Edward Warner Moeran (27 November 1903 – 12 December 1997) was a British

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politician who later joined the later Labour Party. He stood as a

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ary candidate on five occasions, but won only once. Moeran first stood for Parliament as the Common Wealth candidate at the Newark by-election in July 1943, when he came a distant third. At the 1945 general election he stood in

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, again as a Common Wealth candidate. Labour did not contest the seat, and in a two-way contest with the

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candidate, Moeran won 39.9% of the votes.Craig, op. cit., page 510 He subsequently joined the Labour Party, and was elected at the 1950 general election as

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(MP) for

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, but was narrowly defeated at the next election, in 1951. He stood again in

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, but did not regain the seat.

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Common Wealth party archives
at the

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1903 births 1997 deaths Common Wealth Party politicians Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1950–1951 People educated at Christ's College, Finchley Common Wealth Party {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub