[1] He retained his commission after the war and retired from the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers upon reaching the age of fifty.
He held the seat at the 1923 general election, this time in a three-cornered contest with the Conservatives and Labour but with a decreased majority of just 453 votes.
[8] The sort of difficulties which beset the Liberal Party in Parliament were apparent nationally at the 1924 general election.
[10] Burnie did not stand again until the 1935 general election, when he again contested Bootle for the Liberal Party, only just managing to save his deposit.
He did return to the political fray for the 1950 general election however, contesting one of Bootle's near neighbours, Crosby [12] but this seems to have been his last attempt to get back into the House of Commons.