The 1939 Portsmouth South by-election was a
parliamentary by-election held in the
United Kingdom
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on 12 July 1939 for the
House of Commons
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constituency of
Portsmouth South
Portsmouth South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Stephen Morgan of the Labour Party. Morgan is the first Labour MP to represent the seat.
Boundaries
1918–1950: The County Borough of ...
, in
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...
.
Previous MP
Previous Result
Candidates
Result
Sir Jocelyn Morton Lucas was elected unopposed for the Conservative Party.
Aftermath
In the
1945 general election
The following elections occurred in the year 1945.
Africa
* 1945 South-West African legislative election
Asia
* 1945 Indian general election
Australia
* 1945 Fremantle by-election
Europe
* 1945 Albanian parliamentary election
* 1945 Bulgarian ...
, the Conservatives held the seat.
References
* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)
{{By-elections to the 37th UK Parliament
1939 elections in the United Kingdom
1939 in England
Elections in Portsmouth
By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Hampshire constituencies
Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom (need citation)
20th century in Hampshire