868:Ince 1733:1942 1586:1941 1370:1940 1251:Down 1209:1939 1089:1938 1000:York 939:1937 855:1936 635:gain 603:5.1 452:gain 420:0.8 417:221 188:hold 16:The 607:N/A 591:N/A 568:N/A 424:N/A 408:New 361:New 2242:: 736:^ 724:^ 681:^ 510:Β±% 506:% 327:Β±% 323:% 90:Β±% 86:% 59:. 51:, 49:MP 32:, 816:e 809:t 802:v 243:.

Index

by-election
British House of Commons
Skipton
Yorkshire
Conservative
MP
George William Rickards
1933 Skipton by-election
Conservative
George William Rickards
Labour
John Davies
Turnout
Conservative
Swing
John Davies
Joseph Toole
Salford South
Lord Mayor of Manchester
war-time electoral truce
Common Wealth Party
Leeds
Lt. Hugh Lawson
Royal Engineers
1943 Eddisbury by-election
Kim Mackay
Richard Acland
Common Wealth
Hugh Lawson
Conservative

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