Combined English Universities by-election, 1926

The Combined English Universities by-election of 1926 was held on 8–12 March 1926. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher. It was won by the Conservative candidate Alfred Hopkinson.^[1]

By-Election 8–12 March 1926: Combined English Universities
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir Alfred Hopkinson	2,343	53.9	+3.5
	Liberal	John Ramsay Bryce Muir	2,000	46.1	+12.1
Majority			343	7.8	N/A
Turnout			4,343	66.7	-11.5
Registered electors			6,513
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

References

↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm

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1924	December: Dundee

1925	February: Walsall June: Ayr Burghs Eastbourne Oldham July: Forest of Dean September: Stockport November: Galloway December: Bury St Edmunds Ripon

1926	January: Dunbartonshire January: East Renfrewshire February: Cambridge University Darlington March: Combined English Universities Bothwell April: East Ham North May: Buckrose Hammersmith North July: Wallsend September: North Cumberland November: Howdenshire Kingston-upon-Hull Central Chelmsford December: Smethwick

1927	February: Stourbridge March: Edinburgh Leith Southwark North April: Combined Scottish Universities May: Bosworth June: Westbury Brixton November: Southend Canterbury

1928	January: Northampton Faversham February: Bristol West Lancaster Ilford March: St Ives Middlesbrough West April: Linlithgowshire Hanley St Marylebone June: Carmarthen Holborn July: Epsom Halifax Sheffield Hallam August: Aberdeen North September: Cheltenham October: Tavistock Ashton-under-Lyne

1929	January: Londonderry January: Midlothian and Peebles Northern February: Battersea South Bishop Auckland Wansbeck March: Liverpool East Toxteth Eddisbury Bath Holland with Boston North Lanarkshire

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