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was selected against his will as Sinn Féin's candidate for the by-election. The prisoners in
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following a very close vote. The result was not announced until 10 May due to a recount.
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1292:Colne Valley
1276:Berwickshire
1197:South Tyrone
996:Wigtownshire
916:West Wicklow
905:North Galway
857:Belfast East
851:Leith Burghs
776:Chesterfield
510:Bristol East
499:North Tyrone
456:East Wicklow
336:
327:By-elections
318:
272:. Retrieved
268:
259:
245:
231:Dáil Éireann
228:
219:
205:
193:
175:
159:
135:
134:
129:
124:
119:
112:
81:
76:
55:
30:
28:
18:
1864:by-election
1714:Mid Norfolk
1696:September:
1608:East Tyrone
1563:Southampton
1541:Basingstoke
1351:Whitechapel
1301:September:
1218:Cockermouth
1192:North Louth
986:Howdenshire
976:Scarborough
939:East Galway
920:September:
803:Wick Burghs
732:Whitechapel
705:East Antrim
654:September:
491:September:
408:East Dorset
35:by-election
1915:Categories
1733:November:
1692:Canterbury
1660:East Cavan
1655:Bridgwater
1589:February:
1580:Mid Armagh
1556:December:
1545:November:
1499:Chesterton
1484:East Clare
1399:Rossendale
1382:February:
1334:December:
1328:November:
1319:Winchester
1260:Tewkesbury
1233:Harborough
1185:February:
1166:Chesterton
1156:Portsmouth
1127:December:
1113:St Austell
1086:November:
1033:Mid Durham
1016:Mid Antrim
1001:Chesterton
964:February:
937:December:
931:November:
829:February:
801:December:
782:North Cork
780:November:
754:Wandsworth
743:Altrincham
727:Shrewsbury
698:February:
660:November:
656:Midlothian
585:Leominster
557:February:
529:December:
508:November:
476:Wellington
419:Barnstaple
403:Cheltenham
366:Horncastle
354:February:
237:References
94:Candidate
1811:1979–2010
1806:1950–1979
1801:1931–1950
1796:1918–1931
1791:1900–1918
1786:1885–1900
1781:1868–1885
1776:1857–1868
1771:1847–1857
1766:1832–1847
1761:1818–1832
1756:1806–1818
1751:1801–1806
1729:Prestwich
1702:October:
1650:Gravesend
1613:Tullamore
1585:Prestwich
1578:January:
1524:October:
1494:Cambridge
1394:Rotherham
1376:January:
1330:West Cork
1307:October:
1303:Mansfield
1244:Wimbledon
1212:Droitwich
1181:Rotherham
1144:January:
1129:Cleveland
1108:St Helens
1075:October:
1021:Maidstone
944:Tullamore
862:East Fife
836:Cork City
823:January:
764:Leicester
738:Newmarket
687:January:
623:Holmfirth
551:January:
497:October:
487:Middleton
466:East Cork
387:Brentford
203:Sinn Féin
166:Majority
114:Sinn Féin
47:Sinn Féin
1690:August:
1644:Wansbeck
1623:Keighley
1536:Spalding
1508:August:
1415:Stockton
1409:Tamworth
1297:Abingdon
1280:August:
1223:Hertford
1176:Mile End
1123:Tiverton
1103:Kingston
1093:Uxbridge
1060:Keighley
909:August:
884:Brighton
797:Keighley
774:August:
643:August:
629:Ilkeston
575:Hereford
504:Keighley
485:August:
430:Brighton
371:Westbury
1866:to the
1698:Banbury
1681:Fareham
1665:Clapham
1606:April:
1595:March:
1558:Wisbech
1520:Norwich
1424:April:
1413:March:
1336:Hornsey
1242:April:
1216:March:
1207:Chester
1098:Cardiff
1088:Heywood
1082:Appleby
1045:Preston
1031:April:
1025:March:
981:Shipley
966:Norwich
878:Ipswich
855:April:
831:Wycombe
792:Reading
725:April:
714:March:
710:Chorley
662:Taunton
594:April:
568:March:
525:Hitchin
396:April:
380:March:
335:»
329:to the
317:«
274:5 March
183:Turnout
1735:Wilton
1669:July:
1648:June:
1634:Exeter
1504:Dundee
1474:Fulham
1467:July:
1458:Henley
1453:Epping
1451:June:
1436:Ealing
1420:Oxford
1282:Bodmin
1274:July:
1270:Widnes
1254:Ossory
1202:Bolton
1064:July:
1043:June:
922:Bolton
893:July:
882:June:
846:Poplar
768:July:
747:June:
721:Kendal
667:Bolton
634:Hanley
627:July:
616:June:
515:Oldham
434:July:
423:June:
392:Bootle
341:»
323:«
153:1,461
125:1,498
97:Votes
91:Party
1627:May:
1440:May:
1356:Derby
1258:May:
1066:Arfon
1037:May:
866:May:
759:Dover
736:May:
639:Crewe
618:Hythe
605:May:
590:Epsom
536:Govan
471:Luton
412:May:
356:Arfon
215:Swing
208:from
190:76.8
187:3852
156:49.4
130:50.6
31:1917
1872:stub
1709:Bath
1629:Ross
1572:1918
1370:1917
1238:Hyde
1138:1916
958:1915
817:1914
749:Leix
681:1913
545:1912
348:1911
276:2012
206:gain
172:1.2
41:MP,
29:The
220:N/A
194:N/A
176:N/A
169:37
160:N/A
136:New
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267:.
233:.
104:±%
100:%
79:.
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1896:t
1889:v
1878:.
309:e
302:t
295:v
278:.
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