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1944 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election

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1944 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election

← 1941 17 October 1944 1945 →

Constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed
Turnout24.5%
  First party Second party
 
Candidate William Beveridge W.D. Clark
Party Liberal Independent
Popular vote 8,792 1,269
Percentage 87.4% 12.6%

MP before election

George Charles Grey
Liberal

Subsequent MP

William Beveridge
Liberal

The 1944 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 17 October 1944 for the British House of Commons constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Previous MP

The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Member of Parliament (MP), George Charles Grey, was killed in action. Grey (2 December 1918 – 30 July 1944), the son of a major-general, had joined the British Army in 1938 before the outbreak of the Second World War the following year.

Grey had become the Liberal MP for the constituency, when he was returned unopposed at a by-election on 18 August 1941, to fill a vacancy caused by the elevation to the peerage of the previous Liberal MP.

Between his election and his death, he was the youngest member of the House of Commons, having been elected at the age of 22 years 259 days.

A captain in the 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards, Grey was killed at Le Repas in Normandy, France, on the first day of Operation Bluecoat. He was buried on the battlefield by his men, on the site of which his family later erected a memorial. The site is now recognised as a war grave, designated the Livry Isolated Grave.

Candidates

The election took place during the Second World War. Under an agreement between the Conservative, Labour and Liberal parties; who were participating in a wartime coalition, the party holding a seat would not be opposed by the other two at a by-election. Accordingly, the Liberal Party nominated a candidate, but no Labour or Conservative representative was put forward.

Two candidates were nominated. The list below is set out in descending order of the number of votes received at the by-election.

1. The Liberal Party candidate was Sir William Henry Beveridge (5 March 1879 – 16 March 1963), who was a British economist and social reformer. He is perhaps best known for his 1942 report Social Insurance and Allied Services (known as the Beveridge Report[1]) which served as the basis for the post-World War II Labour government's Welfare State, including especially the National Health Service.

Beveridge was defeated by a Conservative candidate in the 1945 United Kingdom general election. He was created the 1st Baron Beveridge in 1946.

2. William.D. Clark, a local farmer, was an Independent candidate.[2]

Votes

1944 by-election: Berwick-upon-Tweed
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Beveridge 8,792 87.4 +36.4
Independent W.D. Clark 1,269 12.6 New
Majority 7,523 74.8 +72.8
Turnout 10,061 24.5 -51.5
Registered electors 41,068
Liberal hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ The Beveridge Report
  2. ^ The Times, 13 September 1944 p2

Bibliography

  • British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press, revised edition 1977)
  • Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919–1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)
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