Professor John James Craik-Henderson (21 December 1890 – 3 December 1971) was a British

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politician. Henderson was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in March 1940, as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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. He served in Parliament for the rest of World War II, and was replaced by the

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by Alice Bacon of the

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Party. He took 97.1% of the vote in 1940, opposed only by the

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, but took only 37.5% in 1945, when the seat was also contested by Labour and Liberal party candidates.

Publications

''Dangers of a Supreme Parliament''
in Lord Campion et al., ''Parliament: A Survey'' (London 1952)

References

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* 1890 births 1971 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1935–1945 Politics of Leeds Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1890s-stub