of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1910s Hayward had been issued with the "coalition coupon", but repudiated it. Elections in the 1920s Elections 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; Labour: Manny Shinwell Conservative: Elections in the 1940s See also History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Durham References Parliamentary constituencies in County Durham (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom represented by a sitting Prime Minister