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at this time to oppose the candidates of the
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divisions of
Wolverhampton, seemed in nearly every way the stereotypical Liberal of his day; a pronounced
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By-elections to the
Parliament of the United Kingdom in Staffordshire constituencies
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748:"The Wolverhampton East by-election of 1908 - the first vote cast by a woman?"
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Thorne won the by-election by a majority of just eight votes from the
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Thorne, who had stood unsuccessfully for election twice in the
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was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent
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Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
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199:was held on 5 May 1908. The
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282:: Wolverhampton East
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213:Viscount Wolverhampton
1439:Sheffield Attercliffe
1307:Manchester North West
1068:North East Derbyshire
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215:. It was won by the
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620:George Rennie Thorne
470:George Rennie Thorne
221:George Rennie Thorne
175:George Rennie Thorne
1362:Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1084:North Monmouthshire
754:on 31 December 2010
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1201:Liverpool Kirkdale
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947:East Aberdeenshire
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195:Wolverhampton East
116:Popular vote
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1586:2010–present
1505:South Armagh
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1169:East Wicklow
1159:Colne Valley
1105:North Tyrone
1045:Huddersfield
1040:North Armagh
952:North Galway
917:
908:By-elections
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851:, 7 May 1908
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756:. Retrieved
752:the original
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209:Henry Fowler
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160:Henry Fowler
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1491:September:
1482:North Sligo
1396:Forfarshire
1360:September:
1255:Leeds South
1189:September:
1018:Cockermouth
1012:East Tyrone
968:Basingstoke
570:Suffragists
201:by-election
197:by-election
129:Percentage
1611:Categories
1503:November:
1499:Bermondsey
1493:West Clare
1389:February:
1368:Chelmsford
1366:December:
1356:Haggerston
1240:St Austell
1233:February:
1205:November:
1079:Banffshire
1072:February:
1049:December:
1033:November:
935:February:
758:29 January
733:References
593:Candidate
443:Candidate
419:candidate
290:Candidate
249:free trade
227:Background
219:candidate
86:Candidate
47:5 May 1908
1581:1979–2010
1576:1950–1979
1571:1931–1950
1566:1918–1931
1561:1900–1918
1556:1885–1900
1551:1868–1885
1546:1857–1868
1541:1847–1857
1536:1832–1847
1531:1818–1832
1526:1806–1818
1521:1801–1806
1497:October:
1476:High Peak
1461:Cleveland
1383:January:
1281:West Down
1250:Worcester
1224:Ashburton
1222:January:
1191:West Down
1132:Wimbledon
1066:January:
1027:October:
973:Leicester
849:The Times
814:The Times
802:The Times
790:The Times
778:The Times
665:Majority
650:Leo Amery
577:Aftermath
515:Majority
500:Leo Amery
421:Leo Amery
360:Majority
346:Leo Amery
52:Jan. 1910
1480:August:
1385:Tamworth
1354:August:
1302:Dewsbury
1276:Hastings
1180:Anglesey
1178:August:
1051:Mid Cork
1016:August:
937:Westbury
417:Unionist
1421:April:
1417:Croydon
1400:March:
1391:Taunton
1333:Newport
1290:April:
1286:Peckham
1274:March:
1270:Bewdley
1143:Rutland
1138:Hornsey
1127:Stepney
1114:April:
1100:Halifax
1098:March:
985:Dulwich
977:April:
961:March:
916:»
910:to the
898:«
712:Liberal
700:10,238
680:Turnout
613:Liberal
548:Liberal
530:Turnout
463:Liberal
391:Liberal
374:Turnout
310:Liberal
245:Baptist
217:Liberal
205:Liberal
179:Liberal
164:Liberal
105:Liberal
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1459:July:
1453:June:
1348:July:
1344:Pudsey
1342:June:
1323:Dundee
1154:Jarrow
1152:July:
1136:June:
1110:Hexham
1035:Galway
1007:Bodmin
1005:July:
991:Eifion
989:June:
922:»
904:«
684:9,738
654:4,462
626:5,276
596:Votes
590:Party
560:-17.1
534:9,020
524:−34.2
510:+17.1
504:4,506
486:−17.1
476:4,514
446:Votes
440:Party
430:Thorne
411:Result
378:8,355
363:2,865
350:2,745
323:5,610
293:Votes
287:Party
274:Fowler
137:50.0%
124:4,506
101:Party
90:Thorne
1432:May:
1316:May:
1125:May:
1094:Brigg
1074:Perth
983:May:
724:+4.2
720:Swing
690:+9.5
687:95.1
674:+8.4
660:−4.2
657:45.8
636:+4.2
631:54.2
556:Swing
540:+4.1
537:89.7
507:50.0
481:50.0
399:Swing
381:85.6
366:34.2
353:32.9
328:67.1
233:South
193:1908
133:50.0%
120:4,514
95:Amery
1434:Cork
1377:1909
1229:Ross
1216:1908
1060:1907
929:1906
760:2014
715:hold
671:8.4
668:814
551:hold
521:0.0
394:hold
243:, a
237:West
235:and
207:MP,
191:The
42:1906
979:Eye
1613::
821:^
768:^
603:±%
599:%
518:8
453:±%
449:%
300:±%
296:%
255:,
223:.
153:MP
890:e
883:t
876:v
762:.
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