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,
The City Uncovered The City Uncovered The City Uncovered with Evan Davis is a 2009 British documentary series. "The City Uncovered" deals with the history of finance, and the recent events of the financial crisis of 2007–2010. The three-part BBC series, presented by journalist Evan Davis, was a part of the "City Season" programming on the BBC. It aired on BBC 2 in the UK at 9 pm on Wednesday evenings between 14 and 28 January 2009. The episodes were shown again on BBC One days later. The title is a reference to the common name of the financial areas of London, known