1925 Bury St Edmunds by-election
The Bury St Edmunds by-election of 1925 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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Walter Guinness | 14,700 | 62.8 | ||
Liberal | George Nicholls | 8,703 | 37.2 | ||
Majority | 5,997 | 25.6 | |||
Turnout | 23,420 | 74.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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- 1925 elections in the United Kingdom
- 1925 in England
- Borough of St Edmundsbury
- Bury St Edmunds
- 20th century by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Suffolk constituencies
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituency stubs