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Collins who had sat as Liberal MP for Walsall until losing to Preston in the void election, seemed the obvious candidate. However Collins chose to withdraw due to ill-health. On 13 February 1925 the Executive Council of the Walsall Liberal Association adopted 64-year-old
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The constituency was created for the 1832 general election. Over the years, the seat frequently changed hands between
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was held on 27 February 1925. The by-election was held due to the disqualification of the incumbent
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who had been their candidate in 1924. He came from
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894:. 31 January 1925. p. 9.
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591:Thomas James Macnamara
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692:1929 general election
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1601:February 1925 events
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1301:Northampton
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1206:Howdenshire
1198:September:
1107:September:
701:: Walsall
487:World War I
368:Independent
327:Pat Collins
262:: Walsall
253:Pat Collins
217:by-election
149:Percentage
1570:Categories
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1388:Cheltenham
1355:Carmarthen
1310:February:
1284:Canterbury
1277:November:
1237:February:
1220:December:
1216:Chelmsford
1204:November:
1160:Darlington
1153:February:
1119:December:
1113:November:
1092:Eastbourne
1087:Ayr Burghs
1079:February:
1062:December:
864:References
709:Candidate
534:Candidate
468:Camberwell
445:Candidates
372:J J Lynch
270:Candidate
93:Candidate
1540:1979–2010
1535:1950–1979
1530:1931–1950
1525:1918–1931
1520:1900–1918
1515:1885–1900
1510:1868–1885
1505:1857–1868
1500:1847–1857
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1490:1818–1832
1485:1806–1818
1480:1801–1806
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1394:Tavistock
1392:October:
1317:Lancaster
1306:Faversham
1299:January:
1222:Smethwick
1147:January:
1141:January:
1109:Stockport
917:The Times
891:The Times
804:Majority
682:Aftermath
629:Majority
388:Majority
1438:Wansbeck
1380:August:
1279:Southend
1268:Westbury
1262:Bosworth
1194:Wallsend
1183:Buckrose
1171:Bothwell
1115:Galloway
846:Unionist
761:Unionist
661:Unionist
554:Unionist
506:Campaign
421:Unionist
290:Unionist
233:Unionist
199:Unionist
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117:Unionist
1442:March:
1371:Halifax
1360:Holborn
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1328:St Ives
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1164:March:
1081:Walsall
1043:»
1037:to the
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946:1 March
825:51,767
821:Turnout
793:15,425
784:Liberal
770:15,818
742:20,524
648:38,703
644:Turnout
618:11,610
595:12,300
586:Liberal
567:14,793
497:at the
428:Liberal
409:39,398
405:Turnout
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331:12,734
322:Liberal
303:15,168
227:Vacancy
215:Walsall
144:11,610
141:12,300
122:Liberal
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1097:Oldham
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1064:Dundee
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807:4,706
729:Labour
712:Votes
706:Party
632:2,493
609:Labour
537:Votes
531:Party
518:Result
495:Exeter
391:2,434
360:+10.0
345:Labour
337:−11.7
273:Votes
267:Party
160:30.0%
157:31.8%
137:14,793
127:Labour
113:Party
1366:Epsom
1260:May:
1245:Leith
1181:May:
1126:Ripon
855:+8.6
851:Swing
844:from
831:+2.5
828:85.9
799:−2.0
796:29.8
776:−7.6
773:30.6
752:+9.6
747:39.6
673:+0.1
669:Swing
651:83.4
638:+0.3
624:+1.3
621:30.0
598:31.8
577:+0.3
572:38.2
433:Swing
426:from
357:28.7
334:31.8
313:+0.1
308:37.9
213:1925
153:38.2%
1454:Bath
1408:1929
1293:1928
1231:1927
1135:1926
1073:1925
1056:1924
948:2009
842:gain
810:9.0
664:hold
635:6.4
601:0.0
456:Bath
424:gain
394:6.1
378:1.6
375:622
211:The
52:1929
42:1924
814:N/A
398:N/A
382:New
1572::
934:.
719:±%
715:%
544:±%
540:%
280:±%
276:%
238:,
236:MP
1017:e
1010:t
1003:v
950:.
501:.
478:.
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