Richard Sargood (31 July 1888 – 27 March 1979) was a British

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ist and Labour Party politician. A long-serving local councillor in London, he sat in the

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from 1945 to 1950.

Early life and family

Sargood was both in

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, to a father also named Richard Sargood. He was educated at a

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school. In January 1919 he married Sarah Deane.

Career

Sargood became a trade union official, and was a councillor on Camberwell Borough Council from 1923 to 1929. He became

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(JP) for London in 1930, and was vice-chairman of the National Joint Council for Fire Services of England and Wales, and vice-chair of the Peckham Labour Party. He was a member of the

from 1934 to 1965, representing

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, and served as vice-chair of the council from 1951 to 1952. At the 1945 general election, Sargood was elected as the

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(MP) for Bermondsey West, following the retirement due to ill-health of the Labour MP

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. When the constituency was abolished in boundary changes for the 1950 general election, Sargood retired from

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sargood, Richard 1888 births 1979 deaths English trade unionists Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of Camberwell Metropolitan Borough Council Members of London County Council Transport and General Workers' Union-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1945–1950