Edward Aylmer Digby
{{Short description|British naval officer}}
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Edward Aylmer Digby KC (3 October 1883 – 14 November 1935) was a British Naval Officer, Kings Council and politician.(2007, December 01). Digby, Comdr Edward Aylmer, (3 Oct. 1883–14 Nov. 1935), KC 1927; Bencher, Middle Temple, 1934. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Ed. Retrieved 20 Jan. 2019, from http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-208602.
His father was Sir Kenelm Edward Digby
A gunnery specialist plagued by terrible eyesight and "neurasthenia",`{{cite web|url=http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Edward_Aylmer_Digby|title=Edward Aylmer Digby|date=|website=The Dreadnought Project|access-date=14 June 2019}} Digby served in the Royal Navy until 1919 when he was finally invalided and placed on the retired list for his infirmities at the rank of Commander. Although he stood as a Liberal parliamentary candidate at the 1918 general election, he later joined the Labour Party and stood as a Labour parliamentary candidate in 1931.{{cite book |title=The Times House of Commons 1931 |date=1931 |publisher=The Times Office |location=London |page=73}}
Electoral record
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|title=General Election 1918: HarwichBritish parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
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{{Election box candidate with party link coalition 1918|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Harry Newton
|votes = 8,261
|percentage = 53.9
|change =-2.5
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate =Edward Aylmer Digby
|votes = 7,064
|percentage = 46.1
|change =+2.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,197
|percentage = 7.8
|change =-5.0
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 15,325
|percentage = 55.9
|change =-26.5
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{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 27,421
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing =-2.5
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{{Election box end 1918}}
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|title=General Election 1931: ColchesterBritish parliamentary election results 1918-1949, Craig, F. W. S.
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Oswald Lewis
|votes = 22,285
|percentage = 67.5
|change = +27.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate =Edward Aylmer Digby
|votes = 10,725
|percentage = 32.5
|change = -6.0
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,560
|percentage = 35.0
|change =+34.0
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 76.4
|change = -3.0
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +16.6
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Category:Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
Category:Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
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