Percy Lionel Edward Shurmer (1888 – 29 May 1959) was a British Labour Party politician and postal worker. In the 1945 general election, he won the Birmingham Sparkbrook constituency from the

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Member of Parliament,

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. Shurmer held the seat until death some months before the 1959 general election, when it was regained by the Conservatives. He is commemorated by a

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, erected by

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on the school named after him, Percy Shurmer Academy, near his former home, at 140 Belgrave Road in Birmingham in 2009.

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* 1888 births 1959 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub