Howel Walter Samuel (1881 – 5 April 1953) was a British Labour Party politician. He was elected as the

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(MP) for Swansea West at the 1923 general election, winning a 3-way contest by a majority of only 115 votes (0.6% of the total), having contested the seat unsuccessfully in

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. He was defeated at the 1924 general election by the

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candidate Walter Runciman, but at the 1929 general election Ruciman stood instead in St Ives and Samuel regained the seat. In

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, when Labour had split over its leader

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's decision to leave the party and form a

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-dominated

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, he faced only one opponent, the Liberal National candidate Lewis Jones, who took the seat. Samuel did not stand for Parliament again.

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* 1881 births 1953 deaths Welsh Labour Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Swansea constituencies UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1929–1931 Politics of Swansea {{Wales-Labour-UK-MP-stub