Frank McLeavy, Baron McLeavy (1 January 1899 – 1 October 1976) was a British Labour Party politician. McLeavy became a road passenger transport officer. He joined the Labour Party, serving on Cheshire County Council from 1938 until 1950, and as Mayor of

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from 1939 to 1941. At the

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, he was elected as

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for Bradford East, holding his seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1966 general election. On 11 September 1967, he was made a

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as Baron McLeavy, of the

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. He died in 1976, aged 77.

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* 1899 births 1976 deaths British people of Irish descent Macleavy Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Transport and General Workers' Union-sponsored MPs 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 who were granted peerages Place of birth missing Place of death missing Politicians from Bradford Life peers created by Elizabeth II {{Life-peer-stub