Professor John James Craik-Henderson (21 December 1890 – 3 December 1971) was a British

England

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 Conservative Party

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 politician.

Henderson was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in March 1940

Leeds North East by-election, 1940

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, as Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Leeds North East

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.

He served in Parliament

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 for the rest of World War II

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, and was replaced by the 1945 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1945

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 by Alice Bacon

Alice Bacon, Baroness Bacon

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 of the Labour Party. He took 97.1% of the vote in 1940, opposed only by the British Union of Fascists

British Union of Fascists

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, but took only 37.5% in 1945. This is one of the biggest drops in British electoral history.

Publications

• Dangers of a Supreme Parliament, in Lord Campion et al., Parliament: A Survey (London 1952)

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