Claim: John Horridge was a British politician and barrister of the Liberal Party (founded in 1989 by former members who opposed a merger with the Social Democratic Party or SDP) who lost to Charles Edward Ponsonby of the Conservative Party, with 10,297 votes (32.5%) against 21,405 votes (67.5%) for the Sevenoaks Division of Kent during the 1935 general elections.
Evidence: John Horridge (25 June 1893 – 27 December 1951), was a British Liberal Party politician and barrister. Charles Edward Ponsonby John Horridge 21,405 10,297 67.5 32.5 Conservative Liberal He was Liberal candidate for the Sevenoaks Division of Kent at the 1935 general election. For the Liberal Party formed by those opposed to the 1988 merger, see Liberal Party (UK, 1989).