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List Of MPs Elected In The 1929 United Kingdom General Election
This is a list of Members of Parliament elected at the 1929 United Kingdom general election, 1929 general election, held on 30 May. For a complete list of constituency elections results, see Constituency election results in the 1929 United Kingdom general election. By-elections See the List of United Kingdom by-elections (1918 - 1931)#35th Parliament (1929–1931), list of United Kingdom by-elections. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mps Elected In The United Kingdom General Election, 1929 Lists of MPs elected in United Kingdom general elections, 1929 1929 United Kingdom general election, General election UK MPs 1929–1931, List 1929-related lists, UK MPs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of MPs Elected In The 1923 United Kingdom General Election ...
This is a list of Members of Parliament elected at the 1923 general election, held on 6 December. For a complete list of constituency elections results, see Constituency election results in the 1923 United Kingdom general election. __NOTOC__ By elections See the list of United Kingdom by-elections. Sources See also * UK general election, 1923 *List of parliaments of the United Kingdom {{UnitedKingdomMPs 1923 1923 United Kingdom general election List UK MPs Following is a (currently incomplete) list of past United Kingdom MPs in alphabetical order. __NOTOC__ A ''See List of United Kingdom MPs: A'' B ''See List of United Kingdom MPs: B'' C ''See List of United Kingdom MPs: C'' D ''See Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Smith, 1st Baronet
Sir Robert Workman Smith, 1st Baronet, JP (7 December 1880 – 6 December 1957) was a Scottish Unionist politician. The youngest son of George Smith, shipowner, Glasgow, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a barrister at the Inner Temple. Smith was unsuccessful candidate for Aberdeen and Kincardine Central in 1922–1923, and was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the seat in 1924, holding it until 1945. He was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Aberdeen. He was knighted in 1934 Birthday Honours The King's Birthday Honours 1934 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made to celebrate the o ... and created a baronet in the 1945 Dissolution Honours. References Sources * 1880 births 1957 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Inner Temple Unionis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldershot (UK Parliament Constituency)
Aldershot is a constituency in Hampshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Leo Docherty, a Conservative. Political history Aldershot has elected a Conservative as its MP since its creation in 1918. From 1974, to 2010 (inclusive) Liberal Democrats (or predecessor, Liberals) polled second. In 2015 and 2017 the Labour candidate was runner-up. The 2015 result saw the seat rank 123rd safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority. In June 2016, 57.9% of local adults voting in the EU membership referendum chose to leave the European Union instead of to remain. This was matched in two January 2018 votes in Parliament by its MP. In the 2017 general election, Leo Docherty won the seat after Howarth stood down (retired). The seat saw a further increase in the Labour vote, like much of the South East amid its national rise to 40% of the vote, the highest since 2001 when the party was in government. Boundaries 1918– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Shillaker
James Frederick Shillaker (28 January 1870 – 20 July 1943) was a British Labour politician. He was born in the City of London, and was the son of a police sergeant. He was educated at Taplow Grammar School and the City of London College, benefiting from an educational foundation established in the 17th century for children of the parish of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate. In 1890 he was one of the founding members of the Fawcett Association, a trade union of post office sorters, and in 1892 he joined the Labour Party in Islington. He was subsequently to become one of the first councillors for the party on Acton Urban District Council. He moved from the post office to the Ministry of Pensions, where he was deputy regional director of the northern region from 1919 - 1923. He also edited a " lonely hearts" column entitled ''Friends in Council'' in ''T. P.'s Weekly'' for fourteen years. In 1929 he was chosen by the Labour Party to contest the parliamentary seat of Acton. He was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acton (UK Parliament Constituency)
Acton was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created for the 1918 general election. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, and replaced by Ealing Acton. Boundaries The seat was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 which increased the number of seats where population had expanded such as in Middlesex due to the conurbation growing around the County of London. It was based on the town of Acton. The seat consisted of the Acton Urban District which became a Municipal Borough in 1921. A redistribution of Parliamentary seats, which took effect at the 1950 United Kingdom general election made no change to the boundaries; its legislation, affecting election expenses and returning officer re-classified, the seat as a borough constituency. In 1965 the area became part of the London Borough of Ealing and Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Snowden
Tom Snowden CBE, (1875-27 November 1949) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Cowling in the West Riding of Yorkshire, he was educated at the local board school before establishing his own worsted cloth manufacturing business in Keighley. He first contested a parliamentary election in 1918 as a Labour candidate for Shipley. He was not elected, but became a member of Bingley Urban District Council, of which he was chairman in 1921–22. He made three more unsuccessful attempts to enter the Commons for Yorkshire constituencies: for Skipton in 1922 and Sheffield Central in 1923 and 1924. He served three terms on the West Riding County Council as councillor for Bingley, from 1913–16, 1919–22, and 1925–28. He was a governor of Giggleswick School. At the 1929 general election he was chosen to contest the Lancashire seat of Accrington. The Labour Party made large gains throughout the country, and Snowden was elected as Accrington's member of parliament. Labour f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accrington (UK Parliament Constituency)
Accrington was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election. History The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 general election. The original county constituency of North East Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency), North East Lancashire was replaced by a borough constituency for the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election. The constituency was based on the town of Accrington. From the 1983 United Kingdom general election, 1983 general election, the constituency was abolished. The successor seat was Hyndburn (UK Parliament constituency), Hyndburn, named after the local government area including the town of Accrington. 85.5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Glyn, 1st Baron Glyn
Major Ralph George Campbell Glyn, 1st Baron Glyn, Bt, MC, DL (3 March 1884 – 1 May 1960), known as Sir Ralph Glyn, 1st Baronet, from 1934 to 1953, was a soldier and Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1918 to 1922, and from 1924 to 1953. Early life Glyn was born on 3 March 1884 to Edward Glyn, Bishop of Peterborough and Lady Emma Mary, daughter of George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll. His father was the younger son of George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton. He was educated at Wixenford, Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Career Military service Glyn fought in the First World War, during which he was mentioned in despatches and was awarded the Military Cross. Political career At the 1918 general election, Glyn was elected as Unionist MP for the Scottish constituency of Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire. However he lost the seat at the 1922 general election, coming third with 28% of the votes. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abingdon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Abingdon was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (and its predecessor institutions for England and Great Britain), electing one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1558 until 1983. (It was one of the few English constituencies in the unreformed House of Commons to elect only one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.) History Abingdon was one of three English parliamentary boroughs enfranchised by Queen Mary I as anomalous single-member constituencies, and held its first Parliamentary election in 1558. The borough consisted of part of two parishes in the market town of Abingdon, then the county town of Berkshire. The right to vote was exercised by all inhabitant householders paying scot and lot and not receiving alms; the highest recorded number of votes to be cast before 1832 was 253, at the general election of 1806. (currently unavailable) Abingdon's voters seem always to have maintained their in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Daggar
George Daggar (6 November 1879 – 14 October 1950) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected at the 1929 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the safe Labour seat of Abertillery in Monmouthshire, Wales. He represented the constituency in the House of Commons until his death at the age of 70, in Bedwellty, eight months after being returned to Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ... for the fifth time at the 1950 general election. At the time he was vice-chairman of his party. References * * 1879 births 1950 deaths Miners' Federation of Great Britain-sponsored MPs Welsh Labour Party MPs UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 {{Wales-La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abertillery (UK Parliament Constituency)
Abertillery was a county constituency centred on the town of Abertillery in Monmouthshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system of election. From 1950 up to (and including) 1970, it was the safest Labour seat in the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. Boundaries The constituency consisted of the urban districts of Abercarn, Abertillery and Nantyglo and Blaina. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1910s Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1930s General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; *Labour: George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Scott (Liberal Politician)
James Scott (8 March 1876 – 30 October 1939) was a Scottish lawyer and Liberal Party politician. Family and education James Scott was the son of a railway superintendent from Forres, also named James Scott. He was educated at Forres Academy and at the University of Edinburgh and the University of London. In 1910 he married Georgina Bowman Geddes from Buckhaven in Fife and they had two sons. Career Scott was a solicitor to the Supreme Courts of Scotland and a notary public and was a partner in the firm of Mssrs. Robert Stewart and Scott of Edinburgh. He also served on a number of important Scottish public bodies. He was a member of the Game and Heather Burning Committee in 1921; a Deputy Chairman for Trade Boards for Jute, Flax, and Made-up Textiles, 1921–24; Vice-President and Trustee of the Scottish Rural Workers Approved Society and founder of the Scottish National Union of Allotment-holders. Politics Scott contested Moray and Nairn as a Liberal at the 1922 general e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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