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and breach of the park regulations; when tried on 10 December, the indecency charge was dropped and both were fined £5. Harvey subsequently resigned his ministerial post and his seat, forcing the by-election; he paid the guardsman's fine as well as his own.
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98:General Election later in 1959
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898:Morecambe and Lonsdale
776:Warwick and Leamington
284:General election 1955
826:Leicester South East
42:Member of Parliament
855:Glasgow Kelvingrove
503:on 26 December 2014
397:Registered electors
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812:September:
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507:26 December
351:Merlyn Rees
174:Merlyn Rees
90:Merlyn Rees
34:Harrow East
18:by-election
1074:Categories
968:Whitehaven
903:Chichester
896:November:
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467:BBC News,
455:References
321:Ian Harvey
294:Candidate
117:Candidate
73:Candidates
52:Background
46:Ian Harvey
1044:1979–2010
1039:1950–1979
1034:1931–1950
1029:1918–1931
1024:1900–1918
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1014:1868–1885
1009:1857–1868
1004:1847–1857
999:1832–1847
994:1818–1832
989:1806–1818
984:1801–1806
963:Penistone
933:January:
908:Pontypool
882:St Helens
818:October:
781:Beckenham
714:Tonbridge
547:15 August
366:Majority
210:Majority
957:Galloway
849:Rochdale
686:Hereford
654:Greenock
641:August:
517:cite web
433:See also
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381:Turnout
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327:22,243
245:48,820
235:−13.64
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297:Votes
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184:+0.63
169:Labour
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120:Votes
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104:Result
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