1938 City of London by-election 1938 City of London by-election The City of London by-election, 1938 was a by-election held on 6 April 1938 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 death of one of the City's two Conservative Party Members of Parliament (MPs) Thomas Vansittart Bowater, who had held the seat since a by-election in 1924, having contested the seat in an earlier by-election in 1922. The Conservative candidate, Sir George Broadbridge, who had been Lord Mayor of London in 1936,
Mile End New Town southern boundary; the northern and eastern boundary approximating the East London Line cutting; and the western boundary falling short of Spital Street. Mile End Old Town (today known as Mile End) was located some distance to the east, separated from Mile End New Town by Whitechapel and Stepney. It was grouped into the Whitechapel District in 1855 and became part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney in 1900. The parish was abolished in 1921. The parish occupied an area of and the population was as follows: Mile End New Town Mile End New Town is a former district in what