Herbert Sparkes
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Herbert Weston Sheppard Sparkes (1859 – 22 May 1923) was briefly the Conservative
MP for Tiverton
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He was elected MP for Tiverton at the 1922 general election
. Sparkes was 63 years old when elected.
Sparkes did not serve long as an MP, and died in May 1923, aged 64. At the ensuing by-election in June 1923
the seat was won by the Liberal Party
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Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
MP for Tiverton
Tiverton (UK Parliament constituency)
Tiverton was a constituency located in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Enfranchised as a parliamentary borough in 1615 and first represented in 1621, it elected two Members of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
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He was elected MP for Tiverton at the 1922 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1922
The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...
. Sparkes was 63 years old when elected.
Sparkes did not serve long as an MP, and died in May 1923, aged 64. At the ensuing by-election in June 1923
Tiverton by-election, 1923
The Tiverton by-election, 1923 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Tiverton in Devon on 21 June 1923.-Vacancy:...
the seat was won by the Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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