Ripon

Conservative hold / Christopher York

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percent	Change
	Conservative	York, Christopher	29,674	61.3%	-15.9%
	Labour	Hartley, R	12,599	26%	+3.2%
	Liberal	Cowley, Mabel	6,122	12.7%	N/A
Majority			17,075	35.3%	-19.1%
Turnout			48,395	69.8%	1.2%
Swing				-9.55%
Note: These results are in comparison to the previous General Election, not the 23 Feb 1939 by-election