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in the constituency a by-election truce was called on the advice of the medical authorities so as to avoid the need for the usual door to door canvassing and holding of public meetings. This opportunity to withdraw with honour may have suited Labour given the difficulty in winning the seat they faced
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In the event therefore no candidate stepped forward to challenge Sir Ryland Adkins and he was returned unopposed.
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and this being an office of profit he was obliged by the electoral law of the day to submit to a by-election.
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were content to stand aside again for their coalition partner. Labour were planning to put up
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against the combined
Liberal and Conservative electorate lined up behind Adkins.
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The by-election was triggered by the appointment as a judge of the sitting
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to create a new seat and Adkins retained it as a supporter of the
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Adkins continued to represent the constituency until
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opposition and had won by a majority of 8,330 votes.
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72:Adkins had represented Middleton since winning the
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306:British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918–1949
135:as their candidate but owing to an outbreak of
220:candidate endorsed by the coalition government
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424:Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central
18:1920 Middleton and Prestwich by-election
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372:31st Parliament of the United Kingdom
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322:List of United Kingdom by-elections
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272:The Downfall of the Liberal Party
24:held on 22 November 1920 for the
284:The Times House of Commons, 1919
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108:. In 1918 Adkins had faced only
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26:British House of Commons
794:Westminster St George's
752:Penrith and Cockermouth
630:Middleton and Prestwich
242:for the Conservatives.
68:Constituency background
56:. Adkins was appointed
33:Middleton and Prestwich
799:Heywood and Radcliffe
560:Camberwell North West
82:1918 general election
78:1906 general election
1150:November 1920 events
849:Southwark South East
397:Liverpool West Derby
240:A N Stewart-Sandeman
102:The Coalition Coupon
90:coalition government
47:Member of Parliament
1120:1920s in Lancashire
762:Orkney and Shetland
464:Manchester Rusholme
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129:Matthew Burrow Farr
913:Liverpool Exchange
908:Wolverhampton West
887:Manchester Clayton
685:Birmingham Moseley
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100:, having received
94:David Lloyd George
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876:South Londonderry
820:South Londonderry
815:Westminster Abbey
518:Ashton-under-Lyne
470:Chester-le-Street
446:Dublin University
413:Oxford University
408:North Londonderry
230:Adkins, 1920–1923
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116:By-election truce
44:Coalition Liberal
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711:Bristol West
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418:Hull Central
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824:September:
721:East Dorset
636:Abertillery
612:September:
566:Northampton
555:Basingstoke
501:Spen Valley
456:September:
430:East Antrim
403:Leyton West
259:Who was Who
22:by-election
1104:Categories
986:Pontypridd
981:North Down
897:North Down
880:February:
847:December:
841:November:
810:Caerphilly
778:North Down
773:Mid Armagh
741:Chichester
667:February:
634:December:
625:The Wrekin
618:November:
608:Woodbridge
581:Sunderland
534:Horncastle
524:The Wrekin
522:February:
489:December:
468:November:
458:Pontefract
395:February:
261:, OUP 2007
246:References
218:indicates
160:Candidate
106:Asquithian
62:Birmingham
37:Lancashire
1074:1979–2010
1069:1950–1979
1064:1931–1950
1059:1918–1931
1054:1900–1918
1049:1885–1900
1044:1868–1885
1039:1857–1868
1034:1847–1857
1029:1832–1847
1024:1818–1832
1019:1806–1818
1014:1801–1806
996:October:
923:Inverness
918:Cambridge
882:West Down
864:January:
835:October:
783:West Down
731:Eddisbury
695:Penistone
656:January:
598:Ebbw Vale
550:Stockport
516:January:
491:St Albans
462:October:
195:Unopposed
98:Bonar Law
86:Prestwich
80:. At the
990:August:
928:Chertsey
871:Tamworth
808:August:
804:Hertford
789:Mid Down
757:Abingdon
747:Hastings
658:Hereford
545:Dartford
450:August:
441:Bothwell
316:See also
137:smallpox
126:Alderman
58:Recorder
998:Newport
965:Banbury
955:Newbury
939:Clapham
906:March:
843:Hornsey
736:Bedford
726:Bewdley
706:Taunton
704:April:
673:March:
564:April:
538:March:
529:Paisley
496:Bromley
422:April:
401:March:
376:»
370:to the
358:«
205:Liberal
182:Liberal
133:Mossley
76:at the
974:July:
948:June:
902:Bodmin
866:Ludlow
787:July:
766:June:
680:Dudley
614:Ilford
596:July:
585:June:
540:Argyll
452:Widnes
434:July:
382:»
364:«
163:Votes
157:Party
144:Result
110:Labour
49:, Sir
20:was a
976:Gower
937:May:
831:Louth
745:May:
663:Dover
587:Louth
428:May:
858:1922
650:1921
510:1920
389:1919
236:1923
208:hold
96:and
74:seat
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