in the 1930s 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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; Conservative: Nancy Astor Labour: Lucy Middleton Elections in the 1940s Elections in the 1950s Elections in the 1960s Elections in the 1970s New constituency boundaries came into effect in time for the following election in February 1974. Elections in the 1980s Elections in the 1990s Elections in the 2000s See also List of parliamentary constituencies in Devon Notes and references Sources Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2010 Parliamentary constituencies in Devon (historic) Politics of Plymouth, Devon