been selected; Liberal: Luke White Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1930s Elections in the 1940s 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; Conservative: Albert Braithwaite Liberal: Thomas Macleod Notes References F W S Craig, "British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-49" (Glasgow: Parliamentary Research Services, 1969) Michael Kinnear, "The British Voter" (London: Batsford, 1968) Frederic A Youngs, jr, "Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II" (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991) "The Constitutional Yearbook, 1913" (London: National Unionist Association, 1913) Parliamentary constituencies of the East Riding of Yorkshire (defunct) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950