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 : Stoke Newington and Hackney North

CANDIDATE : Phillips

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. Phillips was born in 1920 and was educated at Upton House School, Hackney He is a surveyor, and a member of an Islington firm. He is a member of the Faculty of Surveyors and of the Valuers Association. For three years he has been secretary of North Hackney Liberal Association.

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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 : Woolwich East

CANDIDATE : Campbell

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. Campbell, a barrister, was born in 1918 and educated at Harrow and Hertford College, Oxford. In the war he rose from the ranks to major, and served with the Chindits in Burma. He is on the executive of St. George’s, Westminster, Conservative Association. He is a bachelor, and 6ft. 8in. tall.

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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 : Altrincham and Sale

CANDIDATE : Bayley

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. L. G. Bayley is a 27-year-old Manchester University student reading commerce. He comes from an old Liberal family, “is grandfather having been Liberal M.P. for North Camberwell. On the Liberal Party Council he represents Manchester University and he is chairman of the Students’ Liberal Society.

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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 : Batley and Morley

CANDIDATE : Broughton

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Dr. A. D. D. Broughton, who was elected at a by-election in February, 1949, is a member of a iamily of doctors practising in Batley for 70 years. He completed his education at Rossal and Downing College, Cambridge. During the war he was engaged in civil defence work before entering the medical wanch of the R.A.F. A former member of Batley Town Council, he

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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 : Birkenhead

CANDIDATE : Green

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. R. Green, a Liverpool solicitor, is hon. secretary of the Birkenhead Liberal Association. Born in 1910, he was educated tat Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He served as >n artillery officer in North Africa and Italy.

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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 : Birmingham Handsworth

CANDIDATE : Eades

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. R. W. Eades, aged 30, was born in the division and went to Solihull School. He is secretary of a company manufacturing hydraulic presses. He served in the South Staffordshire Regiment in the war, and was at Dunkirk and in Africa. He was demobilized with the rank of captain. He has contributed articles to the Press on political and economic subjects.

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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 : Birmingham Sparkbrook

CANDIDATE : Shurmer

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. L. E. Shurmer, who was born in Cheltenham in 1890, went into the Merchant Service on leaving school at the age of 13. Marrying early, he forsook the sea, and after a variety of jobs was in the Post Office Engineering Department for a number of years. In 1921, he first became a member of the Birmingham City Council, and still serves on it. In 1945 he captured Sparkbrook from Mr. L. S. Amery.

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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 : Blackpool North

CANDIDATE : Muir

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. E. B. Muir is 39 years old and the wife of a Blackpool doctor and mother of two children. She was educated at Glasgow University, and was a senior scholar at Somerville College, Oxford, where she read philosophy, politics, and economics. For a year before her marriage she was Ewing Fellow attached to the Department of Logic in Glasgow University.

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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 : Bournemouth East and Christchurch

CANDIDATE : Lees

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Miss D. Lees, born in 1920, is the granddaughter of the late Sir Elliott Lees, former M.P. for Oldham. A society debutante in 1939, she was trained as a nurse for four years, joining the French Red Cross during the war. She served with the First French Army, passed through the enemy lines and nursed members of the Maquis in hiding. She received the Croix de Guerre. Later, Miss Lees was attached to the French Ministry of Information and the French Foreign Office.

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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 : Bradford South

CANDIDATE : Windle

PARTY : C. & Nat. L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. J. L. Windle, a well-known local solicitor and a native of Bradford, unsuccess-el ?? con!ested the division in the recent by-“lection, in which he stood as a Conservative.

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