Cecil Randolph Dudgeon was a Scottish

Scotland

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 Liberal Party

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 Member of Parliament

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 (MP) who joined Oswald Mosley

Oswald Mosley

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's New Party.

He was elected at the 1922 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1922

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 as MP for Galloway

Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)

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, re-elected unopposed in 1923

United Kingdom general election, 1923

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, but was defeated at the 1924 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1924

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. He was beaten again at the by-election in 1925

Galloway by-election, 1925

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 following the death of his Unionist successor Sir Arthur Henniker-Hughan, but regained the seat at the 1929 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1929

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.

When Parliament

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 was dissolved for the 1931 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1931

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, 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.