Edinburgh North (UK Parliament constituency)

Edinburgh North was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
Boundaries.
In 1918 the constituency consisted of the "Broughton, Calton, St. Andrew's and St. Stephen's Municipal Wards of Edinburgh."
Election results.
Elections in the 1940s.
General Election 1939/40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; 