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Elections in The 1920s

General Election 1929 Electorate 39,926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Andrew Hamilton Gault	15,083	45.9
	Liberal	Walter Russell Rea	11,121	33.9
	Labour	Joseph Alfred Sparks	6,615	20.2
Majority			3,962	12.0
Turnout				82.2
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1924 Electorate 31,235
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Andrew Hamilton Gault	13,930	52.1
	Liberal	John Hope Simpson	10,381	38.8
	Labour	Rev. G S Woods	2,441	9.1
Majority			3,549	13.3
Turnout				85.6
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1923 Electorate 30,088
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Hope Simpson	13,053	52.5
	Unionist	Andrew Hamilton Gault	11,798	47.5
Majority			1,255	5.0
Turnout				82.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1922 Electorate 29,567
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Hope Simpson	13,195	56.4
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Sir Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith-Boscawen	10,182	43.6
Majority
Turnout				79.1
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing

Taunton by-election, 1921 Electorate 28,976
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Rt Hon. Sir Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith-Boscawen		61.1
	Labour	J Lunnon	8,290	38.9
Majority			4,704	22.2
Turnout				73.5
	Unionist hold		Swing	-11.3

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