1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Portsmouth West Constituency – Biography of Swanton

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Portsmouth West

CANDIDATE : Swanton

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Swanton, 27, was born at Portsea, Portsmouth and is a tool maker. He joined the Communist Party in 1942 and is a member of the Hants, Dorset, and district committee of the party. He has been an A.E.U. shop steward, and is chairman of the A.E.U. branch at Copnor, Portsmouth. He stood as Communist candidate for the Portsmouth City Council in 1949 and was defeated.

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