Dymoke White
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Sir Dymoke White, 2nd Baronet (11 June 1888 – 25 May 1968) was a Conservative Party
politician in England
who served as Member of Parliament
(MP) for Fareham in Hampshire
from 1939 to 1950.
He was elected unopposed at a by-election in 1939
, after the sitting MP Thomas Inskip
was elevated to peerage as Viscount Caldecote
.
Fareham had been a safe Conservative seat since the constituency was established in 1885, with a Conservative returned unopposed as recently as 1931, and where contested elections had produced huge Conservative majorities of (the Tories' 30% majority in 1939 was a lowpoint by Fareham standards). However at the 1945 general election
, which the Labour Party
won in a landslide, White's majority in Fareham was cut to only 5% of the votes.
The Fareham constituency was abolished in boundary changes for the 1950 general election
, and White did not contest the new Gosport and Fareham
constituency.
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician in England
England
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who served as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Fareham in Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...
from 1939 to 1950.
He was elected unopposed at a by-election in 1939
Fareham by-election, 1939
The Fareham by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Fareham in Hampshire on 6 October 1939. The seat had become vacant when Sir Thomas Inskip, the constituency's Conservative Party Member of Parliament had been ennobled as Viscount...
, after the sitting MP Thomas Inskip
Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote
Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote CBE, PC, KC was a British politician who served in many legal posts, culminating in serving as Lord Chancellor from 1939 until 1940...
was elevated to peerage as Viscount Caldecote
Viscount Caldecote
Viscount Caldecote, of Bristol in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1939 for the lawyer and politician Sir Thomas Inskip so that he could sit in the House of Lords and serve as Lord Chancellor...
.
Fareham had been a safe Conservative seat since the constituency was established in 1885, with a Conservative returned unopposed as recently as 1931, and where contested elections had produced huge Conservative majorities of (the Tories' 30% majority in 1939 was a lowpoint by Fareham standards). However at the 1945 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1945
The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...
, which the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
won in a landslide, White's majority in Fareham was cut to only 5% of the votes.
The Fareham constituency was abolished in boundary changes for the 1950 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1950
The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...
, and White did not contest the new Gosport and Fareham
Gosport and Fareham (UK Parliament constituency)
Gosport and Fareham was a parliamentary constituency in Hampshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election....
constituency.