Herbert Weston Sheppard Sparkes (1859 – 22 May 1923) was briefly the
Conservative
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MP for
Tiverton.
He was elected MP for Tiverton at the
1922 general election. Sparkes was 63 years old when elected.
Sparkes did not serve long as an MP, and died in May 1923, aged 64. At the ensuing
by-election in June 1923 the seat was won by the
Liberal Party
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See also
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List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service
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1859 births
1923 deaths
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1922–1923
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