Category: British Politics Facts and Figures

  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leeds South East Constituency – Biography of Milner

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leeds South East Constituency – Biography of Milner

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Leeds South East

    CANDIDATE : Milner

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Maj. James Milner, Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy-Speaker of the House of Commons from March, 1943, till June, 1945, and again since September, 1945, was born in 1889 and is a Leeds solicitor. Educated at Leeds University, he was elected for South-East Leeds in 1929 and has been returned ever since. He was a major in the 1914-18 war and was wounded. For his services he was awarded the M.C. and bar. Deputy Lord Mayor of Leeds in 1928, he has also been chairman of the Leeds Labour Party and president of Leeds Law Society. He is a Privy Councillor and deputy-li;utenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. For 4£ years he has been chairman of the British group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and led the British delegation to Ceylon, presenting the Speaker’s Chair and Mace there.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leicester South West Constituency – Biography of Bowden

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Leicester South West Constituency – Biography of Bowden

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Leicester South West

    CANDIDATE : Bowden

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. H. W. Bowden, aged 44, is the retiring member for the former South Leicester division, which he won in 1945. He lives in Leicester, and in 1938 was elected to the Leicester City Council, but resigned on his election to Parliament. He was in the R.A.F. during the war, and was commissioned in administrative duties. He was appointed an assistant Whip in February, 1949.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Liverpool Exchange Constituency – Biography of Cleather

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Liverpool Exchange Constituency – Biography of Cleather

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Liverpool Exchange

    CANDIDATE : Cleather

    PARTY : Ind. Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. A. G. Cleather, who has been in the insurance business for 20 years, is standing in opposition to the Labour Party programme for the mutualization of the insurance business. He is also opposed to nationalization in general. Forty years of age, he has lived in Liverpool for the last four years.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Liverpool Wavertree Constituency – Biography of Tilney

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Liverpool Wavertree Constituency – Biography of Tilney

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Liverpool Wavertree

    CANDIDATE : Tilney

    PARTY : C

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. J. D. Tilney was adopted for the reconstituted Wavertree division in 1948, the sitting member, Mr. V. Raikes, moving to Garston. Born in 1907 Mr. Tilney has for 17 years been a member of the Liverpool Stock Exchange, of which his great-grandfather was a founder. He is associated with many business and charitable organizations in the city and is a lieutenant-colonel in the Territorials.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Manchester Cheetham Constituency – Biography of McManus

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Manchester Cheetham Constituency – Biography of McManus

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Manchester Cheetham

    CANDIDATE : McManus

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. B. McManus, a retired provision merchant, has been a member of Manchester City Council since 1929 and an alderman since 1944. He was born in 1887, and after receiving an elementary school education in Ireland he went to Manchester at the age of 30. He is vice-chairman of the Manchester area council of the Anti-Partition League.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Manchester Withington Constituency – Biography of Behrens

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Manchester Withington Constituency – Biography of Behrens

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Manchester Withington

    CANDIDATE : Behrens

    PARTY : L.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. L. F. Behrens, a Manchester shipper and merchant, is vice-president of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, and vice-chairman of the U.N.A. general council in Britain. Born in 1890 and educated at Rugby and Manchester University, he is a member of the Liberal Party’s national council. In the 1914-18 war he served with the Serbian Relief Fund at Salonika. He has been president of the Standing Joint Com-mittee of the Combined English Universities.

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  • 1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Mitcham Constituency – Biography of Braddock

    1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Mitcham Constituency – Biography of Braddock

    CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

    The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

    CONSTITUENCY NAME : Mitcham

    CANDIDATE : Braddock

    PARTY : Lab.

    ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

    BIOGRAPHY :

    Mr. T. Braddock, aged 62, was elected in 1945, when he won the seat from the Conservatives. He is an architect, and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Grissell Gold Medalist of the R.I.B.A., and holder of the silver and bronze medals of the London Architectural Association. He was formerly a member of the Surrey County Council and the Wimbledon Borough Council. He joined the Socialist movement when he was 18, and is a founder member of the Labour Party.

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  • FACTS AND FIGURES : Leaders of the SNP at Westminster

    FACTS AND FIGURES : Leaders of the SNP at Westminster

    The list of SNP Leaders at Westminster.

    Westminster Leader : Start – End

    Donald Stewart : 1974 – 1987

    Margaret Ewing : 1987 – 1999

    Alasdair Morgan : 1999 – 2001

    Alex Salmond : 2001 – 2007

    Angus Robertson : 2007 – 2017

    Ian Blackford : 2017 – 2022

    Stephen Flynn : 2022 –

  • House of Lords – Members with Over 40 Years of Service

    House of Lords – Members with Over 40 Years of Service

    The below are those members of the House of Lords with 40 or more years of service, with this list last being updated in November 2022. Only Baroness Gardner of Parkes and Baroness Masham of Ilton are Life Peers.

    The Earl of Shrewsbury Shrewsbury, E. 69 Male Conservative
    Baroness Gardner of Parkes Gardner of Parkes, B. 95 Female Conservative
    The Earl of Rosslyn Rosslyn, E. 64 Male Crossbench
    The Earl of Courtown Courtown, E. 68 Male Conservative
    Lord St John of Bletso St John of Bletso, L. 65 Male Crossbench
    Lord Henley Henley, L. 68 Male Conservative
    The Earl of Erroll Erroll, E. 74 Male Crossbench
    Lord Glenarthur Glenarthur, L. 78 Male Conservative
    Lord Crathorne Crathorne, L. 83 Male Conservative
    Lord Greenway Greenway, L. 81 Male Crossbench
    Lord Geddes Geddes, L. 85 Male Conservative
    Viscount Craigavon Craigavon, V. 78 Male Crossbench
    Viscount Astor Astor, V. 70 Male Conservative
    Earl Peel Peel, E. 75 Male Crossbench
    The Earl of Caithness Caithness, E. 73 Male Conservative
    Baroness Masham of Ilton Masham of Ilton, B. 87 Female Crossbench
    The Earl of Liverpool Liverpool, E. 77 Male Conservative
    Lord Brougham and Vaux Brougham and Vaux, L. 84 Male Conservative
    Lord Hylton Hylton, L. 90 Male Crossbench
    Lord Trefgarne Trefgarne, L. 81 Male Conservative
  • House of Lords – Members Aged 90 and Over

    House of Lords – Members Aged 90 and Over

    The list of Lords in the House of Lords aged 90 or over, with the list last being updated in November 2022.

    Lord Alliance Alliance, L. 90 Male Liberal Democrat
    Lord Bhatia Bhatia, L. 90 Male Non-affiliated
    Lord Clarke of Hampstead Clarke of Hampstead, L. 90 Male Labour
    Lord Hylton Hylton, L. 90 Male Crossbench
    Lord Kalms Kalms, L. 90 Male Non-affiliated
    Lord Lawson of Blaby Lawson of Blaby, L. 90 Male Conservative
    Lord Morris of Aberavon Morris of Aberavon, L. 90 Male Labour
    Lord Singh of Wimbledon Singh of Wimbledon, L. 90 Male Crossbench
    Lord Wakeham Wakeham, L. 90 Male Conservative
    Viscount Bridgeman Bridgeman, V. 91 Male Conservative
    Viscount Eccles Eccles, V. 91 Male Conservative
    Lord Jopling Jopling, L. 91 Male Conservative
    Lord Marlesford Marlesford, L. 91 Male Conservative
    Lord Paul Paul, L. 91 Male Non-affiliated
    Lord Hoyle Hoyle, L. 92 Male Labour
    Baroness Seccombe Seccombe, B. 92 Female Conservative
    Baroness Boothroyd Boothroyd, B. 93 Female Crossbench
    Lord Craig of Radley Craig of Radley, L. 93 Male Crossbench
    Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank Rodgers of Quarry Bank, L. 94 Male Liberal Democrat
    Lord Taverne Taverne, L. 94 Male Liberal Democrat
    Baroness Gardner of Parkes Gardner of Parkes, B. 95 Female Conservative
    Lord Christopher Christopher, L. 97 Male Labour