Cecil Aubrey Gwynne Manning (23 May 1892 – 12 April 1985) was a British Labour Party politician. Having fought with the London Regiment in France in the

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, Manning was wounded and lost his right arm. After the war he entered local government in London: he was a member of

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from 1919 to 1922, and was elected to the

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in 1922, representing Camberwell North, serving as leader of the opposition in 1929-30 and deputy chairman from 1930 to 1931. He retired from the county council in 1932, having been elected a member of Camberwell Borough Council in the previous year. He remained a member of the borough council until 1953, and was Mayor of Camberwell for the final two years of his membership. In 1937 he returned to the county council, remaining a member until 1950, representing Camberwell North again, and then

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for the final year. During the

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he took an active part in the defence of the capital in the ARP and Civil Defence organisations, and was Invasion Defence Controller for Camberwell in 1939–44. In 1944 he was elected to the

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at a by-election as

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for Camberwell North. He held the seat until 1950. He moved to

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, where he was a member

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Urban District Council from 1954 to 1968, serving as chairman in 1967–68.

References

* * ''The Times'', 1 April 1944

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* 1892 births 1985 deaths Members of London County Council Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 British politicians with disabilities Mayors of places in Greater London English amputees Members of Camberwell Metropolitan Borough Council British Army personnel of World War I London Regiment soldiers Civil Defence Service personnel {{England-mayor-stub