1940 City of London by-election 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 had held the seat since a by-election in 1935. In accordance with the war-time electoral pact, neither the Labour nor the Liberal parties fielded a candidate. The Conservatives did not defend the seat either,
Monument Square, London Monument Square, London Monument Square is a public square in the City of London, England, next to the Monument (the Monument to the Great Fire of London). It is to be created as part of Monument Street is pedestrianised. It also features a glass pavilion which was designed by Bere Architects and unveiled on 31 January 2007. In the past, there already was the Monument Square around the Monument, formerly known as the "'Monument Yard". Later it was merged into the Monument Street. "A Dictionary of London" by Henry A Harben (1918) describes it as follows: Monument Square On the