Sir Neville Paul Jodrell (27 May 1858 – 20 May 1932) was a
Conservative Party
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politician in the
United Kingdom
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.
He was elected as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Mid Norfolk
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at a
by-election
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in October 1918 following the death of
William Lewis Boyle
William Lewis Boyle (27 May 1859 – 2 October 1918) was Liberal Unionist MP for Mid Norfolk. He was the grandson of Vice-Admiral Sir Courtenay Boyle.
The four times he stood in the constituency it was a straight fight between the Libera ...
MP.
However, the Mid Norfolk constituency was abolished for the
general election in December 1918, and Jodrell was returned to the
House of Commons
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as MP for the
King's Lynn constituency, with a majority of only 366 votes over his only opponent, the
Labour
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candidate. He was re-elected in a three-way contest in
1922
Events
January
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by a larger margin, but at the
1923 general election, he lost his seat to the
Liberal
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candidate,
George Woodwark.
Jodrell did not stand for
Parliament
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again.
He was knighted in the
1922 Dissolution Honours List
The 1922 Dissolution Honours List was issued on 19 October 1922 at the advice of the outgoing Prime Minister, David Lloyd George.
Earldoms
* The Rt Hon. Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Viscount Birkenhead
* The Rt Hon. Horace Brand, 1st Viscount Far ...
.
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1858 births
1932 deaths
Knights Bachelor
Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1910–1918
UK MPs 1918–1922
UK MPs 1922–1923
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