Cecil Randolph Dudgeon (7 November 1885 – 4 November 1970) was a Scottish

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(MP) who joined

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's New Party. He was elected at the 1922 general election as MP for

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, re-elected unopposed in

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, but was defeated at the 1924 general election. He was beaten again at the by-election in 1925 following the death of his Unionist successor Sir

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, but regained the seat at the 1929 general election. When

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was dissolved for the 1931 general election, Dudgeon resigned from the Liberal Party and contested the election as a New Party candidate. He finished 4th of 4 candidates, with 986 votes (a 2.0% share). He did not stand for Parliament again.

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* 1885 births 1970 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Scottish Liberal Party MPs UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1929–1931 {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub