"defeat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Cox had held the seat since the 1895 general election when he had narrowly defeated the sitting Liberal MP Herbert Paul.
- At the 2010 general election he defeated the sitting Independent MP, Andrew Pelling who had previously been elected as a Conservative.
- He was successful, defeating the incumbent MP, Dianne Yates of the Labour Party.
- He won the seat with a majority of 905, defeating the Conservative MP, Lord Erskine.
- He defeated the sitting Progressive MP for Kiama, Alexander Campbell.
- He defeated the sitting MP, Kakpagu in the constituency primary election.
- At the poll, he defeated the incumbent Liberal MP, James Kiley by just 428 votes.
- He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1892 general election, defeating the sitting Liberal Unionist MP.
- She defeated the sitting Conservative MP who had previously sat for Blackpool North by 8,946.
- In a straight fight he defeated the sitting Conservative MP, Sir Edwin Stockton by a majority of 1,799 votes.
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