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The brother of the unseated member toured the constituency, urging voters to avenge the result of the petition by voting
Liberal. The Unionists alleged that the Government was planning to make up to 20,000 soldiers unemployed, a claim rejected by the Secretary of War,
241:
which had been considered unduly favourable to the
Conservatives. A censure motion was outstanding in Parliament at the time of the decision, but the Government decided not to proceed with it. Five years later, he was censured in Parliament by the then Prime Minister,
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The
Liberal candidate won with a slightly reduced majority (down from 1,172 to 1,093) on a somewhat smaller turnout than at the general election.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom in Cornish constituencies
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J. B. Atlay, ‘Grantham, Sir
William (1835–1911)’, rev. Robert Stevens,
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The by-election was triggered by the unseating of the town's
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431:Sandys went on to become Conservative MP for
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490:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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578:28th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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1288:1906 elections in the United Kingdom
465:List of United Kingdom by-elections
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435:from 1910 to 1918, and his son
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495:
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249:
199:held on 24 July 1906 for the
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7:
667:St George's, Hanover Square
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273:
266:. The Liberal Unionist was
239:Great Yarmouth constituency
10:
1319:
254:The Liberal candidate was
217:
1179:
1042:
881:
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311:
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295:Bodmin by-election, 1906
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145:
62:
35:
23:
1183:Lists of UK by-elections
840:North West Staffordshire
201:British House of Commons
873:Kingston upon Hull West
193:1906 Bodmin by-election
19:1906 Bodmin by-election
330:Freeman Freeman-Thomas
256:Freeman Freeman-Thomas
1105:Sheffield Attercliffe
973:Manchester North West
734:North East Derbyshire
931:West Carmarthenshire
524:The Times, July 1906
231:Thomas Agar-Robartes
227:Member of Parliament
160:Thomas Agar-Robartes
1028:Newcastle-upon-Tyne
750:North Monmouthshire
470:Bodmin constituency
296:
262:seat in the recent
258:, who had lost his
20:
984:Wolverhampton East
911:Mid Glamorganshire
867:Liverpool Kirkdale
695:Mid Glamorganshire
613:East Aberdeenshire
294:
116:Popular vote
18:
1303:1900s in Cornwall
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1269:
1110:Stratford-on-Avon
1089:East Denbighshire
963:Sheffield Central
689:East Denbighshire
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1004:Stirling Burghs
994:Montrose Burghs
978:Kincardineshire
958:West Derbyshire
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851:Bury St Edmunds
782:South Westmeath
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1252:2010–present
1171:South Armagh
835:East Wicklow
825:Colne Valley
771:North Tyrone
711:Huddersfield
706:North Armagh
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618:North Galway
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47:24 July 1906
46:
15:
1157:September:
1148:North Sligo
1062:Forfarshire
1026:September:
921:Leeds South
855:September:
684:Cockermouth
678:East Tyrone
634:Basingstoke
197:by-election
129:Percentage
1277:Categories
1169:November:
1165:Bermondsey
1159:West Clare
1055:February:
1034:Chelmsford
1032:December:
1022:Haggerston
906:St Austell
899:February:
871:November:
745:Banffshire
738:February:
715:December:
699:November:
601:February:
476:References
303:Candidate
250:Candidates
86:Candidate
1247:1979–2010
1242:1950–1979
1237:1931–1950
1232:1918–1931
1227:1900–1918
1222:1885–1900
1217:1868–1885
1212:1857–1868
1207:1847–1857
1202:1832–1847
1197:1818–1832
1192:1806–1818
1187:1801–1806
1163:October:
1142:High Peak
1127:Cleveland
1049:January:
947:West Down
916:Worcester
890:Ashburton
888:January:
857:West Down
798:Wimbledon
732:January:
693:October:
639:Leicester
514:The Times
502:The Times
427:Aftermath
375:Majority
52:Jan. 1910
1146:August:
1051:Tamworth
1020:August:
968:Dewsbury
942:Hastings
846:Anglesey
844:August:
717:Mid Cork
682:August:
603:Westbury
443:See also
274:Campaign
260:Hastings
212:Cornwall
1087:April:
1083:Croydon
1066:March:
1057:Taunton
999:Newport
956:April:
952:Peckham
940:March:
936:Bewdley
809:Rutland
804:Hornsey
793:Stepney
780:April:
766:Halifax
764:March:
651:Dulwich
643:April:
627:March:
582:»
576:to the
564:«
406:Liberal
390:Turnout
323:Liberal
224:Liberal
218:Vacancy
179:Liberal
164:Liberal
105:Liberal
67:
1298:Bodmin
1125:July:
1119:June:
1014:July:
1010:Pudsey
1008:June:
989:Dundee
820:Jarrow
818:July:
802:June:
776:Hexham
701:Galway
673:Bodmin
671:July:
657:Eifion
655:June:
588:»
570:«
394:8,845
378:1,093
364:3,876
336:4,969
306:Votes
300:Party
287:Result
208:Bodmin
195:was a
137:43.8%
124:3,876
101:Party
95:Sandys
1098:May:
982:May:
791:May:
760:Brigg
740:Perth
649:May:
433:Wells
418:-0.1
414:Swing
384:−0.2
381:12.4
370:+0.1
367:43.8
346:−0.1
341:56.2
229:(MP)
133:56.2%
120:4,969
1100:Cork
1043:1909
895:Ross
882:1908
726:1907
595:1906
409:hold
191:The
42:1906
645:Eye
210:in
206:of
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153:MP
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