1925 Bury St Edmunds by-election

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The 1925 Bury St Edmunds by-election 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.

Bury St Edmunds by-election, 1925 Electorate 30,544
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Walter Guinness 14,700 62.8 -0.3
Liberal George Nicholls 8,70337.2+0.3
Majority5,99725.6-0.6
Turnout 23,40373.9-7.9
Conservative hold Swing -0.3

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