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Before
Herbert won South Somerset in 1911, the seat had been Liberal since it was created in 1885. At the 1918 general election, he easily won Yeovil in a three cornered contest, thanks to the Coalition coupon. At that election, the Labour candidate,
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On a turnout well up on the last
General Election, Davies comfortably held the seat for the Unionists. The strong Liberal poll was the feature of the result. The Liberal intervention had marginally damaged the Unionists more than Labour.
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Davies held the seat at the following
General Election, and went on to hold the seat until retirement in 1945. Kelly had one last attempt at Yeovil but finished a poor third. He then sought election elsewhere and was returned at
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in 1924. The
Liberal improvement at the by-election continued as they established themselves as the main challenger to the Unionists locally. Cohen fought the seat a further two occasions without success, before contesting
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finished second, well ahead of the
Liberal. The Liberals did not run a candidate at the following General Election, at which Herbert easily defeated Kelly. The result at the last General election was
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442:. He was contesting Yeovil for the third time. He was a Manchester educated Engineer and Trade Union Officer.
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Polling Day was set for 30 October 1923, thirty four days after the death of
Herbert.
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By-elections to the
Parliament of the United Kingdom in Somerset constituencies
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The Yeovil
Liberal Association selected as candidate, 44-year-old Lt-Col.
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449:. He was a Barrister who served in the Army from 1915 to 1921. He was
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was chosen by the Yeovil
Unionists to defend the seat. He was born in
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The Yeovil Constituency Labour Party once again selected 49-year-old
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on 26 September 1923. He had been MP here since winning the
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in 1929. The result at the following General election;
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The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting
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864:List of United Kingdom by-elections
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247:1911 South Somerset by-election
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847:"Who's Who & Who Was Who"
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967:Whitechapel and St George's
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243:Lt-Col. Hon. Aubrey Herbert
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220:British House of Commons
659:1923 general election
451:Mentioned in dispatches
274:1922 general election
212:1923 Yeovil by-election
19:1923 Yeovil by-election
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419:. He was educated at
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1034:Rutland and Stamford
226:on 30 October 1923.
214:was a parliamentary
1166:October 1923 events
988:Liverpool Edge Hill
724:Charles Waley Cohen
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570:Charles Waley Cohen
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447:Charles Waley Cohen
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1005:Berwick-upon-Tweed
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653:Portsmouth Central
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409:Maj. George Davies
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421:Uppingham School
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222:constituency of
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147:Percentage
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814:References
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490:Candidate
403:Candidates
282:Candidate
93:Candidate
1115:1979–2010
1110:1950–1979
1105:1931–1950
1100:1918–1931
1095:1900–1918
1090:1885–1900
1085:1868–1885
1080:1857–1868
1075:1847–1857
1070:1832–1847
1065:1818–1832
1060:1806–1818
1055:1801–1806
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959:January:
762:Majority
641:Aftermath
587:Majority
352:Majority
1026:August:
1016:Tiverton
994:Anglesey
858:See also
793:Unionist
687:Unionist
648:Rochdale
620:Unionist
510:Unionist
465:Campaign
457:and the
413:Honolulu
383:Unionist
302:Unionist
236:Unionist
218:for the
198:Unionist
183:Unionist
117:Unionist
1011:Morpeth
992:April:
978:Mitcham
976:March:
923:»
917:to the
905:«
781:28,485
777:Turnout
728:10,715
719:Liberal
700:12,690
606:28,369
602:Turnout
565:Liberal
523:13,205
370:25,049
366:Turnout
315:15,468
230:Vacancy
179:Herbert
136:13,205
127:Liberal
67:
1156:Yeovil
1039:Yeovil
1020:July:
1009:June:
999:Ludlow
929:»
911:«
771:−11.0
765:1,975
757:−10.9
751:5,080
742:Labour
734:+12.8
670:Votes
664:Party
590:5,065
574:7,024
551:8,140
542:Labour
533:−15.2
493:Votes
487:Party
473:Result
417:Hawaii
355:5,887
342:9,581
333:Labour
285:Votes
279:Party
224:Yeovil
194:Davies
142:7,024
139:8,140
122:Labour
113:Party
97:Davies
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805:-7.5
801:Swing
754:17.8
731:37.6
710:−2.1
705:44.5
632:-2.8
628:Swing
612:+7.8
609:80.8
596:−5.7
593:17.9
577:24.8
557:−9.6
554:28.7
528:46.6
391:Swing
373:73.0
358:23.5
345:38.3
320:61.8
156:24.8
153:28.7
150:46.6
107:Cohen
102:Kelly
953:1923
936:1922
796:hold
768:6.9
623:hold
386:hold
210:The
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42:1922
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