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Samuel Perry
Samuel Frederick Perry (29 June 1877 – 19 October 1954), was a Labour and Co-operative politician in the United Kingdom. He was the father of the British tennis and table tennis champion Fred Perry. Born in Stockport, Cheshire, Sam Perry began his education with a scholarship at the Stockport Grammar School but was forced to give up school at the age of ten when his father died, becoming a cotton mill, cotton spinner like his father. He became involved in the local British co-operative movement, co-operative movement with the Stockport Co-operative Society then Birkenhead and on the creation of the Co-operative Party in 1917 was appointed its first national secretary. Appointment as the senior official in the Party brought Perry to London with nine-year-old Fred. The family lived on the co-operatively run Brentham Estate in Ealing, where Fred was able to use the tennis courts and cricket pitch. Sam Perry unsuccessfully contested the 2-member Stockport (UK Parliament constituen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Stockport By-election
The 1920 Stockport by-election was a by-election, parliamentary by-election held on 27 March 1920 for the United Kingdom constituency, constituency of Stockport (UK Parliament constituency), Stockport, in Cheshire. It followed the death of Spencer Leigh Hughes and resignation of George Wardle, the two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs) for Stockport. With the departure of both MPs, a single by-election was held for both seats. Always a rare occurrence in Britain, Stockport was the first such by-election since the 1899 Oldham by-election; it proved to be the last such by-election, as multi-member constituencies were abolished in 1950. Background At the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election, the Lloyd George Coalition Government had won a large majority. The coalition included most of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal parties. Both Stockport MPs had been Coalition candidates, Hughes bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |