John Edwin Rogerson (8 January 1865 – 23 March 1925) was a

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politician in the United Kingdom. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of

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in 1905. He contested the 1918 general election in the Labour-held

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constituency in County Durham. He stood as a

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, but in a three-way contest his "

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" was insufficient to take the seat from the Labour Party candidate

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. Rogerson stood again at the 1922 election, when he was helped by the absence of a

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candidate, and gained the seat with a narrow majority over Swan. Rogerson's tenure as

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(MP) for Barnard Castle was short-lived. At the 1923 election, Moss Turner-Samuels retook the seat for Labour with a majority of over 10%. After his defeat, Rogerson did not stand for

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again. He died in 1925, aged 60.

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* 1865 births 1925 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Deputy Lieutenants of Durham UK MPs 1922–1923 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1860s-stub