Albert Evans (10 June 1903 – 4 December 1988), was a British
Labour Party politician.
A
master engraver, Evans became involved in the Labour movement in the 1920s, and was elected to
Islington Borough Council in 1936.
In March 1946 he was elected to the
London County Council
London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today kno ...
to represent Islington West.
He was first elected to
Parliament
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at a
by-election in 1947, when the Labour
Member of Parliament
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for
Islington West,
Frederick Montague
Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, CBE (8 October 1876 – 15 October 1966) was a British Labour Party politician.
Amwell was the son of John Montague and Mary Ann Manderson. His birth was registered in Holborn, Middlesex in the fourth quar ...
, was elevated to the peerage as
Baron Amwell
Baron Amwell, of Islington in the County of London, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 July 1947 for the Labour politician Frederick Montague. He had previously represented Islington West in the House of Commo ...
.
The Islington West constituency was abolished for the
1950 general election, when Evans was elected in the new
Islington South West constituency. He held the seat until he retired from the
House of Commons
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at the
1970 general election.
See also
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Dorothy Galton
Dorothy Constance Galton (14 October 1901 – 27 August 1992) was a British university administrator who was suspected by the British security services of being a Russian spy. Born in north London into a family with strong left-wing links, she wa ...
(sister-in-law)
References
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1903 births
1988 deaths
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1945–1950
UK MPs 1950–1951
UK MPs 1951–1955
UK MPs 1955–1959
UK MPs 1959–1964
UK MPs 1964–1966
UK MPs 1966–1970
Members of London County Council
Members of Islington Metropolitan Borough Council
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