UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 31 October 1878

Died: 22 April 1961

1st Baron Dovercourt - 18 January 1954

Knighted -

14 December 1918	North Eastern Derbyshire	Liberal Party	6,117	31.43
15 November 1922	North Eastern Derbyshire	Liberal Party	9,344	33.88
6 December 1923	Dunbartonshire	Liberal Party	5,726	21.03
29 October 1924	Cheltenham	Liberal Party	9,146	43.44
14 November 1935	Harwich	National Liberal Party	21,716	70.31
5 July 1945	Harwich	National Liberal Party	16,452	55.73
23 February 1950	Harwich	National Liberal and Conservative Party	22,814	50.58
25 October 1951	Harwich	National Liberal and Conservative Party	26,169	58.92
18 January 1954 Elevation of Sir Joseph Holmes to the Peerage - Baron Dovercourt.