John Joseph O'Neill (1888 – 20 April 1953) was a Liberal Party politician in

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. At the 1918 general election, he stood as a candidate in the 2-seat Preston constituency, where he fell only 485 votes short of gaining the second seat. He did not stand again until the 1923 general election, gaining Lancaster from the sitting Conservative MP,

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. However, O'Neill's time in the House of Commons was short. At the 1924 general election, he was defeated by the Conservative Gerald Strickland. He never stood again.

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* 1888 births 1953 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies English people of Irish descent UK MPs 1923–1924 {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub