1941 Pontefract by-election
A 1941 by-election was held on 24 July 1941 for the British House of Commons parliamentary constituency of Pontefract in Yorkshire. The seat had become vacant on the death of the Labour Member of Parliament Adam Hills,[1] who had held the seat since the 1935 general election.
The Labour candidate, Percy Barstow, was returned unopposed.[1]
See also
[edit]- Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)
- 1919 Pontefract by-election
- 1962 Pontefract by-election
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Pontefract's New M.P.". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 25 July 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 1 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Categories:
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West Yorkshire constituencies
- Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituencies
- 1941 in England
- 1941 elections in the United Kingdom
- Elections in Wakefield
- Pontefract
- 1940s in Yorkshire
- July 1941 events in the United Kingdom