The

Wigan Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, Lancashire, River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the nor ...

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

of 11 March 1942 was held after the death of the incumbent

Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

MP, John Parkinson. The by-election was only contested by one candidate, William Foster, who retained the seat for Labour unopposed.

Result of the by-election

Result of the previous General Election

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References

1940s in Lancashire Elections in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan Wigan 1942 Wigan 1942 Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom (need citation) {{England-UK-Parl-by-election-stub