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Constituency Election Results In The 1922 United Kingdom General Election
This is an in-complete alphabetical list of constituency election results to the 32nd Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 general election, held on Wednesday 15 November 1922. Notes *Change in % vote and swing is calculated between the winner and second place and their respective performances at the 1918 election. A plus denotes a swing to the winner and a minus against the winner. England London Boroughs *adopted as official Liberal candidate, but party withdrew support during campaign following exposure of crooked past'Getting Rich Quick'', Frank Dilnot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of MPs Elected In The December 1910 United Kingdom General Election
This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected at the December 1910 United Kingdom general election, December 1910 general election, held over several days from 3 December to 19 December 1910. __NOTOC__ MPs Floor Crossings See the List of British politicians who have crossed the floor 1914 William Edwin Harvey (Derbyshire North East) resigned the Labour whip and joined the Liberals. 1914 William Johnson (Nuneaton MP), William Johnson (Nuneaton) resigned the Labour whip and joined the Liberals. 1915 John George Hancock (Derbyshire Mid) resigned the Labour whip and joined the Liberals. 1915 John Wadsworth (Hallamshire) resigned the Labour whip and joined the Liberals. 1915 William Abraham (trade unionist), William Abraham (Rhondda) resigned the Labour whip and joined the Liberals. By-elections *See List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900–1918) Sources See also *December 1910 United Kingdom general election *List of parliaments of the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe
Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, (1 May 1884, Mayfair, London – 26 July 1964, Amersham, Buckinghamshire),"Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe; Ex-Member of Parliament and Racing Driver Dies". ''The New York Times'' (Monday, 27 July 1964), p.30 styled as Viscount Curzon from 1900 to 1929, was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, and motor racing driver and promoter. In the 1918 UK General Election he won the Battersea South seat as the candidate of the Conservative Party, which he held until 1929. While in Parliament he took up motor racing, and later won the 1931 24 Hours of Le Mans race. He ascended to the Peerage in 1929, succeeding his father as the 5th Earl Howe. Earl Howe co-founded the British Racing Drivers' Club with Dudley Benjafield in 1928, and served as its president until his death in 1964. Early career Francis, Viscount Curzon, joined the Royal Naval Reserve after leaving school, following in a long family tradition. 28 October 1907, Lie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lansbury
George Lansbury (22 February 1859 – 7 May 1940) was a British politician and social reformer who led the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935. Apart from a brief period of ministerial office during the Labour government of 1929–31, he spent his political life campaigning against established authority and vested interests, his main causes being the promotion of social justice, women's rights, and world disarmament. Originally a radical Liberal, Lansbury became a socialist in the early 1890s, and thereafter served his local community in the East End of London in numerous elective offices. His activities were underpinned by his Christian beliefs which, except for a short period of doubt, sustained him through his life. Elected to the UK Parliament in 1910, he resigned his seat in 1912 to campaign for women's suffrage, and was briefly imprisoned after publicly supporting militant action. In 1912, Lansbury helped to establish the '' Daily Herald'' newspaper, and became its edito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bow And Bromley (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bow and Bromley was a constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Located in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar in London, it was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act for the 1885 general election and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) until it was abolished for the 1950 general election. History The area had been part of the former two-seat Tower Hamlets constituency, which was divided at the 1885 general election. The constituency was marginal before 1918. The party holding the seat changed in 1886, 1892, 1895, 1906, January 1910, December 1910 and 1912. After the extension of the franchise to all adult men and some women in 1918, the seat became a safe Labour seat from 1922. George Lansbury was first elected in December 1910 as a Labour candidate. He was on the left-wing of the party and was known as a pacifist and supporter of votes for women. In November 1912, Lansbury resigned his seat so he could test public opinion on women's suffrage. He lost the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson Baronets
There have been eight baronetcies created for persons with the surname Wilson, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and six in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Wilson baronets, of Killenure (1629) The Wilson Baronetcy, of Killenure in the County of Donegal, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 3 July 1629 for John Wilson. The title became extinct on his death in 1636. *Sir John Wilson, 1st Baronet (died 1636) Wilson, later Maryon-Wilson baronets, of Eastbourne (1661) The Wilson, later Maryon-Wilson Baronetcy, of Eastbourne in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of England on 4 March 1661. For more information on this creation, see Maryon-Wilson Baronets. Wilson baronets, of Delhi (1858) The Wilson Baronetcy, of Delhi in India, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 January 1858 for the soldier Archdale Wilson, whose father Rev. George Wilson, rector of Didlington, was younger brother of Henry Wilson, 10th Baron Berners. He notably ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Vaughan (politician)
Joseph James Vaughan (1878 – 1938) was a British politician. Early life and career Born in East London, Vaughan began working at the age of eight, but remained at school part-time until he was thirteen. He worked a wide variety of jobs before he was apprenticed to a former Chartist. This encouraged him to become a radical and join the Liberal Party. However, he soon grew disillusioned with the party, and instead joined the British Socialist Party (BSP).Graham Stevenson,Vaughan Joseph, ''Compendium of Communist Biography'' Vaughan eventually settled into a career as an electrician, joined the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) and became president of Bethnal Green Trades Council. The BSP affiliated to the Labour Party, and it was under this party label that Vaughan was elected to Bethnal Green Borough Council in 1914.Ed. John Riddell, ''To the Masses: Proceedings of the Third Congress of the Communist International'', p.1247 He was the only Labour member of the council until 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy Harris (politician)
Sir Percy Alfred Harris, 1st Baronet, PC (6 March 1876 – 28 June 1952) was a British Liberal Party politician. He was Liberal Chief Whip and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Parliamentary Party. Political positions Percy Harris was regarded as a radical Liberal with a strong social conscience, which grew from representing a working-class area of the East End of London. He was particularly interested in the issue of social housing, a major responsibility of the London County Council. Harris sided with H. H. Asquith against David Lloyd George in 1918–23. Thereafter, he sought unity within the Liberal Party. When the Liberal Party split in 1931 over the issue of free trade, he sided with Sir Herbert Samuel and against the Liberal National breakaway led by Sir John Simon. Under the leadership of Sir Archie Sinclair, he rose to prominence in the party. Harris was a strong supporter of the social policies advocated by Sir William Beveridge and was key to getting Beveridge to run for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethnal Green South West (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bethnal Green South West was a constituency in London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was combined with Bethnal Green North East to form a new Bethnal Green constituency, reflecting the area's substantial fall in population. Boundaries The constituency consisted of the south and west wards of the civil parish of Bethnal Green, Middlesex (later the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in the County of London The County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London. It was created as part of the general introduction of elected county government in England, by way of the Local Government A ...). Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1880s Election in the 1890s Election in the 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne
George Morgan Trefgarne, 1st Baron Trefgarne (né George Garro-Jones; 14 September 1894 – 27 September 1960), was a Welsh Liberal and later Labour politician, barrister, businessman and editor of the ''Daily Dispatch''. Background George Garro-Jones was born in Haverfordwest, Wales, on 14 September 1894. He was a "child of the Manse" as his father was the Congregationalist Minister at Zion's Hill Chapel, Spittal. His father, Reverend David Garro-Jones, trained for the ministry at Brecon College and served Congregational churches across Wales. The walk from the Manse in Spittal towards Zion's Hill chapel has views across a deep gorge to Treffgarne Rocks and it is understood this is where the titled name of Lord Trefgarne originated. Political career Garro-Jones was private secretary to Sir Hamar Greenwood from 1919 to 1922 while Greenwood was firstly Secretary for Overseas Trade and then Chief Secretary for Ireland. Greenwood was a Liberal Minister in the Coalition Gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Windsor
Walter Windsor (18 July 1884 – 29 June 1945) was a British Labour Party politician. A native of Bethnal Green in the East End of London, he held a seat in the House of Commons from 1923 to 1929, and from 1935 to 1945, when he died. Bethnal Green Windsor was elected at the 1923 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bethnal Green North East, an area where his family had lived for six generations. Through the 1920s it was a marginal seat between the Liberal Party and Labour Parties, and Windsor won it narrowly at two elections, holding the seat from 1923 to 1929. He had contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1922 as a "Labour" candidate, even though he had been nominated by the Communist Party, and had not received the endorsement of the Labour Party. He was beaten in 1922 by the Liberal Garnham Edmonds, a former Mayor of Bethnal Green, who had won the seat in a 4-way contest with a majority of only 115 (0.8%) votes over Windsor. However, in a three-way contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garnham Edmonds
Garnham Edmonds JP (20 April 1865 – 9 April 1946) was a British butcher and Liberal politician who was both an MP and Mayor of Bethnal Green. Background Edmonds was described as tall, handsome, with a great shock of hair.Forty Years in and out of Parliament by Percy Harris. He had a daughter, Kate E. Rawles, who was awarded the MBE. Professional career Edmonds was a butcher in Bethnal Green, East London, trading as Edmonds and Mears tripe dressers. His butchers shop was located in Bethnal Green Road and sold tripe and offal. After his election to parliament he continued to serve behind the counter and would travel each morning at 6.30am to Smithfield Market to make purchases. He was also a religious and social worker. Political career Edmonds was President of the local Liberal association. In 1902 he was elected a member of Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough Council, and was mayor of the borough from 1907–08. In 1910 he was elected as a Progressive Party member of the London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethnal Green North East (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bethnal Green North East was a parliamentary constituency in London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1885 general election and abolished for the 1950 general election Boundaries The constituency consisted of the north and east wards of the civil parish of Bethnal Green, Middlesex (later the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green in the County of London). Members of Parliament Notes:- * a No election. Nathan resigned the Liberal whip. * b No election. Nathan took the Labour whip. Election results Elections in the 1880s Elections in the 1890s Elections in the 1900s Elections in the 1910s General election 1914–15: Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
