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3 unusual facts about Basil Barton


Basil Barton

Windsor was a former Communist who had been MP for Bethnal Green North East in the 1920s, and he defeated Barton with an 8% swing.

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Kenworthy succeeded to the peerage in 1934 as Baron Strabolgi, and at the 1935 general election Barton defended his seat against the Labour candidate Walter Windsor.

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The seat had been held since 1919 by Lieutenant-Commander Hon. Joseph Kenworthy, who had first been elected as a Liberal Party and had been comfortably returned in 1926 when he sought re-election after joining the Labour Party.



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