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Data Last Updated: 9 April 2024
Application Last Amended: 11 January 2024
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30 May 1929 | Torquay | Liberal Party | 16,337 | 37.47 | |
27 October 1931 | Barnstaple | Liberal Party | 18,318 | 47.77 | |
14 November 1935 | Barnstaple | Liberal Party | 19,432 | 50.59 | |
26 June 1942 Sir Richard Acland forms the Common Wealth Movement. | |||||
5 July 1945 | Putney | Common Wealth Movement | 2,686 | 7.97 | |
26 November 1947 | Gravesend | Labour Party | 24,692 | 51.76 | |
23 February 1950 | Gravesend | Labour Party | 28,297 | 53.07 | |
25 October 1951 | Gravesend | Labour Party | 30,055 | 55.29 | |
10 March 1955 Sir Richard Acland, Bt resigns the Labour whip in protest at the party's stand on nuclear weapons. | |||||
22 March 1955 Resignation of Sir Richard Acland, Bt. | |||||
26 May 1955 | Gravesend | Independent | 6,514 | 13.65 | |
Sir Richard Acland, Bt was opposed to the manufacture of the hydrogen bomb. |