Category: British Politics Facts and Figures

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Hayes and Harlington

CANDIDATE : Lett

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. W. Lett was born in Rangoon in 1921 and is a schoolmaster in a Home Office approved school. He was formerly an accountant and youth leader. He is a federal unionist, member of the British Legion, and of numerous Roman Catholic organizations.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Hornsey

CANDIDATE : Pestell

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. Pestell was for 14 years a probation officer in London, and a founder member of the Marriage Guidance Council. He has lectured extensively on marriage and family problems. Born in 1910, he studied economics and social science in the University of London and later became leader of the Stoke Newington borough council and mayor of the borough, and also a member of the London County Council.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Ilford South

CANDIDATE : Kelly

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Kelly, aged 30, and the spn of a miner, is a research scientist. He left Leeds University to join the R.A.F. at the beginning of the war, but a bad crash cut short his flying career in 1941. He came to Ilford in 1943 and was soon afterwards appointed branch secretary of the Communist Party in the borough.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Kingston upon Hull North

CANDIDATE : Hudson

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. R. A. Hudson, who was born in 1894, is chairman and managing director of a multiple provision stores in Hull, and of four associated companies. He is chairman of the council of the Institute of Certified Grocers. He saw service in the 1914-18 war, and was sheriff of Hull, 1946-47.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Leeds North West

CANDIDATE : Kaberry

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Kaberry, born in Leeds in 1907, is a solicitor with many public interests. First elected to Leeds City Council in 1930, he resigned at the outbreak of war to enlist in the Royal Artillery and commanded a battery at Dunkirk. He was mentioned in dispatches. In Germany after the war, as a lieutenant-colonel, he was senior legal officer and president of the military governing board at Hamburg. On demobilization he was re-elected to Leeds City Council and is still a member.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Leicester North West

CANDIDATE : Janner

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. B. Janner, who was born in 1892, is a solicitor. He sat in the last Parliament as member for the old West division of Leicester, which he won in 1945 from National Labour. He had been Liberal M.P. for Whitechapel from 1931 to 1935, but joined the Labour Party in 1936. He is president of the Association of Jewish Friendly Societies : chairman of the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland ; and vice-president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Lincoln

CANDIDATE : Henderson

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss J. Henderson, daughter of the late Mr. John Henderson, secretary of the National Liberal Club for 20 years, contested Barnet in 1945. She is a barrister on the Midland Circuit and president of Hampstead branch of the United Nations Association. She plays the violin and viola and was in Sir Henry Wood’s amateur orchestra. Also a keen cricketer, she captained Bedford College XI and played in the University of London team.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Liverpool Toxteth

CANDIDATE : Bevins

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. R. Bevins, who was born in 1908, is engaged in insurance business. He has been on the Liverpool City Council since 1935, originally as a Labour member but changing over to the Conservative Party in 1938. He served with the R.A. and the R.A.S.C. in the last war, being demobilized with the rank of major.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Manchester Blackley

CANDIDATE : Diamond

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Diamond is 42, and a London accountant. Born in Leeds and educated at Leeds Grammar School, he won Blackley from the Conservatives in 1945. Formerly Parliamentary private secretary to the Minister of Works, he was appointed to the Speaker’s panel of chairmen, and presided over the Standing Committees which dealt with the Gas Bill and Licensing Bill. He went to Burma with the Parliamentary delegation recently.

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CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

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The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Manchester Gorton

CANDIDATE : Abbott

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. Abbott, secretary of Lancashire and Ches?ire Communist Party for five years, worked as a skilled engineer in cotton mills and engineering shops. A member of the A.E.U. for 17 years, he has been a member of the national executive of the Communist Party since 1942.

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