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Croydon was a traditionally strong area for the
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to challenge for the seat. He had not stood for parliament before but been elected to
Croydon Council. He served as Mayor of Croydon from 1916 to 1919. He worked for the family shipping business.
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579:Aftermath
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1270:Hastings
1181:Hereford
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539:Unionist
454:Unionist
400:Campaign
351:Unionist
272:Unionist
211:Unionist
193:for the
173:Unionist
158:Unionist
103:Unionist
1521:Newport
1488:Banbury
1478:Newbury
1462:Clapham
1429:March:
1366:Hornsey
1259:Bedford
1249:Bewdley
1229:Taunton
1227:April:
1196:March:
1087:April:
1061:March:
1052:Paisley
1019:Bromley
945:April:
924:March:
899:»
893:to the
881:«
709:32,481
705:Turnout
672:Liberal
629:15,356
525:21,359
521:Turnout
486:Liberal
338:24,819
334:Turnout
323:10,807
222:Croydon
205:Vacancy
154:Malcolm
117:11,777
108:Liberal
93:Houlder
70:
1497:July:
1471:June:
1425:Bodmin
1389:Ludlow
1310:July:
1289:June:
1203:Dudley
1137:Ilford
1119:July:
1108:June:
1063:Argyll
975:Widnes
957:July:
905:»
887:«
694:6,414
681:8,183
656:8,942
647:Labour
599:Votes
593:Party
515:−33.2
509:2,204
493:9,573
477:−16.6
467:11,777
430:Votes
424:Party
409:Result
310:7,006
301:Labour
285:17,813
248:Votes
242:Party
120:9,573
99:Party
1499:Gower
1460:May:
1354:Louth
1268:May:
1186:Dover
1110:Louth
951:May:
730:Swing
712:66.4
697:19.8
684:25.2
659:27.5
634:47.3
547:Swing
531:−9.5
528:45.5
512:10.4
496:44.8
341:55.0
326:43.6
313:28.2
169:Smith
131:44.8
128:55.2
88:Smith
1381:1922
1173:1921
1033:1920
912:1919
725:hold
542:hold
472:55.2
290:71.8
185:The
55:1922
45:1918
663:New
552:N/A
500:New
354:win
1629::
606:±%
602:%
437:±%
433:%
255:±%
251:%
216:,
214:MP
147:MP
873:e
866:t
859:v
568:.
561:C
446:C
368:.
361:C
264:C
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