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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | George Beresford | 278 | 53.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Squire Barker Kaye | 247 | 47.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 31 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 525 | 88.1 | −2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 596 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
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