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during the war along with an
Electoral truce that had been agreed by the main political parties. This meant that should their be a need to fill parliamentary vacancies, the incumbent party would not face opposition from the other parties. There was increasing dissatisfaction with this truce among both the Liberal and Labour parties which resulted in some
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He then decided to seek election to parliament elsewhere and in June 1931 was chosen by
Torquay Liberal Association as their prospective parliamentary candidate. However, a National Government was formed and the party was reluctant to oppose the sitting Conservative MP. At the 1935 General Election,
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A General
Election was expected to take place in 1939 or 1940 and Williams was again chosen by Knutsford Liberal Association as their prospective parliamentary candidate. He was actively campaigning in Knutsford, right up to the moment when war broke out. All party political activity was cut back
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candidates standing in by-elections against government candidates. Williams was one of these candidates. He contested the neighbouring
Cheshire seat of Eddisbury, but polled poorly, as his own party leader
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in 1922. He married, in 1940, Margaret Julian Henley. They had one son (poet, dramatist and actor John Henley
Heathcote-Williams, known as '
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He was the 9th son of Joseph Ellis
Williams and Martha Amelia Heathcote, of Abbotsfield, Chester. He was educated at
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He served in the
European War, 1914–19, in the Royal Artillery. He was editor of
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of The Inner Temple in 1957. He was Legal Member of
Council of the
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This was
Williams final parliamentary electoral contest.
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in 1923, the first of three attempts to win the seat.
25:(19 September 1896 – 15 August 1964), was a British
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83:in 1947 serving for the next 4 years. He became a
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45:(Hulme Scholar). He received an Honours in
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828:"Heathcote Williams obituary"
872:UK public library membership
850:"Heathcote-Williams, Harold"
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943:Members of the Inner Temple
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659:1943 Eddisbury by-election
39:The King's School, Chester
29:politician and barrister.
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20:Harold Heathcote Williams
958:Royal Artillery officers
367:: Poplar, South Poplar
244:: Poplar, South Poplar
121:: Poplar, South Poplar
93:Town Planning Institute
652:Sir Archibald Sinclair
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53:') and one daughter.
518:Electorate 62,230
442:Elliot Marcet Gorst
67:, 1922–23. He was a
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933:1964 deaths
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661:Electorate
922:Categories
874:required.)
813:References
669:Candidate
526:Candidate
375:Candidate
252:Candidate
129:Candidate
33:Background
856:Who's Who
752:Majority
588:Majority
509:Knutsford
455:Majority
312:Majority
189:Majority
69:barrister
81:Tiverton
771:18,363
767:Turnout
603:Turnout
591:12,999
577:17,253
568:Liberal
554:30,252
473:47,845
469:Turnout
458:12,511
416:Liberal
403:19,696
330:38,336
326:Turnout
293:Liberal
280:16,224
207:37,681
203:Turnout
170:Liberal
157:14,537
741:2,803
718:7,537
697:8,023
672:Votes
666:Party
529:Votes
523:Party
486:Labour
445:3,532
425:7,185
394:Labour
378:Votes
372:Party
343:Labour
315:6,515
302:9,709
271:Labour
255:Votes
249:Party
220:Labour
192:6,638
179:7,899
148:Labour
132:Votes
126:Party
57:Career
797:Swing
790:from
774:56.1
744:15.3
721:41.0
700:43.7
628:Swing
609:76.3
594:27.4
580:36.3
557:63.7
498:+8.0
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448:11.6
428:23.6
406:64.8
355:-2.2
351:Swing
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318:25.2
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228:Swing
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160:64.8
801:n/a
788:gain
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