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 : 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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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 : Middlesbrough East

CANDIDATE : Thomas

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Dr. W. S. Russell Thomas was born in 1896 and educated at Christ’s College, Brecon, and Queens’ College, Cambridge. He qualified both as physician and surgeon at Guy’s Hospital, and was later called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn. After fighting three different seats in 1931, 1935, and 1936, he was returned unopposed for Southampton as a Liberal National in 1940, but was defeated in 1945.

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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 : Newcastle upon Tyne East

CANDIDATE : Williams

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. P. G. Williams, the youngest Conservative candidate in the Newcastle divisions, is 25. At Cambridge University he won a half-Blue, and was secretary of the University Conservative Association. In the war he served as a flight lieutenant and has retained his interest in aviation.

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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 : Nottingham Central

CANDIDATE : Winterbottom

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. I. Winterbottom was special assistant to Lord Pakenham at the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Born in 1913 and educated at Charterhouse and Clare College, Cambridge, he has worked in a textile finishing undertaking in Manchester and Germany and was personal staff officer to the regional commissioner, Hamburg, in the Control Commission. He is a councillor for Thrapston and Oundle.

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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 : Oldham East

CANDIDATE : Fairhurst

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. Fairhurst, who is 57 years of age, entered Parliament in 1945 for Oldham. He started work in a cotton mill after leaving school at 15. He was president of the National Association of Power Loom Overlookers, a member of the Wigan Town Council, and president of the Wigan Textile Trades Federation.

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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 : Plymouth Sutton

CANDIDATE : Major

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. K. H. B. Major, aged 30, of West Country stock, was educated in London and at the Sir John Cass Technical College, and is an industrial chemist and engineer, working as a consultant and in an advisory capacity for various business organizations. During the war he served in the Royal Air Force as a navigator and an airfield controller.

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