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 : Portsmouth West

CANDIDATE : Clarke

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Brig. T. H. Clarke was born in India in 1904, and was educated at Haileybury and Sandhurst. In the 1939 war he served at Narvik and in North Africa, France and Germany, and was three times mentioned in dispatches and became Deputy Director of Ordnance Services. He has boxed for the Army as a heavyweight and has played rugby for the Harlequins and the Army.

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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 : Reading South

CANDIDATE : Mikardo

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. I. Mikardo, who won Reading in 1945, frequently took an independent line in Parliament, sometimes to the extent of voting against the Government. He was born at Portsmouth in 1908 and engaged in teaching journalism and translation work before specializing in commercial and industrial problems and becoming an industrial consultant. He is hon. treasurer of the Fabian Society and on the executive of the Association of Supervisory Staffs and Engineering Technicians.

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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 : Rotherham

CANDIDATE : Jones

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. Jack Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply in the last Government, was for 32 years a steel smelter at Manchester. Born in 1894, and educated at an elementary school and Bangor University, he has been a prominent member of the Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades Federation, holding many offices locally and being a member of the executive. He was a local councillor for 14 years, and in the last Parliament sat for Bolton.

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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 : Salford West

CANDIDATE : Bell

PARTY : C

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. Bell was born in 1898 on the family estate near Wigan, where he still farms 300 acres. He is managing director of Ashley Investment Trust, Manchester, and a director of other companies. Until last year he was a member of Lancashire County Council. He is a member of the Conservative Party national executive, and of the regional council of the Federation of British Industries.

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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 : Sheffield Neepsend

CANDIDATE : Morris

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Col. H. Morris was born in Sheffield in 1893, practised as a solicitor until 1936, when he was called to the Bar. He served on Sheffield City Council, 1920-27 and 1929-37. Enlisted in the ranks in the 1914-18 war and retired as captain; he rejoined in the last war, again in the ranks, and retired with the rank of colonel. Colonel Morris, who played football until he was 40, won Central Sheffield for Labour 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 : Southampton Test

CANDIDATE : Fry

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. Fry, son of C. B. Fry, the famous cricketer, went to the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and was in the Navy until 1920, when he retired to assist his father in charge of the Mercury Nautical School, Hamble. From 1934 to 1949 he held a number of appointments with the B.B.C., including assistant programme director, Midland Region, and research director of the B.B.C.’s New York office. He is aged 49.

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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 : South Shields

CANDIDATE : Smith

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. F. O. Smith, born in South Shields 46 years ago, started work early as a rivet catcher in the shipyards in 1917 after his father had been torpedoed at sea. He is an electric welder. He took an active part in the unemployed workers’ movement before the war.

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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 : Stoke-on-Trent South

CANDIDATE : Kemp

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. W. H. Kemp, a chemist in business for 40 years, has been on the city council for more than 27 years, 10 of them as an alderman, and he was lord mayor in 1944-45. He is also chairman of the North Staffs Liberal 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 : Swindon

CANDIDATE : Gradwell

PARTY : Comm.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. I. Gradwell, who served an apprenticeship as a woodworker, and afterwards became a handicrafts teacher at Swindon, is 43. He is vice-president of Swindon National Union of Teachers, and has had considerable experience in the trade union movement. A member of the Communist Party for 12 years, he is on the West of England district committee.

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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 : Wakefield

CANDIDATE : Berwin

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. S. J. Berwin, who was born in 1926, was at St. John’s College, Cambridge, and is now at Leeds University where he is chairman of debates, Leeds University Union, and is on the Leeds University Union Committee. During the war he served with the Royal Navy. He is a member of the Liberal Party Council, and of the Yorkshire Area Liberal Federation Executive.

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