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The 1918 Keighley by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 26 April 1918.
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- ↑ The Times House of Commons, 1966
- ↑ "1961 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2015.