The 1940

Mitcham Mitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in South London, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross. Originally a village in the county of Surrey, today it is mainly a residential suburb, and includes Mitcham Common. It ha ...

by-election was held on 19 August 1940. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Richard Meller. It was won by the Conservative candidate

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, who was unopposed as during the Second World War the political parties in the

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had agreed not to contest by-elections when a vacancy arose in any of the seats held by the other coalition parties.

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