The 1944 Clay Cross by-election was held on 14 April 1944. The byelection was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, George Ridley. It was won by the Labour candidate Harold Neal.[1]

D. Craven Griffiths, a Liberal who worked for the civil service wanted to stand in the by-election. The President of the Board of Trade refused him permission for a leave of absence to fight a campaign.[2]

Clay Cross by-election, 1944[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harold Neal 13,693 76.3
Independent Anti-Fascist Phil Hicken 2,336 13.0
Independent Atlantic Charter William Douglas-Home 1,911 10.7
Majority 11,357 63.3
Turnout 17,940
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  2. ^ Nottingham Evening Post 18 Jan 1944
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanac (1945), p.311


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