1925 Bury St Edmunds by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election

The 1925 Bury St Edmunds by-election was held when the sitting MP for Bury St Edmunds, Walter Guinness was nominated as Minister of Agriculture in 1925. A by-election was required under the electoral law of the time, which he won.

Bury St Edmunds by-election, 1925 Electorate 30,544  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Unionist | Walter Guinness | 14,700  | 62.8  | −0.3
| Liberal | George Nicholls | 8,703  | 37.2  | +0.3
Majority  | 5,997  | 25.6  | −0.6
Turnout | 23,403  | 73.9  | −7.9
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.3  |

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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
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* December: Smethwick

1927|

* February: Stourbridge
* March: Leith
* Southwark North
* April: Combined Scottish Universities
* May: Bosworth
* June: Westbury
* Brixton
* November: Southend
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1928|

* January: Northampton
* Faversham
* February: Bristol West
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* March: St Ives
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* July: Epsom
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* 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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