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from 1914 to 1915. Verney married Rachel
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Buckrose Constituency Labour Party had selected Lt. Herbert Cecil Laycock MC as their prospective candidate back in February 1926. He came from Burnley and lived in Leeds. He was standing for parliament for the first
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DSO, MC as their candidate to defend the seat. He was the son of Albert
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in the divorce case between Sir
Richard Cruise and his wife. He had been MP here since winning the seat in 1922.
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as their candidate to challenge for the seat. Verney succeeded in the baronetcy in May 1910. In the
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on 5 May 1926. This was the first by-election to take place during the
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Braithwaite retained the seat at the following
General Election;
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Parliamentary
Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
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Buckrose Unionist Association chose 33-year-old
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Neither Verney not Laycock stood for parliament again.
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415:Woodhouse Grove School
662:General election 1929
268:General election 1924
1028:Cambridge University
425:. He served in the
419:Leeds Grammar School
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1174:Northampton
1112:Stourbridge
1079:Howdenshire
1071:September:
980:September:
664:: Buckrose
431:World War I
270:: Buckrose
213:by-election
142:Percentage
1443:Categories
1299:February:
1261:Cheltenham
1228:Carmarthen
1183:February:
1157:Canterbury
1150:November:
1110:February:
1093:December:
1089:Chelmsford
1077:November:
1033:Darlington
1026:February:
992:December:
986:November:
965:Eastbourne
960:Ayr Burghs
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935:December:
837:References
672:Candidate
504:Candidate
446:Buckingham
404:Candidates
278:Candidate
88:Candidate
47:5 May 1926
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1408:1950–1979
1403:1931–1950
1398:1918–1931
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1388:1885–1900
1383:1868–1885
1378:1857–1868
1373:1847–1857
1368:1832–1847
1363:1818–1832
1358:1806–1818
1353:1801–1806
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1293:January:
1287:January:
1267:Tavistock
1265:October:
1190:Lancaster
1179:Faversham
1172:January:
1095:Smethwick
1020:January:
1014:January:
982:Stockport
763:Majority
653:Aftermath
599:Majority
350:Majority
305:Guy Gaunt
225:Yorkshire
1311:Wansbeck
1253:August:
1152:Southend
1141:Westbury
1135:Bosworth
1067:Wallsend
1056:Buckrose
1044:Bothwell
988:Galloway
820:See also
796:Unionist
692:Unionist
632:Unionist
524:Unionist
478:Campaign
421:and the
383:Unionist
298:Unionist
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110:Unionist
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1244:Halifax
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1037:March:
954:Walsall
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910:to the
898:«
782:31,216
778:Turnout
731:13,825
724:Liberal
705:15,625
618:24,826
614:Turnout
565:10,537
556:Liberal
537:12,098
467:Banbury
463:Skipton
429:during
369:24,958
365:Turnout
339:10,962
330:Liberal
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235:Vacancy
134:10,537
115:Liberal
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1237:July:
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937:Dundee
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752:1,766
745:Labour
675:Votes
669:Party
602:1,552
586:2,191
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507:Votes
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486:Result
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353:3,004
281:Votes
275:Party
150:42.5%
137:2,191
130:12,098
120:Labour
106:Party
1239:Epsom
1133:May:
1118:Leith
1054:May:
999:Ripon
808:-0.3
804:Swing
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785:80.4
772:−0.6
758:−3.2
737:+1.9
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715:+1.3
710:50.0
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640:Swing
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608:−5.8
571:−1.5
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547:−7.3
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473:time.
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391:Swing
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321:+5.6
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153:8.8%
146:48.7%
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1281:1929
1166:1928
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1008:1926
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929:1924
799:hold
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