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United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
Pages in category "1940 elections in the United Kingdom" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
1940 Battersea North by-election; 1940 Birmingham Edgbaston by-election; 1940 Bow and Bromley by-election; 1940 City of London by-election; 1940 Croydon North by-election; 1940 Kettering by-election; 1940 Leeds North East by-election; 1940 Middlesbrough West by-election; 1940 Middleton and Prestwich by-election; 1940 Newcastle upon Tyne North ...
An Act to increase certain duties of customs and excise; to increase the standard rate of income tax for the year 1940-41 and the higher rates of income tax for the year 1939-40; to make certain amendments in the enactments relating to income tax, national defence contribution and excess profits tax; to increase the rates of estate duty; to ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... Pages in category "1940 in England" ... 0–9. 1940 Brighton by-election; 1940 City of Chester by-election;
The 1940 Southampton by-election was held on 27 November 1940. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent National MP, Sir John Reith. It was won by the Liberal National candidate Russell Thomas. [1] This was the last uncontested Parliamentary election to date where it resulted in a gain for the winning party. [2]
Child's ration book. 1 January – World War II: Britain calls up 2,000,000 19- to 27-year-olds for military service. 3 January – Unity Mitford, daughter of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale, and fervent admirer of Adolf Hitler, having attempted suicide, returns to England from Germany (via Switzerland); she is carried down the gangplank of the cross-channel ferry at Folkestone on a ...