Frank John Privett was a British Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 politician who served briefly as a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) in the early 1920s.

He was first elected to the House of Commons at the general election in November 1922

United Kingdom general election, 1922

The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...

 for the Central division

Portsmouth Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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 of Portsmouth

Portsmouth

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. His victory, by a majority of only 7 votes, came after a closely fought four-way contest between Labour

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

, Conservative, Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 and National Liberal

National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)

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 candidates, all of whom won over 21% of the votes.

The following year, at the general election in December 1923

United Kingdom general election, 1923

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, the rift in the Liberal Party had been healed, and Privett lost the seat to Sir Thomas Bramsdon

Thomas Bramsdon

Sir Thomas Arthur Bramsdon was a British solicitor from Portsmouth and a Liberal Party politician who was elected for four non-consecutive terms as a Member of Parliament for Portsmouth constituencies.- Early life :...

, the Liberal who he had beaten the previous year. After his defeat, Privett stood for Parliament

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 on only one further occasion, when he was unsuccessful as an "Independent Conservative" candidate in the Southern division of Portsmouth at the 1929 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1929

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