sentences:  He had held the seat since a by-election in 1928, having previously been MP for Mile End from 1918 to 1923.The local Conservative party refused to endorse Daniel Lipson as its candidate following an anti-Jewish whispering campaign.Lipson won as an Independent Conservative and was re-elected at the 1945 general election as a National Independent, although his vote collapsed in the 1950 election when he lost to the Conservative Party candidate William Hicks Beach.