Kenneth Lomas (16 November 1922 – 15 July 2000) was a British Labour Party politician. Lomas was educated in

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and served in the Royal Marines 1942–46 including in the Commando Group. He worked for the

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then as assistant regional organiser of the National Blood Transfusion Service. He was branch secretary for the

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. Lomas contested Blackpool South at the 1951 general election and Macclesfield in the 1955 general election. He was elected at the 1964 general election as

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(MP) for Huddersfield West, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1979 general election. He later joined the SDP.

References

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974'' *

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* 1922 births 2000 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 Royal Marines personnel of World War II Social Democratic Party (UK) politicians {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub