1939 Wells by-election
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1939 Wells by-election
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The 1939 Wells by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Wells in Somerset on 13 December 1939. The seat had become vacant when Anthony Muirhead, the constituency's Conservative Party Member of Parliament had died on 29 October, aged 48. He had held the seat since the 1929 general election. It was viewed as a significant turning point for politics in the local area. The Conservative candidate, Lt. Colonel Dennis Boles, was returned unoppose
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