The County Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne wards of Armstrong, Arthur's Hill, Benwell, Elswick, and Fenham.[2]
Included the former Urban District ofBenwell andFenham which had been absorbed into the County Borough in 1904 and had previously been part of the abolishedTyneside constituency.
Following the reorganisation of local authorities as a result of theLocal Government Act 1972, the constituencies within the City of Newcastle upon Tyne were completely redrawn and the constituency was abolished. About half the electorate, comprising the former Urban District of Newburn was included in a newly constitutedNewcastle upon Tyne North. Fenham and Kenton were transferred to Newcastle upon Tyne Central and Scotswood to the new constituency of Tyne Bridge.[5]
General Election 1939–40:Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
At the outbreak of theSecond World War the planned election was postponed and the major parties agreed to anelectoral truce, where they would not contest by-elections against each other for the duration of the war.[9] This meant that followingJoseph Leech's death in May 1940 neither Labour nor the Liberal Party stood candidates, and the Conservative candidate was unopposed.
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Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969].British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services.ISBN0-900178-06-X.
