Word: ultrarightist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Wallasey (Conservative since 1918) Independent Gordon L. Reakes defeated Conservative John Pennington and Independent Major Leonard Harrison Cripps (ultrarightist brother of leftist Sir Stafford Cripps), 12,596-to-6,584-to-1,597. Conservative Pennington, local Tory leader, conceded: "Wallasey has spoken in no uncertain voice and I accept its decision in good part...