Ernest Marklew (16 April 1874 – 14 June 1939) was a British Labour Party politician. Marklew worked as a fish merchant in Grimsby, and became active in the Labour Party. He was elected to Grimsby Borough Council in 1928, and also served on the executive of the

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. Marklew stood for the Labour Party in

Grimsby Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of Linco ...

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. At the 1935 general election, he was elected in Colne Valley, defeating the sitting Liberal Party MP,

Lance Mallalieu Sir Edward Lancelot Mallalieu (14 March 1905 – 11 November 1979), known as Lance Mallalieu, was a British politician. Of Huguenot origin, a son of Frederick Mallalieu, a Member of Parliament, Mallalieu's ancestors had settled at Saddleworth ...

, by a majority of 3,779 votes. He died in office in 1939 aged 65.

References

Colne Valley Liberal Democrats: political history, Ernest Marklew
* 1874 births Councillors in Lincolnshire Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People from Grimsby UK MPs 1935–1945 1939 deaths {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub