Otho William Nicholson (30 November 1891 – 29 June 1978) was a British politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Westminster Abbey from 1924 to 1932. Born in Marylebone, London, Nicholson entered local politics in London: he represented

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on the London County Council from 1922 to 1925 and was a member of the

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, where he served as mayor in 1923–24. Nicholson was first elected to Parliament in a by-election on 19 March 1924 in the London constituency of Westminster Abbey, where the previous MP John Nicholson had died the month before. In the by-election he beat

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, who stood for under the " Constitutionalist" banner, by only 43 votes. Nicholson held the seat in the next three general elections. He took the post of Steward of the Manor of Northstead on 4 July 1932, a way of resigning from the Commons. A by-election to replace him was held on 12 July 1932. On 2 March 1948, Nicholson was on a Sabena Airlines DC3 airplane when it crashed on landing at London Heathrow Airport. He was one of two out of 21 people on board to survive. Nicholson died in 1978 in Ringwood, Hampshire, aged 86.

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;Specific ;General * *''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1979)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholson, Otho 1891 births 1978 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 Members of Finsbury Metropolitan Borough Council Mayors of places in Greater London Survivors of aviation accidents or incidents Members of London County Council