William Coldrick (20 January 1894 – 15 September 1975) was a

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politician in the

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. He was elected as

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for Bristol North at the

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. When that constituency was abolished in boundary changes for the 1950 general election, he was returned to

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for the new Bristol North East constituency. He was defeated at the 1959 general election by the Conservative and National Liberal candidate Alan Hopkins. He was Chairman of the

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from 1945 to 1955 and was Sheriff of Bristol in 1964. He was briefly in prison during the General Strike of 1926 with Arthur Jenkins, the father of Roy Jenkins. He died in 1975 aged 81.

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* 1894 births 1975 deaths Labour Co-operative MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 High Sheriffs of Bristol {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub