British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Deptford Constituency – Biography of Cooper

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Deptford

CANDIDATE : Cooper

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Cooper, aged 41, comes from a Lancashire working-class family. Originally an office worker and a member of Manchester City Council, he later became an official in London of the Municipal and General Workers’ Union, and is now a member of the Metropolitan Water Board and an alderman of the London County Council.


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