The seat had become vacant when the constituency's National Liberal Member of Parliament (MP), Sir James Blindell (1884 – 10 May 1937) died.
In both elections, the Conservatives (who also supported the National Government) did not field a candidate against him, and he was returned with large majorities.
The list below is set out in descending order of the number of votes received at the by-election.
After winning the by-election[1] he retained the seat until he retired in 1966, shortly before he died.
The National Liberal Party held the seat with a reduced majority.