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Conservative candidate Sir Gifford Fox, held the seat for the party. The Conservative share of the vote fell by 2.3% while the Liberal share, helped by the absence of a Labour candidate, went up by 13.8%. This gave a swing from Conservative to Liberal of 8%. The Conservative share of the vote was
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National Government on the issue of trade, led to the Liberal Party withdrawing from the National Government. At the following general election, Sir Gifford Fox faced a new Liberal challenger and comfortably won re-election. Borlase Matthews was the unsuccessful
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died on 16 January 1932. He had represented the seat in
Parliament since the
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407:Liberal candidate at
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67:1885 general election
55:1924 general election
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508:Turnout
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409:Ashford
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363:Turnout
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