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    The 1925 Ayr Burghs by-election was held on 12 June 1925. The by-election was held due to the appointment of the incumbent Conservative MP, John Baird...
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  • Ayr Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons...
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  • The Ayr Burghs by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 30 January 1904. The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House...
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    proposal and Lloyd George took over as Chairman. He stood in the 1925 Ayr Burghs by-election, but finished a poor third After Lloyd George took over as Leader...
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  • University Dallas sought re-election at the Dysart Burghs FitzHarris sought re-election at Horsham List of ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of Great...
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  • Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayr Burghs in a 1925 by-election, and served until his retirement in 1964, when he was succeeded by George Younger. Moore was...
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  • The 1925 Galloway by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Galloway in Scotland on 17 November 1925. The by-election...
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  • The 1925 Ripon by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 5 December 1925 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ripon. The by-election...
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  • elected by the first past the post voting system. The constituency consisted of five parliamentary burghs: Kilmarnock in the county of Ayr, Dumbarton...
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  • The 1925 Walsall by-election was held on 27 February 1925. The by-election was held due to the disqualification of the incumbent Unionist MP, William Preston...
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  • charge at the United Free Church in Ardrossan, Ayrshire in 1918 to contest Ayr Burghs in the same year. He was Independent Labour Party Member of Parliament...
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  • The 1940 Montrose Burghs by-election was held on 5 July 1940. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Liberal National...
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  • The 1925 Oldham by-election was a by-election held on 24 June 1925 for the House of Commons constituency of Oldham. Oldham was at that time a two-member...
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    miles (50 kilometres) southwest of Glasgow. It adjoins the larger town of Ayr to the south on the Firth of Clyde coast, the centre of which is about two...
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  • 1925 Stockport by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Stockport in Cheshire on 17 September 1925. The by-election...
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  • (and by-elections in 1913 and 1925)a 4: Fred Maddison, Dec 1910, 1918, 1922 and 1923a 4: Tom Howard, 1935, 1945, 1950 and 1951 (and a by-election in 1947)e...
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  • The 1908 Montrose Burghs by-election was held on 12 May 1908. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Liberal MP...
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  • The Stirling Burghs by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 22 May 1908. The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House...
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    Burghs by-election was held on 5 March 1909. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, Thomas Shaw. It was won by the...
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    John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven (category Barons created by George V)
    Council a few days later. In the November 1922 general election, he was returned for Ayr Burghs. He continued as First Commissioner of Works and Minister...
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  • The 1932 Montrose Burghs by-election was held on 28 June 1932. The by-election was held due to the succession to the peerage of the incumbent Liberal National...
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  • College, from 1925 to 1942. At parliamentary General Elections he contested, as a Liberal party candidate Berwick and Haddington in 1922, Ayr Burghs in 1923...
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  • The 1918 Elgin Burghs by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of the Elgin Burghs in the north-east of...
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  • The 1921 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election was held on 4 March 1921. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Coalition Liberal MP,...
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  • The 1944 Kirkcaldy Burghs by-election was held on 17 February 1944. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Labour MP, Tom Kennedy...
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  • Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. The constituency was a district of burghs representing the parliamentary burghs of Cromarty, Dingwall...
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  • elected by the first past the post voting system. Alexander Asher had been Liberal MP for the seat of Elgin Burghs since the 1881 Elgin Burghs by-election. He...
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  • The 1915 Kilmarnock Burghs by-election was held on 28 May 1915. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, William Glynne Gladstone, being...
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  • The 1925 Eastbourne by-election was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Eastbourne, Sussex on 17 June 1925. The...
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    The 1925 Forest of Dean by-election was held on 14 July 1925. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, James Wignall. It...
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