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1943 The Hartlepools By-election
1943 The Hartlepools by-election was held on 1 June 1943. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, William George Howard Gritten. It was won by the Conservative candidate Thomas George Greenwell, who was not opposed by a Liberal or a Labour candidate due to the war time electoral truce where the main parties pledged not to oppose each other's candidates until the end of the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin .... References 1943 elections in the United Kingdom 1943 in England 20th century in County Durham Politics of the Borough of Hartlepool By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Durham constituencies {{England-UK-Parl-by-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hartlepools (UK Parliament Constituency)
The Hartlepools was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament. The constituency became Hartlepool (UK Parliament constituency), Hartlepool in 1974. The seat's name reflected the representation of both old Hartlepool and West Hartlepool. History The Hartlepools was enfranchised as a borough constituency by the Reform Act 1867, being given one MP. It had previously been part of the two-MP county division of South Durham (UK Parliament constituency), South Durham. The constituency was renamed Hartlepool (UK Parliament constituency), Hartlepool in 1974, following the administrative merger in 1967 of the local authorities covering the borough of Hartlepool and the county borough of West Hartlepool. Boundaries 1868–1918 The municipal borough of Hartlepool, and the townships of Throston, Stranton, and Seaton Carew. ''See map on Vision of Britain website.'' 1918 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William George Howard Gritten
William George Howard Gritten FRGS''Who was who: a companion to Who's who: containing the biographies of those who died during the period, Volume 2'', Publisher: A. & C. Black, 1967.page 475 (7 February 1870 – 5 April 1943), also known as W. G. Howard Gritten, was a barrister and writer, and a British Conservative politician, who was elected a Member of Parliament for The Hartlepools in 1918, until 1922, and re-elected in 1929 until his death in 1943. Born in Westminster, London, on 7 Feb 1870,''Debrett's House of Commons, and the judicial bench'', Published 1922page 69 Gritten was the only son of William Gritten (an architect) and his wife Annie Howard (d.1907). In 1918, he married Helena Blanche Paget, the daughter of the late Commander Webb, R.N. He was educated at Brasenose College Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
