Dymoke White

Sir Rudolph Dymoke White, 2nd Baronet, DL (11 June 1888 – 25 May 1968)[1] 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.[2]

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.[2]

The Fareham constituency was abolished in boundary changes for the 1950 general election, and White did not contest the new Gosport and Fareham constituency.[3]

References
  1. "Baronetcies beginning with "W" (part 2)". Leigh Rayment's Baronetage pages. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 365. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  3. "UK General Election results February 1950". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Thomas Inskip		 Member of Parliament for Fareham
1939 – 1950		 Constituency abolished
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Woolmer Rudolph Donati White		 Baronet
(of Salle Park, Norfolk)
1931–1968		 Succeeded by
Headley Dymoke White


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