1. The Oxford By-election 1938
Lesson objective:
To study and understand the significance of the oxford by-election of October 27th 1938, in relation to the period of appeasement.

2. What do you know about the 1938 oxford by-election?
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Monika
Edd
Alex
What do you know about oxford?
What is a by-election?
Significance of 1938?
The mood of the British public following appeasement?
Home to oxford University – oldest university In the world
An election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between general elections.
Usually because the incumbent has died or is unable to perform his duties
13th March 1938 – Anschluss
29th September 1938-
Munich agreement
Although chamberlain had been greeted with adulation upon his arrival from Munich there were rising voices of discontent.
Consequently as a result, has a large student population

3. Context
The conservative MP Robert Croft Bourne died on 7 August , triggering the by election.
On 14 September, the Conservatives selected Quintin Hogg, a committed supporter of appeasement and Chamberlain
The Liberal Party had selected Ivor Davies as its candidate and The Labour Party selected Patrick Gordon Walker, who had contested the seat at the 1935 general election. On 13 September, Davies offered to stand down from the by-election if Labour did the same and backed a Popular Front candidate against the Conservatives. Eventually, reluctantly, both parties supported Sandy Lindsay, an Independent Progressive.

4. Key points from the October by-election
‘A vote for Hogg, is a vote for Hitler’…….
The campaign and election result polarised the community and was one of the first examples of a rising opposition towards the governments policy of appeasement.