revision preference src: At the general election he abandoned his Reading constituency to contest the Westminster St. George's division, but was defeated by an Independent Conservative. However within a few weeks he was re-elected at a by-election at Portsmouth South. <SEP> tgt: At the general election he abandoned his Reading constituency to contest the Westminster St. George's division, but was defeated by an Independent Conservative. Within a few weeks he was re-elected at a by-election at Portsmouth South.