The 1940 Manchester Exchange by-election was held on 21 September 1940. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Peter Eckersley. It was won by the

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Thomas Hewlett Thomas Henry Hewlett (23 November 1882 – 25 May 1956) was a British Conservative Party politician and industrialist. He unsuccessfully contested the 1935 general election in Manchester Clayton, but after the death in 1940 of Peter Eckersley ...

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