Richard Lionel Tufnell (10 December 1896 – 1 October 1956) was a

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politician in the

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. Richard Tufnell was son of Edward Tufnell, Member of Parliament for South East Essex, and grandson of the civil servant and educationalist

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.Sources in British Political History 1900-1951, vol. 4: A Guide to the Private Papers of Members of Parliament: L-Z, Chris Cook, Macmillan, p. 212 He was elected as the

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for

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at a by-election in 1934, following the

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of the Conservative MP Sir George Newton as Baron Eltisley. Tufnell retained the seat at the 1935 general election, but ten years later at the

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, he lost his seat to Arthur Symonds of the Labour Party.

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* 1896 births 1956 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1890s-stub