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candidates in the coming months. He persuaded Palmer to stand for election in The Wrekin and in a three-cornered contest against a
Coalition Liberal and a Labour candidate, Palmer – without the advantages of local organisation or local connections and strongly supported by Bottomley himself – won a
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after catching a chill during a visit to the Wrekin. Another
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286:in 1918. He formed the
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1378:This article about a
1052:Heywood and Radcliffe
813:Camberwell North West
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650:Liverpool West Derby
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265:Sir Charles Henry Bt
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717:Manchester Rusholme
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20:
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1166:Liverpool Exchange
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1140:Manchester Clayton
938:Birmingham Moseley
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302:Wellington College
171:Popular vote
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771:Ashton-under-Lyne
723:Chester-le-Street
699:Dublin University
666:Oxford University
661:North Londonderry
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336:Ind. Conservative
273:Horatio Bottomley
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894:Rhondda West
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689:Swansea East
671:Hull Central
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974:East Dorset
889:Abertillery
865:September:
819:Northampton
808:Basingstoke
754:Spen Valley
709:September:
683:East Antrim
656:Leyton West
555:F W S Craig
257:by-election
187:Percentage
1431:Categories
1239:Pontypridd
1234:North Down
1150:North Down
1133:February:
1100:December:
1094:November:
1063:Caerphilly
1031:North Down
1026:Mid Armagh
994:Chichester
920:February:
887:December:
878:The Wrekin
871:November:
861:Woodbridge
834:Sunderland
787:Horncastle
777:The Wrekin
775:February:
742:December:
721:November:
711:Pontefract
648:February:
519:References
488:indicates
316:Candidate
297:Anti-Waste
293:jingoistic
255:The Wrekin
114:Candidate
66:The Wrekin
1327:1979–2010
1322:1950–1979
1317:1931–1950
1312:1918–1931
1307:1900–1918
1302:1885–1900
1297:1868–1885
1292:1857–1868
1287:1847–1857
1282:1832–1847
1277:1818–1832
1272:1806–1818
1267:1801–1806
1249:October:
1176:Inverness
1171:Cambridge
1135:West Down
1117:January:
1088:October:
1036:West Down
984:Eddisbury
948:Penistone
909:January:
851:Ebbw Vale
803:Stockport
769:January:
744:St Albans
715:October:
571:The Times
543:The Times
422:Majority
165:Coalition
154:Alliance
52:Nov. 1920
1243:August:
1181:Chertsey
1124:Tamworth
1061:August:
1057:Hertford
1042:Mid Down
1010:Abingdon
1000:Hastings
911:Hereford
798:Dartford
703:August:
694:Bothwell
505:pleurisy
1382:to the
1251:Newport
1218:Banbury
1208:Newbury
1192:Clapham
1159:March:
1096:Hornsey
989:Bedford
979:Bewdley
959:Taunton
957:April:
926:March:
817:April:
791:March:
782:Paisley
749:Bromley
675:April:
654:March:
629:»
623:to the
611:«
466:Liberal
443:22,746
439:Turnout
402:Liberal
225:Liberal
148:Liberal
84:
72:Turnout
1227:July:
1201:June:
1155:Bodmin
1119:Ludlow
1040:July:
1019:June:
933:Dudley
867:Ilford
849:July:
838:June:
793:Argyll
705:Widnes
687:July:
635:»
617:«
409:4,750
379:8,729
370:Labour
349:9,267
319:Votes
313:Party
198:20.9%
195:38.4%
182:4,750
179:8,729
143:Labour
134:Party
1229:Gower
1190:May:
1084:Louth
998:May:
916:Dover
840:Louth
681:May:
471:Swing
464:from
446:71.0
412:20.9
382:38.4
354:40.7
253:1920
191:40.7%
175:9,267
75:71.0%
1388:stub
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903:1921
763:1920
642:1919
503:and
462:gain
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425:538
263:MP,
42:1918
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