1940 Spen Valley by-election

The 1940 Spen Valley by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Spen Valley on 1 June 1940. The seat had become vacant when the Liberal National Member of Parliament Sir John Simon, had been elevated to the peerage as Viscount Simon.^[1] Simon had held the seat since the 1922 general election.

During the Second World War the political parties in the Coalition Government had agreed not to contest by-elections when a vacancy arose in any of the seats held by the other coalition parties. As a result, the only candidate was William Woolley of the Liberal National Party, who was returned unopposed.^[1] He represented the constituency until his defeat at the 1945 general election.

See also

• Spen Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
• List of United Kingdom by-elections