the Liberals as serving only to split the anti-Tory vote. Charles Williams renewed his attack on the seat for the Conservatives. The Tory revival in the country at large was repeated in Torquay and Williams obtained 55% of the poll to win by a majority of 6,161 over Thompson. Moyle came bottom of the poll, losing his deposit but it can hardly be contended that his intervention cost Thompson the seat. The level of support for Williams was too great and the Liberal Party's decline was a national phenomenon. 1924-1940 After he lost in 1924 Thompson declined to stand again in Torquay. The local Liberal Association did however approach him again when they were looking for a new candidate after the 1929 general election but he was unwilling to take it on. Thompson made his home in Shipbourne near Tonbridge in Kent and in 1936 accepted an invitation to become Liberal candidate for the Sevenoaks Division of Kent, although he never contested an election in the seat. In fact he never stood for Parliament again. He maintained his connection with Liberalism however and was sometime Honorary Secretary of the Home Counties Liberal Federation. He was also a member of the executive committee of the Proportional Representation Society. Death Thompson died on 7 February 1969 aged 75 years. References External links 1893 births 1969 deaths People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford British Army personnel of World War I Publishers (people) from London UK MPs 1923–1924 Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Politics of Devon People from Shipbourne People from Battersea 20th-century English businesspeople