1944_Clay_Cross_by-election

1944 Clay Cross by-election

1944 Clay Cross by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1944 Clay Cross by-election was held on 14 April 1944. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, George Ridley. It was won by the Labour candidate Harold Neal.[1]

D. Craven Griffiths, a Liberal who worked for the civil service wanted to stand in the by-election. The President of the Board of Trade refused him permission for a leave of absence to fight a campaign.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. [2]
    Nottingham Evening Post 18 Jan 1944
  3. [3]
    Whitaker's Almanac (1945), p.311


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