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 : Isle of Ely

CANDIDATE : Gray

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Cmdr. A. F. Gray, a retired naval officer of 49, is a farmer at Wimblington, near March. By giving a false age, he saw four years’ service in the Navy in the first war, obtained his captain’s certificate when 25, and in the last war was a destroyer captain and senior officer commanding an Atlantic convoy escort group.

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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 : Maldon

CANDIDATE : Driberg

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. E. N. Driberg is a Fleet Street journalist. He won Maldon as an Independent at a by-election in 1942. Joining the Labour Party in 1945 he retained the seat at the General Election. He was one of the Parliamentary delegation which visited Buchenwald concentration camp. He is a member of the national executive of the Labour Party. He is 43 years of age.

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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 : Gloucestershire South

CANDIDATE : Howard-Stepney

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. V. Howard-Stepney, who is 35, is the son of Sir E. Stafford Howard, of Thorn-bury, and of Lady Howard-Stepney, of Llanelly, who assumed for herself and her children the name of Stepney. Sir Howard was a former Liberal M.P. for the county. Educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, Mr. Howard-Stepney is keenly interested in agriculture. He served in the Coldstream Guards during the war, and finished as A.D.C. to the G.O.C., Burma.

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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 : Petersfield

CANDIDATE : Candy

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mrs. I. Candy, who is 26, won a scholarship to Bournemouth High School, and after service in the war as a full-time A.R.P. worker took the degree of Bachelor of Science in economics at Southampton University. She is a founder member of Southampton Labour League of Youth and an educational lecturer. Her husband was her agent in the election.

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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 : Hertford

CANDIDATE : Walker-Smith

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. C. Walker-Smith, son of Sir J. Walker-Smith, M.P. for Barrow-in-Furness and a former housing director at the Ministry of Health, is 39. He won scholarships to Rossall, Christ Church, Oxford, and the Middle Temple, and was called to the Bar. A writer on political subjects, he edited the English Review for two years. Serving on General Eisenhower’s staff in the war, he became a lieutenant-colonel. He was elected for Hertford 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 : Ashford

CANDIDATE : Sandelson

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. N. D. Sandelson, a barrister, born in 1923, was educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge. He formed a Labour club while at school, and later was a co-founder of the Cambridge Forty-nine Group. He was elected in 1948 a member of the committee of the Haldane Society investigating High Court procedure. He is a native of Leeds and is a former member of the executive of the Central Leeds divisional party.

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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 : Folkestone and Hythe

CANDIDATE : Murray

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. M. Murray, 29 years of age, is assistant editor of a daily newspaper. He served in the R.A.F. during the war, and was a lecturer to the three Services on current political affairs.

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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 : Sevenoaks

CANDIDATE : Moukon-Barrett

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. R. Moulton-Barrett, 33, a barrister, was educated at Cambridge. He served in the Royal Artillery during the war, attaining the rank of major, and was for two years on the staff at Khartoum.

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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 : Farnworth

CANDIDATE : Kay

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. Kay, born in 1895, was delivering newspapers at the age of 10, and left school at 12, but studied the dyeing trade in evening continuation schools. He was gassed at Vimy Ridge in the 1914-18 war. He is now head of his own business of property owners and estate managers and chairman or vice-chairman of six other companies.

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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 : Morecambe and Lonsdale

CANDIDATE : Leeming

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. G. Leeming is a 37-year-old stockbroker. He is a member of a well-known Lancashire family and during the war served with the Royal Army Pay Corps.

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