The
Liberal Party candidate was 64-year-old retired army general,
Sir Henry Lawson, who had previously contested the seat unsuccessfully at the 1922 general election.
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Cayzer was re-elected for Portsmouth South at the next five general elections, and held the seat until he was ennobled in 1939. Lawson never stood for Parliament again. The result at the following general election;
^Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 219.
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abcF W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949