1940 City of London by-election instead supporting the National candidate, Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, who had been brought in from industry to serve as President of the Board of Trade. There being no other candidates, Duncan was returned unopposed. 1940 City of London by-election The City of London by-election, 1940 was a by-election held on 5 February 1940 for the British House of Commons constituency of City of London, which covered the "Square Mile" which was the United Kingdom's traditional financial district. The by-election was caused by the resignation of one of the City's two Conservative Party Members of Parliament (MPs) Sir Alan Anderson, who
King Square, London from Angel, Barbican, and Old Street tube stations, and 12 minutes from Farringdon station King Square, London King Square is a square in central London in the St Luke's area of the London Borough of Islington. It is situated at the corner of Lever Street and Central Street; it borders King Square Gardens to the West. The square is surrounded by restaurants, cafeterias, a newsagent's, a florist shop, a pub and a residential development. 19th century St Clement's Church stands in the corner of the square. On the other side of Central Street stands Thistle City Barbican Hotel. The square,