Robert Dennison (14 December 1879 – 10 November 1951) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Glasgow, Dennison attended a Science School in the city. In 1912, he was elected to

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Town Council, for the Labour Party, serving until 1917. Also in 1912, he began working full-time for a trade union, a predecessor of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation. Dennison stood unsuccessfully in Walsall at the

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, and in Cleveland at the

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. He was finally elected for Birmingham King's Norton at the 1924 general election, with a small majority of 133 votes. Dennison lost his seat to Lionel Beaumont-Thomas, a Conservative, at the 1929 general election, by 491 votes. He subsequently moved to New Barnet, where he was elected to the Urban District Council. He was also appointed as a magistrate for both Hertfordshire and Middlesex.

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1879 births 1951 deaths Councillors in County Durham Councillors in Hertfordshire Iron and Steel Trades Confederation-sponsored MPs Politicians from Glasgow Labour Party (UK) councillors Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1924–1929 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub