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Bennett again defeated Selley, this time by 418 votes in a much increased poll. The
Liberals were again third, though with a new candidate, the former Mayor of Battersea, Captain
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was held on 7 February 1929. The by-election was held when the incumbent
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736:Howdenshire
728:September:
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217:by-election
138:Percentage
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885:Carmarthen
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814:Canterbury
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225:Earl Howe
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809:Southend
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701:Bothwell
645:Galloway
458:8 August
184:Unionist
113:Unionist
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567:to the
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374:Turnout
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127:11,789
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283:Votes
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108:Labour
104:Party
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