BATTERSEA North Electorate : 44,478 *Jay, D. P. T. (Lab.) .. 25,882 Percival, W. I. (C.) 9,805 Lab. majority .. . . 16,077 NO CHANGE 1950 :-Lab., 24,762; C, 9,084; L., 1,090; Comm., 655.—Lab. maj., 15,678. Mr. Douglas Jay was appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury in the 1950 Administration, after three years as Economic Secretary. Born in 1907; educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford ; a Fellow of All Souls from 1930 to 1937. He worked as a journalist specializing in economics. He entered the Ministry of Supply in 1940, and Jhree years later went to the Board of Trade as personal assistant to Mr. Dalton, to help in the planning of post-war industrial reconstruction. Elected for Battersea North in July, 1946, and again in 1950. Mr. Ian Percival is a barrister. Born May, 1921; educated at Latymer School and St. Catherine's College, Cambridge. He holds a part-time appointment as a professor of economics. He served in North Africa and Burma during the war, attaining the rank of major. BATTERSEA South Electorate : 40,848 Partridge, E. (C.)... 17,731 *Ganley, Mrs. C. S. (Lab. & Co-op.) ......17,237 C. majority .. .. 494 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950:—Lab. & Co-op., 16,142; C, 15,774; L., 2,949.—Lab. & Co-op, maj., 368. Mr. Ernest Partridge contested the constituency in 1945 and 1950. He is an accountant and a director of companies engaged in heavy engineering. Born August, 1895 ; educated at Wilson's Grammar School, Camberwell. A member of Holborn Borough Council, 1928-34. Served with the 18th Royal Fusiliers (Public Schools Brigade) and the 15th Durham Light Infantry during 1914-18 war. He is interested in local government, housing and health matters. Mrs. Caroline Ganley contested North Pad-dington in 1935 and has represented South Batter-sea since 1945. President of the London Cooperative Society, 1942-46. Member of the London County Council, 1925-28 and 1934-37, and of the Battersea Borough Council, 1919-25. Born 1879; elementary school education. Is interested in education and maternity and child welfare matters. BERMONDSEY Electorate : 42,587 *Mellish, R. J. (Lab.) . . .. 26,267 Manders, R. J. D. (C.) .. 5,265 Wilson, H. B. (L.) .. .. 1,779 Lab. majority .. .. 21,002 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 26,018 ; C, 5,964 ; L., 1,852.— Lab. maj., 20,054. Mr. Robert Mellish won the Rotherhithe by-election in 1946 and was returned for Bermondsey after the redistribution in 1950. Parliamentary private secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, 1947-49. Born 1891 ; elementary school education. He is a dock workers' trade union official, having been a member of the Transport and General Workers' Union for 24 years. Served in S.E.A.C. during the war. Mr. Ralph Manders, an iron founder and constructional engineer, was born in 1915, and educated at Cranbrook College, Ilford. He is a member of Ilford Borough Council, chairman of the management committee of Ilford Group I primary schools, and a governor of Fairlop Secondary School, Ilford. He commanded the Royal Indian Army Service Corps with the allied landing forces in Siam. Mr. Ball Wilson is employed in the planning branch of B.O.A.C. Born in February, 1916; educated at Preston Grammar School. Committee member of London Federation of Liberal Trade Unionists. Fighter pilot and staff officer with the R.A.F., 1940-46. BETHNAL GREEN Electorate : 41,830 *Holman, P. (Lab. & Co-op.) .. 22,162 Douglas, R. I. (L.) .. . . 6,567 Goodman, L. (C.) .. .. 3,046 Lab. & Co-op, majority 15,595 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab. & Co-op., 20,519 ; L., 9,715 ; C, 1,582; Comm., 610.—Lab. & Co-op, maj., 10,804. Mr. Percy Holman was elected for South-West Bethnal Green in 1945 and the redrawn constituency, in 1950. Contested Twickenham four times before the war. Born 1891 ; educated at Mill Hill School and London School of Economics ; B.Sc.(Econ.). Member of Middlesex County Council, 1928-31, and Teddington Urban District Council, 1928-34. He is a paper merchant. Served with British Red Cross Society in France, 1915-18. Mr. Roy Douglas contested Merton and Morden in 1950. He is a zoologist. Born in December, 1924; educated at Mitcham County and Rutlish schools, and at King's and Birk-beck colleges, London. University. He headed this year's ballot for the executive of National League of Young Liberals. Mr. Lawrence Goodman is a production engineer. Born May, 1904; educated at Stanley School, London. He is interested in trade unionism and in manufacturing and distribution. He was a prisoner of war in Germany, 1942-45. After leaving school he spent eight years in New Zealand farming and two teaching in Canberra, and returned to England in 1930. CAMBERWELL Dulwich Electorate : 66,473 Jenkins, R. C. D. (C.) . . . . 26,579 *Vernon, W. F. (Lab.) .. 25*888 Baker, P. (L.) .. .. 3,302 C. majority .. .. 691 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950:—Lab., 25,511 ; C, 24,186; L., 4,929.— Lab. maj., 1,325. Mr. Robert Jenkins contested the constituency in 1950. Company director ; born September, 1900; educated Latymer School. Mayor of Kensington throughout the war ; member of borough council since 1927. Represented Kensington on London County Council, 1934-49. Served with K.R.R.C, 1918-19. Mr. Wilfrid Vernon was elected for this division in 1945 and again in 1950. Born 1882, educated at Stationers' Company's School and City and Guilds Technical College. A governor of Dulwich College. He is an engineer, lecturer, and an executive member of the Association of Scientific Workers. Served with the R.N.V.R., R.N.A.S., and the R.A.F. Mr. Paul Baker contested Dulwich in 1950. He is a barrister and trade association secretary. Born in September, 1913 ; educated at Merchant Taylors' School. Member of executive committee of London Liberal Party and secretary to British Printing Ink Association. He served with the Royal Engineers as a lieutenant-colonel. CAMBERWELL Peckham Electorate: 63,815 *Corbet, Mrs. F. K. (Lab.) 33,703 Ford, c. v. (c.) .: 14,557 Lab. majority .. .. 19,146 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 32,623; C, 13,323; L.,'2,267 ; Comm., 886.—Lab. maj., 19,300. Mrs. Freda Corbet contested East Lewisham in 1935 and was elected for North-West Cam-berwellin 1945. She was returned for Peckham in 1950. Born 1900; educated Wimbledon County School and University College, London; became a teacher, lecturer, and barrister. A member of London County Council since 1934 and is Chief Whip of the Labour group. She is interested in education and penal reform. Mr. Cecil Ford, a solicitor and a public relations officer in the motor industry, was born in July, 1915, and educated at King's school, Canterbury, and St. Paul's School. Chairman, South Kensington Young Conservatives, 1950. Served with the R.A.S.C. during war. CHELSEA Electorate : 51,433 *Noble, Cmdr. A. H. P. (C.) ...25,034 Tonge, F. L. (Lab.)... 10,784 C. majority ... 14,250 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,471 ; Lab., 9,987 ; L., 3,116— C. maj., 13,484. Commander Allan Noble won the division m 1945 and in 1950. He has been Parliamentary private secretary to Mr Eden since 1947. He was one of the two observers sent by the Government to the Bikini atom bomb tests in 1946. The elder son of Admiral Sir Percy Noble, he was born in 1908. Educated at Radley College, he entered the Royal Navy in 1926, commanding destroyers during the war. Mr. Frederick Tonge contested Chelsea in 1950. Railway clerk; born November, 1896; educated at Merchant Venturers' Secondary school, Bristol. For eight years he was national executive member of the Railway Clerks' Association (T.S.S.A.). THE CITIES OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER Electorate : 78,628 *Webbe, Sir H. (C.)... 35,275 Sutherland, H. F. (Lab.)... 17,537 C. majority . . 17,738 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 32,672 ; Lab., 14,849 ; L., 4,670 ; Comm., 888.—C. maj., 17,823. Sir Harold Webbe was elected to the constituency in 1950 after the redistribution. Member for Abbey Division of Westminster from 1939-50. Member of London County Council 1925-49., and leader of the Municipal Reform Party for 11 years. Deputy Lieutenant, County of London. Director of several companies. Held appointments with the Ministry of Munitions, 1914-18.Educated at King Edward's, Birmingham, and Queens' College, Cambridge. Mr. Hugh Sutherland, free-lance writer for stage and radio, born July, 1903, was educated at Glasgow University and Balliol College, Oxford. Political science lecturer, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1928-31. A Fleet Street journalist, he served with the Information Research Department of the Foreign Office, 1948-50. Was attached to G.H.Q., Middle East Forces, during the war as public relations officer. DEPTFORD Electorate : 55,200 Plummet", Sir L. A. (Lab.) .... 28,878 Dowling, Miss I. (C.).... 15,431 Lab. majority .... 13,447 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 28,230 : C, 13,330; L., 2,637 ; Comm., 562.—Lab. maj., 14,900. Sir Leslie Plummer was chairman of the Overseas Food Corporation and of Queensland British Food Corporation, 1947-50. He began journalism with the Daily Herald and then became business manager of the. New Leader. Later he was assistant general manager and a member of the board of directors of Express Newspapers, Limited. Knighted in 1949, he is now a farmer. Born June, 1901 ; educated at Tottenham Grammar School. Miss Irene Dowling is a social worker. Educated at Farlington House, Haywards Heath. Member of London County Council. During the war she was a civil defence warden in Westminster and also raised a Women's Home Guard unit at Fleet. Her grandfather, Sir James Milne Wilson, was Premier of Tasmania. FULHAM East Electorate : 45,068 *Stewart, M. (Lab.) . 20,279 Hall, J. (C.) .. . 17,806 Lab. majority 2,473 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 18,998 ; C, 16,233 ;L., 2,214;Comm., 399.—Lab. maj., 2,765. Mr. Michael Stewart, who had been Under-Secretary for War since 1947, was Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Supply, from MaytoOct.,1951. Hehad previously been successively Vice-Chamberlain and Comptroller of H.M. Household. Contested West Lewisham in 1931 and 1935, and was first elected for Fulham East in 1945. Born 1906 ; educated at Christ's Hospital and St. John's College, Oxford, and was President of the Union in 1929. After assistant masterships at the Merchant Taylors' and the Coopers' Company's schools, he was for some years a lecturer for the Workers' Educational Association and served in the Army Educational Corps during the war. Mr. John Hall contested Grimsby in 1950. He is a chartered secretary. Born September, 1911. He served on Grimsby Town Council, 1946-48. Was called up as a Territorial in the Royal Artillery, 'commissioned in the Royal Army Service Corps, and went to the Staff College. He was a member of the planning staff which prepared the invasion of Europe, and went oversea on the staff of Field-Marshal Lord Montgomery. FULHAM West Electorate : 45,327 *Summerskill, Dr. Edith (Lab.) ... 20,290 Brown, W. J. (Ind.) .... 17,707 Walcot-Bather, E. (L.)... 1,247 Lab. majority .... 2,583 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 20,141 ; C, 17,292 ; L., 1,949.— Lab. maj., 2,849. Dr. Edith Summerskill had been Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Food, for five years when she was appointed Minister of National Insurance in 1950. She was sworn a member of the Privy Council in 1949. Elected for West Fulham in 1938 and again in 1945 and 1950. Previously contested Putney and Bury. Educated at King's College, London, and Charing Cross Hospital, she qualified as a doctor in 1924. Her husband is also a doctor. She served on the Middlesex County Council 1934 to 1941, and is a vice-president of the Socialist Medical Association. Mr. William Brown sat as Labour M.P. for West Wolverhampton, 1929-31, and as Independent member for Rugby, 1942-50. He is a journalist and trade union adviser. Born September, 1894; educated at Salmestone elementary school, Margate, and Sandwich Grammar School. He entered the Civil Service as a boy clerk in 1910, and for 23 years was general secretary of the Civil Service Clerical Association, and subsequently Parliamentary general secretary, 1942-49. He is adviser to the Prison Officers' Association and the Post Office Engineering Officers' Association. Mr. Eric Walcot-Bather contested the constituency in 1950. He is an architect. Born in 1908, he was educated at Malvern College. During the war he was engaged as an architect on the construction of aerodromes, later serving with the R.A.S.C. GREENWICH Electorate : 62,042 "Reeves, J. (Lab.) ....30,326 Bishop, W. H. (C.).... 19,898 Lab. majority ..... 10,428 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 29,379 ; C, 18,255 ; L., 3,148.— Lab. maj., 11,124. Mr.Joseph Reeves contested West Woolwich in 1931 and Greenwich in 1935. Elected for the constituency in 1945 and again in 1950. Adviser to the National Film Association. Born 1883 ; educated at elementary school and Morley College. Former alderman ofDeptford. Member of Labour Party national executive ; education secretary Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society for 20 years ; member of the B.B.C. (Beveridge) Committee. Mr. William Bishop contested Stoke Newing-ton and Hackney North in 1950. He is senior partner in a firm of solicitors practising in North London. Born in January, 1906; educated Felsted School. For 10 years he has been a member of Enfield Urban District Council, serving for a year as vice-chairman. An amateur yachtsman, he responded to the appeal to assist in the evacuation of Dunkirk, and afterwards joined the Royal Navy. HACKNEY SOUTH Electorate : 76,552 *Butler, H. (Lab.) . . .. 39,271 Rawlinson, P. A. G. (C.) .. 18,003 Betteridge, j. (Comm.) . . 1,744 Lab. majority .. .. 21,268 NO CHANGE 1950 :_Lab., 35,821 ; C, 15,105 ; L., 5,575 ; Comm., 2,199.—Lab. maj., 20,716. Mr. Herbert Butler Was elected for the constituency in 1945 and 1950. Company director. Born 1897; elementary school education. Mayor of Hackney, 1936-37, and a councillor since 1928. Vice-president of the Association of Municipal Corporations. Served with the Royal Navy during the 1914-18 war. Mr. Peter Rawlinson, a barrister, born June, 1919, was educated at Downside and Christ's College, Cambridge. Grandson of Sir Henry Mulleneux Grayson, Conservative member for West Birkenhead, 1918-22. Served with the Irish Guards during the war. Mr. John Betteridge contested South Hackney in 1950. He is full-time secretary of Hackney Communist Party and a member of the London District Committee. Previously he was a shop steward in a clothing factory. Born January, 1911; elementary school education. Served with the Royal Navy, 1941-46, and was engaged on D-Day minesweeping operations. HAMMERSMITH South Electorate : 44,030 ?Williams, W. T. (Lab. & Co-op.) 19,273 Hinton, R. N. E. (C.) .. 16,038 Lab. & Co-op, majority 3,235 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab. & Co-op., 18,825; C, 16,161; L., 1,400.—Lab. & Co-op, maj., 2,664. Mr. W. Thomas Williams won the seat at the by-election in 1949, and was again elected in 1950. He is a university teacher. Born 1915 ; educated at University College, Cardiff, St. Catherine's, Oxford, and Lincoln's Inn. He was a Baptist minister and he was a chaplain and welfare officer with the R.A.F. during the war. Tutor, Manchester College, Oxford, 1946-49. Mr. Robert Hinton contested Aberdare in 1950. Managing director. Born March, 1901 : educated at Highgate School. A Watford Borough councillor. Member of Eastern Gas Consultative Council. Vice-president of Watford branch of the British Legion. Served with the Royal Engineers, 1939-46. Has spent ten years of his life in India, Burma, South Africa, and Kenva. HAMMERSMITH North Electorate : 42,302 "Tomney, F. (Lab.) ..... 22,709 Howard, J. M. (C.)... 11,629 Lab. majority .. 11,080 NO CHANGE 195O:_Lab., 13,346; C, 10,406; Lab. Ind., 8,457 ; L., 1,402.—Lab. maj., 2,940. Mr. Frank Tomney Was elected for the constituency in 1950. He 's a glass-blower and a branch secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union. Born 1908 ; educated at elementary and technical schools. He has served on both the Watford Borough Council and the Hertfordshire County Council. Mr. John Howard, chartered accountant, born August, 1913, was educated at Whitgift School. He won South Hammersmith from the Socialists at the 1949 London County Council elections. HAMPSTEAD Electorate : 72,946 *Brooke, H. (C.)......31,346 Richardson, A. (Lab.) .. 19,240 Watson, W. S. (L.) .. .. 6,302 C. majority . . .. 12,106 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 29,949 ; Lab., 17,373 ; L., 8,336 ; Comm., 1,603.—C. maj., 12,576. Mr. Henry Brooke was returned for West Lewisham in 1938 at a by-election, was defeated in 1945, and was returned for Hampstead in 1950. Member of Hampstead Borough Council since 1936, and leader of Conservative Party in the London County Council since 1945. Member of the Central Housing Advisory Committee since 1944, and Local Government Man-power Committee, 1949-51. Deputy-chairman Southern Railway until nationalization. Born 1903 ; educated at Marlborough and Balliol College, Oxford. Mr. Arthur Richardson, technical engineer, born August, 1906, received an elementary school education. For seven years he was a member of Salford City Council. Chairman, Lewisham Trades Council. Interested in industrial affairs. Mr. Wilfred Watson contested the constituency in 1950. He is a management consultant, with commercial and industrial experience in America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Born in March, 1896; educated at St. Marylebone Grammar School. In 1950 he became chairman of the Liberal Party's Organization Committee. HOLBORN AND ST. PANCRAS SOUTH Electorate : 54,978 *Jeger, Dr. S. W. (Lab.) . . • 20,332 Gluckstein, Col. L. (C.) .. 18,573 Hyam, I. J. (L.) .. .. 1,616 Lab. majority 1,759 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 19,223 ; C, 17,993 ; L., 2,41 I.— Lab. maj., 1,230. Dr. Santo Jeger was returned for South-East St. Pancras in 1925 and for the newly drawn constituency in 1950. Born 1898 ; educated at elementary and secondary schools, University College, Cardiff; and London and St. Mary's Hospitals. Elected to Shoreditch Borough Council 1925 ; mayor 1930. Member of London County Council, 1931-46. A founder member of the Socialist Medical Association. He visited Spain twice during the civil war on medical aid work for the republicans. Colonel Louis Gluckstein, K.C. represented East Nottingham 1931-45. Born 1897; educated at St. Paul's School and Lincoln College, Oxford; member of the council of the Royal Albert Hall; civil member of Board of Army Kinema Corporation. Served in Italy, 1916-18, where he was wounded, and in France and Italy in the last war. Mr. I. J. Hyam contested Putney in 1945. He is a barrister. Born in India in 1902, he gained a degree in Law at St. Catherine's College, Cambridge. He served with the R.A.F. during the war. ISLINGTON East Electorate : 50,997 ?Fletcher, E. G. M. (Lab.) ....23,896 Wilmot, Mrs. A. K. B. (C.)......16,000 Lab. majority....7,896 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 22,477 ; G, 14,385 ; L., 3,301 ; Lab. maj., 8,092. Mr. Eric Fletcher was elected in 1945 and 1950. Member of the London County Council for South Islington from 1934-49. Born 1903 ; educated at Radley and the University of London. He is the son of a former town clerk of Islington. A solicitor and deputy chairman of the Associated British Picture Corporation. Mrs.Catherine Wilmot contested East Islington in 1950. Born January, 1906; educated at St. Leonard's School, St. Andrews. A school manager and governor. She was at one time political secretary to the Duchess of Atholl. In the early part of the war she was a motor driver for the Buckinghamshire police, and in 1943 joined the staff of the Army Bureau of Current Affairs in Edinburgh. ISLINGTON North Electorate : 59,039 Fienburgh, W. (Lab.) ... 27,406 Page, R. G. (C.)... 18,541 Lab. majority... 8,865 NO CHANGE 1950 :^Lab., 26,354; C, 16,935 ; L., 2,189.— Lab. maj., 9,419. Mr. Wilfred Fienburgh, research worker and author, was born November, 1919, and educated at Belle Vue High School, Bradford. He is a Labour Party research secretary, and secretary of the Policy Committee. A former member of the T.U.C. Economic Committee. Vice-chairman Political Staff (Westminster Branch) of the Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union, 1947. Served with the Rifle Brigade during the war, and was a major on the General Staff. Mr. Graham Page contested the constituency in 1950. A solicitor. Born 1911 ; educated Magdalen College School, Oxford, and London University (External). Governor of three L.C.C. secondary schools. Chairman of the Pedestrians' Association. Associated with African native interests and engineering developments in Arab countries. ISLINGTON South-West Electorate : 61,707 *Evans, A. (Lab.) .. .. 31,637 Howard, T. F. (C.) .. . . 14,750 Lab. majority... .. 16,887 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 30,201 ; C., 13,012 ; L., 2,602; Comm., 834 - Lab. maj., 17,189. Mr. Albert Evans was elected for West Islington at a by-election 'n 1947 and again at the General Election in 1950. Born in 1903 he became a master engraver and has been a member of the Goldsmiths', Jewellers', and Allied Trades Society since 1925. A member of the London County Council, 1946-49, and of the Islington Borough Council since 1937. Mr. Tom Howard has contested every election for South and South-West Islington since 1924; was M.P. for South Islington, 1931-35. He is a printer and stationer. Born December, '888 ; secondary school education. He was on the Finsbury Borough Council, 1922-25, on We London County Council, 1925-28 and 1931-?'4. Since 1920 has operated a profit-sharing scheme in his works. Awarded the D.C.M. at t-ambrai, 1917. where he took a degree in history and political theory. Served in the Royal Navy and acted as interpreter with the Free French naval forces. KENSINGTON North Electorate : 54,083 *Rogers, G. H. R. (Lab.) 22,686 Caplan, L. (C.) 18,543 Gamble, A. G. (L.) 1,583 Lab. majority .. .. 4,143 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab'.-, 21,615 ; C, 17,991 ; L., 2,522; Comm., 551.—Lab. maj., 3,624. Mr. George Rogers Was elected in 1945 and 1950. He was Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. G. R. Strauss, Minister of Supply, from 1947 to 1949, and to Mr. Kenneth Younger, Minister of State in 1950. Industrial consultant. Born in December, 1906 ; educated at Middlesex County School. Member 91 Wembley Borough Council, 1937-41, and chairman of the London group of Labour M.P.s. Delegate to the United Nations in 1950. Served with the Royal Corps 01 Signals. Mr. Leonard Caplan contested North Kensington in 1950 and had fought Pontypool in »*>5 and North Hammersmith in 1945. He is a barrister, specializing in Commercial Law. Born June, 1909; educated at the Grocers' Company's ?cflool and London University. During the war ne became a major in an anti-tank regiment. He "as Assistant Adjutant-General, Allied Land forces, in South-East Asia. His wife is also a barrister. Mr. Anthony Gamble contested Stockton-on-Tees in 1950. Schoolmaster and part-time er. Born in October, 1920; educated at r Grammar School and Reading University, KENSINGTON South Electorate : 63,419 *Spens, Sir W. P. (C.) .. 34,592 Parker, M. C. (Lab.).... 8,894 C. majority... . . 25,698 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 32,870 ; Lab., 8,002 ; L., 4,079.— C. maj., 24,868. Sir Patrick Spens, ::..?? contested South-West St. Pancras, 1929. Represented Ashford from 1933 to 1943, when he became Chief Justice of India until 1947. Was chairman of the arbitration tribunal on partition disputes between India and Pakistan. A director of the Prudential Assurance Company, and a member of the London Committee of the Union Bank of Scotland. Former director of the Southern Railway. Born 1885 ; educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. Mr. Michael Parker, a banister, born November, 1924, was educated at the City of London School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was secretary of the Cambridge Union, 1943, and vice-chairman of the Labour club. He has run a free legal advice centre in East Ham. A tutor in international law at Cambridge. He was a rear-gunner in the R.A.F. and also served in Transport Command. LAMBETH Brixton Electorate : 55,362 *Lipton, Lt.-Col. M. (Lab.) . . 24,776 Marlowe, Mrs. P. M. (C.) .. 19,423 Lab. majority..5,353 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 24,015; C, 18,957 ; L., 2,527.—Lab. maj., 5,058. Lt.-Col. Marcus Lipton was elected for Brixton in 1945 and 1950. An alderman of Lambeth Borough Council since 1937. A private in the Territorial Army before the war, he was commissioned in the R.A.E.C. and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Called to the Bar in 1926. His special interests are law reform and Army welfare and service matters. Born 1900 ; educated at Bede Grammer School, Sunderland, and Merton College, Oxford. Mrs. Patricia Marlowe is the second daughter of Sir Patrick Hastings, K.C., and the wife of Mr. Anthony Marlowe, M.P. for Hove since 1941. They have four children. She was born in November, 1909, and educated in London, Paris, and Florence. She has been political secretary to her husband, and includes politics and play-writing among her recreations. LAMBETH Norwood Electorate : 62,231 *Smyth, Brig. J. G. (C.) . . 27,200 Chamberlain, R. (Lab.) . . 24,251 C. majority . . .. 2,949 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 24,811 ; Lab., 22,736 ; L., 3,770.— C. maj., 2,075. Brig. John Smyth, V.C., contested Wands-worth against the late Mr. Ernest Bevin in 1945 ; elected for Norwood, 1950. Comptroller of Royal Alexandra and Albert School. Author, playwright, and military, sporting and political writer and lecturer. Born 1893 ; educated at Rep-ton and Sandhurst. Holds many decorations and held several staff appointments. Raised the 19th (" Dagger") Division which played a great part in the capture of Mandalay and Rangoon. Won the V.C. in 1915. Mr. Ronald Chamberlain defeated Mr. Duncan Sandys in the 1945 General Election, but was himself defeated in 1950. He is a lecturer and research worker. Born April, 1901 ; educated at Owen's School, Islington, and Gon-ville and Caius College, Cambridge. A member of Middlesex County Council, and on the executive of the London Labour Party. LAMBETH Vauxhall Electorate : 49,939 ?Strauss, G. R. (Lab.) .. . 24 217 Lee, E. H. (C.) .. .. 12,564 Lab. majority .. .. 11,653 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 23,988 ; C, 10,618 ; L., 3,251 ; Comm., 508.—Lab. maj, 13,370. Mr. George Strauss was Minister of Supply for three years from October, 1947, after about two years as Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport. He had previously been Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Herbert Morrison and Sir Stafford Cripps. First elected for North Lambeth 1929, defeated in 1931, and re-elected in 1934; trie constituency disappeared in the redistribution, and he was returned for Vauxhall. Born 1901, son of a former Conservative M.P., he was educated at Rugby and became a metal merchant. He was a member of the L.C.C. 1925-46, and chairman of the highways and supplies committees. Mr. Edwin Lee contested Peckham in 1950. He is a schoolmaster. Born November, 1911; educated at Redruth schools, Westminster College, and the University of London. He is a member of Wembley Borough Council and on the committee of the Anglo-Netherlands Association. Served with Bomber and Maintenance Commands and with Second Tactical Air Force in Western Europe during the war. LEWISHAM North Electorate : 54,331 *Hudson, Sir A. U. M. (C.) . . 24 406 Williams, S. T. (Lab.) .. 21,243 C. majority... 3,163 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 22,465 ; Lab., 19,974 ; L., 2,8 C. maj., 2,491. Sir Austin Hudson represented East Islington 1922-23 and North Hackney 1924-45. Elected for North Lewisham 1950. Assistant Conservative whip 1931. Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1931-35. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport 1935-39 ; Civil Lord of the Admiralty 1939-42. Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Fuel and Power newspaper proprietor. Born 1897 : at Eton and Sandhurst. 1945. A educated Mr. Trevor Williams was born October, 1912, and received an elementary school education. He is a member of Barking Borough Council and former chairman of its redevelopment committee. A Fleet Street journalist for 12 years, specializing in political and industrial subjects, until he became London editor of an Australian newspaper. In his early days he worked in the mines. LEWISHAM South Electorate : 57,032 *Morrison, H. S. (Lab.) 27 ,559 Hutchinson, C. R. (C.) 20 ,548 Mahon, J. (Comm.) 578 Lab. majority .. .. 7,011 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 26,666 ; C, 18,892 ; L., 2,665 ; Comm., 635.—Lab. maj., 7,774. Mr. Herbert Morrison succeeded the late Mr. Ernest Bevin as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in April, 1.951, and when the election was announced he Was in Ottawa for the North Atlantic Council meeting. From 1945 he had been Lord President of the Council and Leader of the Commons, and was largely concerned with the conception and planning of the Festival of Britain. In the war-time Coalition Government, after a short term as Minister of Supply, he was appointed Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security, with Principal responsibility for organizing Civil defence. In the Labour Government of 1929 he was Minister of Transport. Represented South Hackney 1923-24, 1929-31, and 1935-45 ; East Lewisham 1945-50 ; and after the boundary revision South Lewisham. Born 1888, son °f a London policeman, educated elementary school ; in his early days was an errand boy and shop assistant. Mayor of Hackney 1920-fl ; member of the L.C.C. 1922-45 and leader 1934-40. Mr. Ross Hutchinson, author and company director, was born April, 1905, and educated at Usborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges. He has had considerable experience broadcasting ln feature programmes, plays, and as an announcer. Served with the Royal, Navy, 1939-46, attaining the rank of lieutenant-commander, and was for two years Comptroller to Lord Baldwin lri the Leeward Islands. Mr. John Mahon contested the constituency in 1950. Born in 1902, he has been a member of We Communist Party for 30 years. He visited t£S Soviet Union in 1931, and in 1937 served in |ne British Battalion of the International Brigade w Spain. In 1947 he was appointed secretary of Se London Communist Party and elected to the 1Nat:onal Executive. LEWISHAM West Electorate : 56,214 Price, H. A. (C.) . 25,449 Skeffington, A. M. (Lab ?) • . 22,813 C. majority 2,636 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C., 23,628 ; Lab., 21,433 ; L., 2,939.- maj., 2,195. Mr. Henry Price was elected for West Lewisham in 1950. A paper merchant. Born 1911 ; educated at elementary ?nd county schools. Member of London County Coilnci, since 'y46 and of Lewisham Morough Council, 1945-J*y- A trained baritone, °e has done a great deal °i concert work. Mr. Arthur SKEFFiNGTON-contested Streatham in 1935 and West Lewisham by-election in 1938. He represented the constituency 1945-50. He is an economist and barrister. Born September, 1910; educated at Streatham Grammar School and London University. Before the war he was a lecturer in economics, and during the war worked at the Board of Trade on the concentration of industry. He was Assistant Director of Medical Supplies, 1943-45. A member of the Fabian Society. PADDINGTON North Electorate: 44,215 Field, W. J. (Lab.) . 19,923 Ridsdale, J. R. (C.) . . . 15,834 Lab. majority .. 4,089 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 18,619 ; C, 14,829 ; L., 2,081 ; Comm., 417 ; Soc. Pty. of Gt. Britain, 192.— Lab. maj., 3,790. Mr. William Field was defeated at Hamp-stead in 1945 ; elected in North Paddington by- I election, 1946 ; re-elected I 1950. Bora May, 1909 ; educated at Richmond County School and London University. Became departmental manager to a firm of food manufacturers. Elected Hammersmith Borough Council, 1945, and re-elected 1949 ; leader 1946-49 ; member of Metropolitan Boroughs Standing Joint Committee and General Purposes Committee of Association of Municipal Corporations. Governor of Latymer Upper School. Served with R.A.S.C. and Intelligence Corps, 1939-45. Mr. Julian Ridsdale is director of a glass works. Born 1915, educated at Tonbridge School and London University. He was attached to the British Embassy at Tokyo in the 30s, and a member of the British Joint Chiefs of Staff Mission at Washington, 1945. Served with The Norfolk Regiment in Europe, Africa, and the Far East. PADDINGTON South Electorate : 48,356 Allan, R. A. (C.)......20,741 Wegg-Prosser, C. F. H. (Lab.) 13,932 C. majority .. . . 6,809 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 19,964 ; Lab., 13,141; L., 2,589. —C. maj., 6,823. Mr. Robert Allan contested Dunbartonshire in 1945, and the by-election and General Election in 1950 for West Dunbartonshire. He is general manager of the Investors' Chronicle and the Banker. Born 1914; educated at Sandroyd School, Harrow, Clare College, Cambridge, and Yale University. President of the Scottish Junior Unionists, 1948-51. He served in the R.N during the war and was awarded D. Croix -de Guerre, Legion d'honneur American Legion of Merit. Mr. Charles Wegg-Prosser contested the division in 1945 and 1950. Solicitor. Born August, 1910; educated at Downside and Oriel College, Oxford. Member of Paddington Borough Council since 1945; chairman of the Finance Committee and leader of the Labour group. Served in the Army during the war and was for a time attached to the Foreign Office. ST. MARYLEBONE Electorate : 60,811 *Wakefield, Sir W. W. (C.) ... . 28,783 Balfour, W. C. (Lab.)... . 13,964 C. majority.. . 14,819 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 26,310 ; Lab., 12,890; L.,4 149 — C. maj., 13,420. Sir Wavell Wakefield was elected for Swindon in 1935, and for St. Marylebone, 1945 and 1950. Engineer and company director. Born 1898 ; educated Sed-bergh and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Director, A.T.C., 1942-44. Former rugby captain of England, Cambridge University, and the Harlequins. Vice-President of the Rugby Football Union. Mr. William Balfour, born July, 1919, is a research worker ; B.Sc.(Econ.), London School of Economics. Served for five years with Commando units and later with the Army Education Corps. POPLAR Electorate : 50,509 *Key, C. W. (Lab.) ... .. 31,377 Emery, P. F. H. (C.).... 6,875 Lab. majority . . . . 24,502 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 30,756 ; C, 6,088 ; L., 1,933 ; Comm., 540.—Lab. maj., 24,668. Mr. Charles Key succeeded Mr. George Lansbury as member for Bow and Bromley, 1940-50 ; elected for Poplar, 1950. He was Minister of Works, 1947-50. Formerly a schoolmaster ; educated Chalfont St. Giles board school and Mile End Pupil Teachers' Centre. Member of Poplar Borough Council since 1919; three times mayor ; formerly chairman, Poplar Board of Guardians, and Metropolitan Boroughs Standing Joint Committee. During the war he was a Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence in the London area. Mr. Peter Emery was born in 1926 and lived in America four years before the war. Educated at Scotch Plains, New Jersey, he supported himself there by working as a labourer, sheet metal worker and arc-welder. He subsequently joined the R.A.F. and on demobilization wo'n a scholarship to Oriel College, Oxford, where he became Oxford Union librarian. He is a salesman ; a member of Hornsey Borough Council, and an officer of several local Conservative organizations. ST. PANCRAS NORTH Electorate : 65,840 ?Robinson, K. (Lab.) . .. .. 31,191 Borrett, C. A. B. (C.).... . . 20,362 Lab. majority ... 10,829 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 29,163 ; C, 19,028; L., 3,148 ; Comm., 967.—Lab. maj., 10,135. Mr. Kenneth Robinson was elected at the 1949 by-election, and was again returned in 1950. He was appointed a Government whip in 1950. He is a writer. Born 1911 ; educated at Oundle. He was a member of the St. Pancras Borough Council, 1945-49. He served with Royal Navy during war, was commissioned in 1942, and promoted lieutenant-commander in 1944, serving in H.M.S. King George V. Mr. Charles Borrett is a journalist. Born June, 1909 ; private and secondary school education. Hampstead borough councillor from 1938. He was a flying officer with the R.A.F.V.R. during the war. Is specially interested in P.A.Y.E. reform and industrial cooperation, and has had a long experience in industrial matters. SHOREDITCH AND FINSBURY Electorate : 56,780 *Thurtle, E. (Lab.) ... 30,162 Rippon, A. G. (C.)... 11,399 Lab. majority .. . . 18,763 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 22,510; C, 7,879; Ind. Lab., 7,602; L., 4,297.—Lab. maj., 14,631. Mr. Ernest Thurtle represented Shoreditch, | 1925-31 and 1935-50; again elected in 1950 to represent newly drawn constituency. He is a son-in-law of Mr. George Lansbury. Born in New York State, 1884; received elementary school education ; became an accountant, salesman, secretary, and journalist. He has been a Labour whip and was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information, 1941-45. Severely wounded at Cambrai during the 1914-18 war. Was instrumental in persuading Parliament to abolish the death penalty in the Army for cowardice and desertion in 1930. Mr. Geoffrey Rippon contested the constituency in 1950. He is a barrister. Born in 1924; educated at King's College, Taunton, and Brase-nose College, Oxford. He was mayor of Surbi-ton, 1950-51, at the age of 26, having been elected a councillor at 21 and alderman at 24, and was chairman of the Finance Committee, 1949-51. *n 1943-44 he was chairman of the Federation °f University Conservative Associations. SOUTHWARK Electorate : 69,992 Isaacs, G. A. (Lab.) .. .. 36,586 Greenwood, J. M. (C.) . . 14,032 Lab. majority . . . . 22,554 NO CHANGE l950:-_Lab., 35,049; C, 12,671 ; L., 2,950; Comm., 668.—Lab. maj., 22,378. Mr. George Isaacs °ecame Minister of Pen-Sl°ns in January, 1951, \i ho14ing the office of iomister of Labour since iy45. He entered Parliament jn i923 for Graves-|nd, represented North ^outhwark from 1929-31, wa was returned again « a by.eleCtion in 1939. ne held the seat until it disappeared as a separate constituency and became member for Southwark. Born in 1883 of working-class parents in London, he entered the printing trade and at 25 became general secretary of the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants. He is a former mayor of Southwark, a past president of the Printing and Kindred Trades' Federation, and in 1945 was chairman of the Trades Union Congress General Council and of the World Trade Union Conference. Mr. James Greenwood contested South-East Southwark in 1945, the Central Southwark by-election of 1948, and the new constituency in 1950. Advertising agent. Bom January, 1902; elementary school education. He is connected with many local organizations, and is founder of the Southwark Chamber of Commerce. Beginning work as an assistant in a library, he became chairman and managing director of a Fleet Street advertising firm. STEPNEY Electorate : 66,115 *Edwards, W. J. (Lab.) 35,849 Solomon, Lt.-Cmdr. M. H. B. (C.) .. 7,586 Bramley, E. (Comm.) 3,436 Lab. majority 28,263 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 33,475 ; C, 6,238 ; Comm., 5,991 ; L., 2,105.—Lab. maj., 27,237. Mr. Walter Edwards, Civil Lord of the Admiralty in the last two Governments, served as a naval stoker during the two world wars and was the first man to go direct from the lower deck to the House of Commons, to which he was elected for Whitechapel in 1942 and again in 1945. The constituency disappeared in the redistribution and he was returned for Stepney in 1950. Born in 1900, he was at one time a trade union organizer in the London docks. He was mayor of Stepney in 1944-45 and is a deputy lieutenant for the County of London. Lt.-Cmdr. Martin Solomon contested the division in 1950. Company director. Born October, 1915 ; educated at Rugby and Christ's College, Cambridge. He served with the Royal Navy during the war, winning the D.S.C. for service in motor torpedo-boats at Dunkirk and Tobruk. He was also decorated for his part in underground operations in Greece during the German occupation. Mr. Edward Bramley was for many years a member of the Executive Committee and secretary of the London District Committee of the Communist Party. Born in 1905, he started work in engineering, and is a member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. Was elected to represent Mile End on the London County Council. STOKE NEWINGTON AND HACKNEY NORTH Electorate : 80,221 *Weitzman, D. (Lab.) . . .. 37,406 Skeet, T. H. H. (C.) .. . . 21,369 Allison, Miss J. (L.) .. .. 4,524 Lab. majority . . . . 16,037 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 33,783 ; C, 19,469 ; L., 7 740 ; Soc. Credit, 551.—Lab. maj., 14,314. Mr. David Weitzman, K.C., was M.P. for Stoke Newington, 1945-50, and was returned for the reconstituted division in 1950. He had twice previously contested Stoke Newington, in 1931 and 1935. Born 1898 ; educated at Hutcheson's Grammar School, Glasgow, and Manchester University. He served with 3rd Battalion. The Manchester Regiment, during the 1914-18 war. Specially interested in children and youth problems. Mr. Trevor Skeet was born in New Zealand in January, 1918, and educated at King's'College, Auckland, and New Zealand University. He practised as a barrister in the New Zealand Supreme Court, was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1947, and began practising at the English Bar. He served during the war with New Zealand forces, first with the Army from 1939-43, and then with the Navy until 1945. Miss Joan Allison, age 32, is a teacher at Camberwell Secondary Modern School, and was educated at Broughton School and Manchester University. During the war she served in civil defence and nursing. WANDSWORTH Central Electorate : 67,476 *Adams, H. R. (Lab.) .. . . 28,844 Grant-Ferris, R. (C.) . . 27,661 Lab. majority .. .. 1,183 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 27,582 ; C, 25,533 ; L., 3,680.— Lab. maj., 2,049. Mr. Richard Adams contested Canterbury in 1935, and won the Bal-ham and Tooting division in 1945. He was returned for Central Wandsworth in 1950. He was appointed an assistant Government whip in 1947 and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in 1949. He has been an advertising and sales executive, and is a member of the council of the Association of Incorporated Statisticians. Born October, 1912 ; attended the London School of Economics. He has visited Denmark and Hungary with Parliamentary delegations. During the war he was an officer in the 25th Tank Brigade. Mr. Robert Grant-Ferris was M.P. for North St. Pancras, 1937-45. He contested Wigan in 1935 and Central Wandsworth in 1950. He is a barrister, farmer, and pedigree stockbreeder. Born December, 1907 ; educated at Douai School, Woolhampton. A Birmingham City councillor, 1933-36. Joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, 1933, was promoted wing commander in 1941, and served until 1944. From 1943 to 1945 he was vice-chairman of the London Conservative Union. WANDSWORTH Clapham Electorate : 59,610 *Gibson, C. W. (Lab.) .... 25,053 Lowndes, R. L. (C.)..... 23,745 Lab. majority..... 1,308 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 23,300 ; C, 22,094 ; L., 3,071 ; Comm., 619.—Lab. maj., 1,206. Mr. Charles Gibson held the Kennington seat from 1945 to 1950, and was then returned for Clapham. He is a trade union official. Born 1889; elementary education ; attended Morley Working Men's College. He has been a member of the London County Council since 1928, and was on Lambeth Borough Council, 1919-22. For four years he served on the Central Housing Advisory Committee. Mr. Roy Lowndes contested Clapham in 1945 and 1950. He is a pensions consultant. Born in New Zealand, September, 1911; educated at Gisborne High School and New Zealand University. He was a schoolmaster in New Zealand and worked on farm mechanization and irrigation projects in Australia before coming to England. He served with the Surrey Yeomanry, 1939-40, and with the New Zealand Artillery, 1941-45, being taken prisoner in 1941 by the Afrika Korps. WANDSWORTH Putney Electorate : 64,933 *Linstead, H. N. (C.) .. 29,686 Hutchison, E. C. (Lab. & Co-op.)... 23,489 C. majority . .. . 6,197 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 28,007 ; Lab., 22,315; L., 3,785.— C maj., 5,692. Mr. Hugh Linstead has represented Putney since 1942. He is a barrister and secretary of the Pharmaceutical Society. Born February, ?901 ; educated at the City of London School and the School of Pharmacy, University of London. Chairman of the Wandsworth Hospital Group Management Committee and a member of the Home Office Poisons Board. He has been secretary of the Parliamentary medical group, and was chairman of the London. Conservative Union. Mr. Eric Hutchison contested Southend West in 1950. He is an insurance official. Born June, 1898; educated at Rhyl National School and as a Labour College student. He has been secretary and chairman of a trades council and district council secretary in the Union of Shop, distributive and Allied Workers. Chairman of the London Co-operative Society political committee. For 20 years he has been lecturer for National Council of Labour Colleges. WANDSWORTH Streatham Electorate : 55,451 Sandys, D. (C.)......27,084 Smart, N. J. (Lab.) .. .. 14,804 Wilson, A. W. (L.) .. .. 3,319 C. majority .. .. 12,280 NO CHANGE 1950 :_C., 26,571 ; Lab., 15,235; L., 4,562.— C- maj., 11,336. Mr. Duncan Sandys 5?rved in the war-time government as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply and ds Minister of Works, Sna was chairman of the ,™ar Cabinet Committee IQr defence against German " v "? weapons and ot the bomb damage repairs executive. He was commissioned in the 1 editorial Army in 1937, iqr7ed ln tlle Expeditionary Force to Norway in 1q! ant^ was disabled on active service in lu Wnen he became successively a Finance Member of the Army Council and Chairman of the Inter-governmental Council for Empire Prisoners of War. He was M.P. for Norwood from 1935 to 1945 and successfully contested Streatham in 1950. Born in 1908, the son of a former M.P. for Wells, he was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, and joined the diplomatic service. Mr. Norman Smart, insurance broker at Lloyd's, born February, 1920, was educated at Harrow High School. A law student. Vice-chairman of Woolwich Labour Party since 1950. Served with the R.A.F., 1939-46, in Italy, Sicily, Malta, and France. Mr. Alexander Wilson, a tutor, contested Streatham in 1950. Born in August, 1901; educated at City of London School and Edinburgh University. Was organizer of Northern Liberal Federation, 1927-29, and organizing secretary of Streatham Liberal Association, 1946-50. WOOLWICH East Electorate : 51,679 Mayhew, C. P. (Lab.) . . . 26,982 Harvey, R. J. (C.) . . . 15,420 Lab. majority .. . 11,562 NO CHANGE 1951 By-election :—Lab. 20,801 ; C, 13,449.— Lab. maj., 7,352. 1950 :—Lab., 26,604 ; C, 14,234; L., 1,504; Comm., 601; Ind., 252.—Lab. maj., 12,370. Mr. Christopher Mayhew was elected M.P. for South Norfolk, 1945-50. Defeated in 1950, he was returned at the 1951 East Woolwich by-election caused by the death of Mr. Ernest Bevin. He was Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1946-50. Son of a former High Sheriff of Norfolk, he was educated at Hai ley-bury and Christ Church, Oxford, where he won the university economics prize and became president of the Union. He served on the continent and in North Africa during the war. Mr. Jon Harvey contested the constituency at the 1951 by-election. He is a barrister. Born 1917; educated at Waterford and Mountjoy School, Dublin, and Trinity College, Dublin. He is a member of Holborn Borough Council. Served with the Forces, 1942-45. WOOLWICH West Electorate : 54,226 ?Steward, W. A. (C.) .. 23,385 Silkin, J. E. (Lab.) . . 22,041 Phillips, D. (L.)... 2,040 C. majority.... 1,344 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 21,257 ; Lab., 21,118; L., 3,279.— C. maj., 139. Mr. William Steward won the constituency in 1950, having been defeated at Southwark in 1945. He is a restaurateur and farmer. Born 1901 ; educated at Norwich Model School and privately. He is a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Distillers and a member of the council of the Caterers' Association. Vice-chairman of London Conservative Union. During the war he was a catering officer with the R.A.F. Mr. John Silkin contested St. Marylebone in 1950. Solicitor. Born March, 1923 ; educated at Dulwich College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Youngest son of. Lord Silkin, he is married to Rosamund John, the actress. A lieutenant in the R.N.V.R., he served in H.M.S. King George V during the war. Mr. David Phillips is a London Transport driver. Born March, 1906; secondary school education. Branch secretary and London delegate, Transport and General Workers' Union, 1939-49. Workers' representative on the Ministry of Insurance appeals tribunal. He visited the United States in 1950 lecturing for the New York State Liberal party. ACCRINGTON Electorate : 52,705 *Hynd, H. (Lab.)... 24,802 Goodhart, F. H. G. H. (C.)... 22,611 Lab. majority . . . . 2,191 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 23,295 ; C, 19,022 ; L., 5,403.— Lab. maj., 4,273. Mr. Henry Hynd was M.P. for Central Hackney, 1945-50, and was returned for Accring-ton at the 1950 General Election. He was Parliamentary private secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, 1945-48, and to the Minister of Defence, i 948-50. He is a trade union official. Born 1900 ; educated at Perth Academy. He is joint hon.secretary of the British Section, Inter-Parliamentary Union. Mr. Gerard Goodhart contested West Ham in 1935 and Ashton under Lyne in 1945. Solicitor. Born April, 1904; educated at Lancing and Hertford College, Oxford. His great-grandfather, Sir Francis Tress Barry, was M.P. for Windsor, 1890-1906, and his cousin, James Mason, represented the same constituency, 1906-18. ACTON Electorate : 51,292 *Sparks, J. A. (Lab.)...23,287 Ramseyer, Lt.-Cdr. L. F. (C.).... 21,296 Lab. majority .... 1,991 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 21,751 ; C, 19,116; L., 2,781 ; Comm., 663.—Lab. maj., 2,635. Mr. Joseph Sparks was elected for Acton in 1945, and again in 1950. He had previously contested Taunton, 1929, Chelmsford, 1931, and Buckingham, 1935. He was a junior whip 1950-51. He was a railway clerk. Born 1901, educated at Uffculm School and Central Labour Col^ lege. He is an al'dermah of Acton Borough Council and was chairman of the London District Council of National Union of Railwayrnen, 1935-45. Lt.-Cdr. Frank Ramseyer is an electrical engineer and a company director. Born February, 1915; educated at Minchenden School, South-gate. Has represented South Hammersmith on the London County Council since 1949 ; is a governor of Queen Charlotte's Hospital; a member of the executive of Hammersmith Chamber of Trade;and chairman of Latymer School Care Committee. He served in the Royal Navy in special service craft in the Mediterranean, was in H.M.S. Jikh when she was sunk, and was for a time Prisoner of war in Italy. Awarded the D.S.C. ALTRINCHAM AND SALE Electorate : 61,285 *Erroll, F. J. (C.) . . . . 33,987 O'Hara, J. B. (Lab.) .. .. 17,465 C. majority. .. 16,522 NO CHANGE 1950 :—c., 30,843 ; Lab., 16,544; L., 6,340.— C. maj., 14,299. Mr. Frederick Erroll has represented the constituency since 1945. He I? a company director. Born 1914; educated at °un.dle and Trinity Col-lege, Cambridge. He served an engineering apprenticeship, and is an associate member of the institutions of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and nan. secretary of the Association °f British Chambers of Commerce. Joint secretary of Conservative Trade and Industry Committee, and deputy chairman of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. He served during the war as technical adviser on armoured fighting vehicles to S.E.A.C. , Mr. Brian O'Hara contested South Fylde in j^O. He is a factory manager. Born October, I?1" ; educated at Canon Slade Grammar School. fe is president of Bolton Central Borough yabcmr Party, served on Bolton Town Council, 5-49, and is chairman of Bolton County gr School governors. He was with the «p —*-•• m France in 1940 and afterwards with "atforce." He is an ex-president of the Lancashire Chess Association. ASHTON UNDER LYNE Electorate : 48,490 Rhodes, H. (Lab.) .. .. 21,424 Lewis, K. (C.) .. .. 19,740 Lab. majority... 1,684 1950:—Lab., 20,970; C., 20,046; Comm., 459 —Lab. maj., 924. Mr. Hervey Rhodes became Parliamentary secretary to the Board °' Trade in the 1950 administration, after serving as Parliamentary Private secretary to Mr. ^Jarquand as Paymaster-general and Minister of 1 ensions. He has represented Ashton since 1945. i 1895 ; educated at an elementary school and Huddersfield Technical College. He served with the R.F.C. in the 1914-18 war, and was awarded the D.F.C. and bar. A woollen manufacturer, he has been a member of the Parliamentary Textile Committee and the trade and industry groups. Mr. Kenneth Lewis contested Newton in 1945 and in 1950. He is a travel and publicity agent. Born July, 1916; educated at Jarrow Central School and Edinburgh University. A Middlesex county councillor. He was public relations officer of the County of London Electric Supply Company until nationalization, when he resigned and started his own publicity business. During the war he served with the Pathfinders in the R.A.F. BARKING Electorate : 55,219 ?Hastings, S. (Lab.) .. .. 30,486 Underhill, M. T. B. (C.) .. 11,340 Cork, N. H. (L.) . . . . 3,387 Lab. majority . . . . 19,146 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 30,299 ; C, 10,269 ; L., 5,109.— Lab. maj., 20,030. Mr. Somerville Hastings represented Reading, 1923-24 and 1929-31, and was returned for Barking in 1945 and 1950. He is a retired surgeon. Born 1878; educated at Wycliffe College, Stone-house, Glos., London University College, and Middlesex Hospital. He is chairman of the board of governors of the West London Hospital and St. Mark's Hospital, and on the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. He has served on the London County Council since 1934, and was chairman 1944-45. First president of the Socialist Medical Association. Mr. Michael Underhill, a barrister, born February, 1918, was educated at Radley College and Brasenose College, Oxford. He is interested in social questions and for three years was adviser at a free legal aid centre in Bethnal Green, and has written for various magazines on legal and general topics. Served with The Gloucestershire Regiment, 1939-42, and the 2nd Gurkhas, Indian Army, 1942-46. Mr. Norman Cork is an associate member of the Institute of Export. Born in 1916; educated at Loughborough. Chairman of South Chingford Liberal Association. Served during the war in Normandy, Belgium, and Germany. BARNSLEY Electorate : 69,694 Schofield, S. (Lab.)... 37,523 Whitaker, G. (C. & Nat. L.) ... 9,296 Walker, G. H. (L.) .. 7,002 Lab. majority.. 28,227 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 42,008 ; L., 10,799 ; Nat. L. and C, 8,480.—Lab. maj., 31,209. Mr. Sidney Schofield, son of a miner, has spent all his working life at Glass Houghton Colliery, near Castleford, as a coal-face worker. He hoisted the National Coal Board flag at the colliery on vesting day, his grandfather having put up the original flag at the sinking of the pit 80 years ago. Born March 1911, educated locally. Served with the Royal Engineers 1940-46, and was commended for work on the salvage of an American ship in the Mediterranean. Mr. Geoffrey Whitaker is at present a law student. Born 1924; educated at Sheffield and Leeds universities, and Downing College, Cambridge, where he took B.A. and LL.B. degrees. Secretary and vice-chairman of Barnsley Young Conservatives; member of the Yorkshire Area speakers' panel. Served for four years with the R.A.F. Mr. Howard Walker, a solicitor, contested Barnsley in 1950. Born in April, 1908 ; educated at Mill Hill School and St. John's College, Cambridge. President of Penistone Liberal Association ; boy scout district commissioner; Methodist local preacher. Commissioned in The Green Howards and seriously wounded at El Alamein in 1942. Polling took place on November 8, after the death of Mr. Collindridge, the former member and nominated Labour candidate. BARROW IN FURNESS Electorate : 54,459 *Monslow, W. (Lab.) .. .. 26,709 Lawton, K. F. (C.) .. .. 20,225 Lab. majority .. .. 6,484 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 26,342 ; C, 16,793 ; L., 3,678.— Lab. maj., 9,549. Mr. Walter Monslow has represented the division since 1945. He is organizing secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. Born 1895 ; educated at an elementary school. He worked on the G.W.R. as cleaner, fireman, and driver 1911-33. He contested Newcastle upon Tyne Central in 1935, and in 1937 led the T.U.C. delegation to Russia. Mr. Kenneth Lawton, a barrister, was born August, 1924, and educated at Barrow Grammar School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Lecturer in law at Wallasey College of Commerce. Member of Liverpool Industrial Advisory Council. Secretary and treasurer of Cambridge University Conservative Association, 1946-47. Served with Fleet Air Arm, 1943-45. BATH Electorate : 58,799 *Pitman, I. J. (C.)...27,826 Mishcon, C. J. V. (Lab.)... 22,530 C. majority... 5,296 NO CHANGE 1950:—C., 23,070 ; Lab., 19,340 ; L 6 508 — C.maj., 3,730. Mr. Isaac Pitman was returned for Bath in 1945 and in 1950. A publisher, and joint managing director of Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Limited, being the grandson of Sir Isaac Pitman, inventor of Pitman's shorthand. Born 1901 ; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He is vice-chairman of the management committee of the University of London Institute of Education, and was director of organization and methods at the Treasury, 1943-45. Ex-director of Bank of England. A rugby international, and an Oxford blue for rugby and running. Public schools middle-weight boxing champion, 1919. Mr. Victor Mishcon was defeated at North-West Leeds in 1950. Solicitor. Born in 1915; educated at City of London School. Member of London County Council since 1946; chairman of Public Central Committee. Member of Standing Joint Committee, County of London Sessions, and chairman of governors of secondary schools in South London. BATLEY AND MORLEY Electorate : 57,453 ?Broughton, Dr. A. D. D. (Lab.) 29,326 Northam, R. (C.) .. .. 19,811 Lab. majority... 9,515 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 29,776 ; C, 19,891.—Lab. maj., 9,885. Dr. Alfred Broughton won the seat at a by-election in 1949, and was re-elected in 1950. He is a physician, and hon. secretary of Parliamentary Medical Committee. Born October, 1902; educated at Ros-sall School, Downing College, Cambridge, and the London Hospital. Member of Batley Borough Council 1946-49. Served with the R.A.F.V.R. during the war. Is a Serving Brother of Order of St. John. Mr. Reginald Northam is principal of Swin-ton Conservative College. He is a barrister and a graduate of Queens' College, Cambridge. He was president of the Cambridge Union in 1923. BEBINGTON Electorate : 66,742 *Oakshott, H. D. (C.)..... 30,611 Harby, E. W. (Lab. & Co-op.) 22,190 Banks, T. M. (L.) 4,477 C. majority . . . . 8,421 NO CHANGE 1950.—C, 25,309 ; Lab., 22,090 ; L., 10,324. —C. maj., 3,219. Mr. Hendrie Oakshott won the seat in l950. He is a timber agent. Born November, '904 ; educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge. After service lr> the Middle East and in I(aly he held a staff appointment at the War Pffice before being invalided out of the Army jn 1945 with the rank of •leutenant-colonel. Mr. Edward Harby is a commercial manager; °orn June, 1893; educated at Holy Trinity j^'iool, Greenwich. Chairman of Liverpool "ranch. Association of Supervisory Staffs, executives and Technicians. For three-and-a-nait years was voluntary relief worker under d il Si i tl Eys was voluntary relief woker 'lends International Service in central Europe "d th N f h 191418 Chi ?"s International Service in central Europe a"d the Near East after the 1914-18 war. Chairman 1950 of sub-committee E.C.A. industrial Productivity in western Europe. For 30 years has r;er> in timber trade, mostly engaged on daministration. Mr. Thomas Banks, a barrister and chairman 1 a laundry group, contested Dewsbury in 1945 «d Wirral in 1950. 3orn 1910; educated at "oylake, Birkenhead, and FitzwilHam House, "pambndgc. Was member of Hoylakc Urban 194fi!iCt Council f°r 10 years and chairman . 10-47; chairman of Wirral Liberal Associa-uon; member of Y.M.C.A. national council. -sived R.A.S.C. during the war. BECKENHAM Electorate : 74,370 *Buchan-Hepburn, P. G. T. (C.) ... 41,282 Magonet, Dr. A. P. (Lab.) ... 19,982 C. majority . . 21,300 NO CHANGE 1950;—C., 38,102; Lab., 18,723; L., 6,834.— Mr. Patrick Buchan-Hepburn represented the East Toxteth division of Liverpool, 193 1-50; elected for Beckenham in 1950 ; contested East Wolverhampton, 1929. Was appointed an Assistant Government Whip in 1939 and soon afterwards a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. In 1945 he became Deputy Conservative Chief Whip and from 1948-51 he was Opposition Chief Whip. Born in April, 1901, he was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. During the war he joined the 11th City of London Yeomanry and became a brigade major. Dr. Philip Magonet, a physician, born in April, 1904, was educated at North-western University, Chicago, and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. He is president of the Medical Hypnosis Association, and was a captain in the R.A.M.C. during the war. BEXLEY Electorate ; 64,349 "Heath, E. R. G. (C.) .. 29,069 Bramall, E. A. (Lab.)... 27,430 C. majority ... 1,639 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 25,854 ; Lab., 25,721 ; L., 4,186 ; Comm., 481.—C. maj., 133. Mr. Edward Heath was elected in 1950 and appointed a Conservative whip in 1951. He is a banker. Born, 1916; educated at Chatham House School, Ramsgate, and Balliol College, Oxford ; President of the Union, 1939, and took part in an Oxford Union debating tour in the United States. Is Master Gunner within the Tower of London. Served in the Army, 1940-46, and commanded an R.A. unit in Europe. Mr. Ashley Bramall was elected for Bexley at a by-election in 1946, but was defeated in 1950. He contested Fareham in 1945. A barrister; born January, 1916; educated at Westminster and Canford Schools and Magdalen College, Oxford. For two years member of Twickenham Borough Council. Served wilh the Army, 1940-46, and rose to rank of major. In 1938 was treasurer of the Oxford Union. BILSTON Electorate : 61,299 Nally, W. (Lab. & Co-op.) 31,381 Spencer, C. G. (C.) .. 19,352 Lab. & Co-op, majority 12,029 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab. & Co-op., 29,919; C, 17 858 — Lab. & Co-op, maj., 12,061. Mr. William Nally won the constituency in 1945 and was re-elected in 1950. Born December, 1914 ; elementary school education. Was a war correspondent in northwest Europe during the | war, after being discharged as medically unfit from the R.A. At the age of 17 he was leader of the Labour Youth movement in Manchester. He was Parliamentary private secretary to the Minister of Town and Country Planning, and secretary of the Parliamentary Labour Party's Commonwealth Group. Mr. Gordon Spencer was unsuccessful Liberal candidate for East Bristol in 1929 and as the • National Liberal and Conservative candidate for Barnsley in 1950. His wife was the Conservative candidate for Loughborough. He is a marketing adviser. Educated at London University. During the war he was a welfare officer in the Southern Command. BIRKENHEAD Electorate : 63,762 *Collick, P. H. (Lab.) . ... 29,014 Reney-Smith, M. (C.)... 23,765 Lab. majority ... . . 5,249 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 26,472 ; C, 20,343 ; L., 5,234 ; Comm., 971.—Lab. maj., 6,129. Mr. Percy Collick was member for West Birkenhead, 1945-50, and elected for the re-formed constituency, 1950 ; contested Reigate 1929 and 1931. He was joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, 1945-47. Assistant Secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. Born 1897. Served on the national executive of the Labour Party, 1944, and T.U.C. general purposes committee, 1930-34 ; a member of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Mr. Maxwell Reney-Smith, solicitor, born March, 1906, was educated at Radley College and University College, Oxford. Member of Birkenhead Town Council. Long legal association with British West Africa in the Colonial Service, from which he resigned in 1933 to practise in Birkenhead. Returned to West Africa during the war, serving as Deputy Judge-Advocate, H.Q., British Troops, West Africa, 1941-42, and later in other theatres. BIRMINGHAM Aston Electorate : 59,777 •Wyatt, W. L. (Lab.) .. 27,899 Sweet, C. (C.) .... 16,136 Keatley, S. W. (Ind.).... 545 Lab. majority .. .. 11,763 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 28,867; C, 16,826- L 1487-Ind., 338.—Lab. maj., 12,041. Mr. Woodrow Wyatt was Financial Secretary, War Office, from May to Oct. 1951. He was a member of the Parliamentary delegation to India, and personal assistant to Sir Stafford Cripps on the Cabinet Mission to India in 1946. A journalist and author, he was first elected for Aston in 1945, at the age of 27, after war service in which he rose to the rank of major. Born in 1918 ; educated at Eastbourne College and Worcester College, Oxford. Mr. Clement Sweet, progress manager, born January, 1906, was educated at King Edward's Grammar School, Aston. A Birmingham City councillor. Has served on executive committees of the Birmingham Unionist Association and the West Midlands Federation. Associated with youth clubs and the Boy Scout movement for many years. Mr. S. W. Keatley contested the constituency in 1950. Born in 1892, he is a manufacturer of enamel badges. Undenominational religious services are held in a hall which he built in his garden. He stood as an Independent at the 1950 electron because he felt that he had a mission in the cause of peace. BIRMINGHAM Edgbaston Electorate : 60,278 *Bennett, Sir P. F. B. (C.) . . 29,477 Pringle, W. J. S. (Lab.) .. 16,373 C. majority... . . .. 13,104 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 29,404 ;Lab., 17,512. —C. maj., 11,892. Sir Peter Bennett was elected, unopposed, in 1940 and has held the seat since. A company director. Born 1880; educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham. He is a past president of the Federation of British Industries and of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders ; a member of the British Council of the International Chamber of Commerce ; United kingdom chairman of the Anglo-American Council of Productivity. A governor of Birmingham University and of the Imperial College of Science and Technology. Director-general of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of supply, during war. Mr. William Pringle, an analytical and research chemist, was born November, 1916; educated at Bembridge School, Isle of Wight, and London University. Member of St. Albans City Council, 1945-47. and Hertfordshire County Council, 1946-49. Formerly branch chairman and secretary of Association of Scientific Workers. Son of the late Mr. W. M. R. Pringle, at one time a Liberal M.P. BIRMINGHAM Erdington Electorate : 67,425 *Silverman, J. (Lab.) .. 29,561 Broome, D. H. (C.) .... 26,153 Lab. majority . .. 3,408 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 29,252; C, 23,842 ; L., 3,408.— Lab. maj., 5,410. Mr. Julius Silverman contested Moseley in 'y-'5 and has represented trdmgton, 1945-51. First employed as a warehouseman, he later read r°r the Bar and now Practises in Birmingham. ™5 was born in 1905 ; Seated at Leeds High School, of Birmingham Council, 1934-45. »er of the 1946 ariianientary delegation to Germany. Mr. Derek Broome contested Clayton in 1950. wirt/r a Production and development engineer Srh i1- Born June' I922' educated at King's <-nool, Ely, and Oriel College, Cambridge. An partftlCe at tne Ro"s-Royce works in the early for tne war: ne t>ecame a test flight engineer his pr-ototyPe aircraft. Was badly burned when ser a?rcraft crashed. After convalescence he Work h ^ Fleet Air Arm' ^42-46. In 1947 he ;d his passage to America and visited the Machine Tool Show. BIRMINGHAM Hall Green Electorate : 58,077 Jones, A. (C.) ... 27,289 Crehan, T. (Lab.)... 20,874 C. majority... 6,415 NO CHANGE 1950:—C., 24,444 ; Lab.,20,591; L., 3,703.— C. maj., 3,853. Mr. Aubrey Jones was elected in 1950 ; contested South-East Essex in 1945 and the Heywood and Radcliffe by-election 1946. He is assistant director of the British Iron and Steel Federation. Born November, 1911 ; educated at Merthyr Tydfil Secondary School and London School of Economics. Served on the intelligence staff at the War Office and in Mediterranean theatre during the war. Previously he was a journalist and foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, and Berlin. Mr. Thomas Crehan contested the constituency in 1950. Administrative officer in education; born March, 1919; educated at Dunfermline High School, George Dixon Grammar School, Birmingham, and Birmingham University. Member of Staffordshire County Council. Has been a schoolmaster and full-time tutor in adult education. BIRMINGHAM Handsworth Electorate : 57,830 *Boyle, Sir E. C. G. (C.) ... 27,201 Evely, R. W. (Lab.) .... 18,494 C. majority .... 8,707 NO CHANGE 1950 By-election:—C, 22,083; Lab., 13,852; Ind. Peace, 453.—C. maj., 8,231. 1950 :__ C, 24,246; Lab., 18,774; L., 4,926.— C. maj., 5,472. Sir Edward Boyle was returned at the 1950 by-election ; contested Perry Barr in 1949. A journalist. Born 1923 ; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford ; president of the Union, 1948. He toured America in 1947-48 as member of a university debating team. Mr. Richard Evely, economic research worker, born May, 1925, was educated at Liskeard council and county schools and University College, Exeter. Worked for two years in Labour Party research department on preparation of 1950 General Election programme. Member of Association of Scientific Workers, the Fabian Society, and the South Suburban Co-operative Society. BIRMINGHAM King's Norton Electorate : 64,661 *Lloyd, G. W. (C.) .... 30,456 Howell, D. H. (Lab.)... 22,325 C. majority .... 8,131 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 27,308 ; Lab., 21,715; L., 4,940— C. maj., 5,593. Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd held office in the wartime administration as Secretary for Mines, Secretary for Petroleum. Minister in charge of the Petroleum Warfare Department and Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Fuel and Power. The " Pluto " and " Fido " projects were developed during his term of office. From 1935 he had been Under-Secretary at the Home Office, and took part in A.R.P. planning. In the " Caretaker" Government he was appointed Minister of Information. In 1945 he was defeated in the Ladywood division, which he had represented since 1931, but returned to Parliament for King's Norton in 1950. Before entering Parliament he had been private secretary in turn to Sir Samuel Hoare and Mr. Baldwin. From 1946 to 1949 he was a governor of the B. B.C. Born 1902 ; educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, president of the Union, 1924. Mr. Denis Howell is a clerk. Born in 1923, he was educated at Handsworth Grammar School. A Birmingham City councillor since 1946 and secretary of the Labour group. An executive member of the West Regional Council of Labour and chairman of Birmingham Engineering No.1 Branch. BIRMINGHAM Ladywood Electorate : 52,223 *Yates, V. F. (Lab.) ... 24,008 Seymour, L. (C.).... 16,331 Lab. majority... 7,677 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 25,603; C, 16,071.—Lab. maj., 9,532. Mr. Victor Yates was elected for Ladywood in 1945, and again in 1950. A clerk. Born 1900; elementary school education; won scholarships for an industrial training course at Birmingham University and to Ruskin College, Oxford. A Birmingham City councillor for six years, and a governor of King Edward's Grammar School, Birmingham, for 15 years. For 29 years a member of Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union, and has served on the national executive. Mr. Leslie Seymour, is a toolmaker. Born November, 1900, educated at King's Norton Secondary School and Solihull Grammar School. Member of Birmingham City Council since 1937. Appointed chairman of the Civil Defence Committee in 1944, when he had particular responsibility for the city's war-time British Restaurants. BIRMINGHAM Northfield Electorate : 60,363 Chapman, W. D. (Lab.) . . 26,580 Chandler, M. (C.) .. .. 23J3O Lab. majority . . . . 2,850 LAB. GAIN FROM IND. *„* This seat was held by Mr. R. Blackburn, who was elected as a Labour M.P., but left the party and became an Independent. 1950 :—Lab., 26,714 ; C, 19,974; L.. 3,280; Comm., 479.—Lab. maj., 6,740. Mr. Donald Chapman is general secretary of the Fabian Society. Born November, 1923 ; educated at Barnsley Grammar School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was senior scholar, and did three years' research work in agricultural economy. He was secretary of the Cambridge City Trades Council and Labour Party, 1944-47, and a member of the City Council, 1945-47. A writer and broadcaster. Mr. Maurice Chandler, an education officer, was born October, 1920; educated at Royal Grammar School, Worcester, and Hertford College, Oxford. President of University Conservative Association, 1947, and member of library and standing committee of Oxford Union for five terms. Served with Royal Artillery, 1939-46. Takes keen interest in Church affairs, and is a lay reader. BIRMINGHAM Perry Barr Electorate : 49,548 *Poole, C. C. (Lab.) ... 23,322 Ward, Mrs. S. A. (C.) ... 16,855 Lab. majority . ... 6,467 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 23,178 ; C, 15,172; L., 2,581.— Lab. maj., 8,006. Mr Cecil Poole was M.P. for Lichfield, 1938-50, and was returned for Perry Barr in 1950. He §§f was Parliamentary pri- "* vate secretary to Mr. Harold Wilson at the Board of Trade. A railway clerk. Born 1902 ; educated at Ludlow Grammar School. He was a member of the Wai sail Borough Council, 1931-38. Served with the Royal Engineers during the war, as a major. Mrs. Sarah Ward was Conservative member for Cannock, 1931-35. She was defeated at Lichfield and Tamworth in 1950. She comes from a family which has been farming in Stafford--nire for generations, and is married to a farmer. 1~taff°r'ishire county councillor, she served as | V-A.D. nurse in the 1914-18 war and in the A-i-S. with the R.A. in 1939-45. BIRMINGHAM Small Heath Electorate : 63,504 *Longden, F. (Lab. & Co-op.) . . 31,079 Irwin, F. (C.)......15,156 Smith, F. G. (L.) . . . . 2,779 Lab. & Co-op, majority 15,923 NO CHANGE 1950:_Lab. & Co-op, 31,955; C, 15,566; L.., 3,385.—Lab. & Co-op maj., 16,429. Mr. Frederick Longden was M.P. for Dentend, 1929-31 and ly45-50; and was returned for Small Heath. 111 .1950. A lecturer and Writer. Born February, 1894; educated at elementary schools, Workers' Educational Association, Manchester University, and Ruskin College, Oxford. Gained Q'plomas in economics, Political science, and in sociological studies-A member of the Foundrymen's Union. Author of number of books and pamphlets. Mr. Francis Irwin contested Bridgeton in l'JU. A journalist and law student, he was "O June, 1928; educated at Glasgow and Queen's College, Oxford. Travelled ope studying post-war conditions, particu- in Spain. Mr. F. G. Smith ;s an accountant and secre- sPec'ai'zin§ m. taxation matters. Born in ; educated at King Edward Grammar School, nh I? . M gg irrningham He is secretary of Birmingham and y est Midlands Area Council of National Federa-n of old age pensioners' associations. BIRMINGHAM Sparkbrook Electorate : 51,607 *Shurmer, P. L. E. (Lab.) .. 24,184 Lonsdale, Lt.-Col. R. T. H. (C.)........15,248 Lab. majority . 1950:—Lab., 24,942; C, J«.— Lab. maj., 9,675. Mr. Percy Shurmer ^feated Mr. L. S. Amery in the 1945 election and was re-elected for Spark- & in l95°- Bom '*"« ; educated at council Schools. Went to sea for ?_ume, and later worked '' ? the Post Office ^gineering department. *councillor for 13 years anQ alderman for 15 years of Birmingham City Council. Awarded National Commendation for rescue work in air-raids on Birmingham 1941. Served with the Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Army, 1914-18 war. Lt.-Col. Richard Lonsdale contested Poplar, 1950. Born December, 1913 ; educated at Eastbourne College and R.M.C., Sandhurst, [n 1939 was awarded the M.C. on the North-West Frontier. In 1944 was at Arnhem with the Parachute Regiment, where he collected and led the " Lonsdale Force" in the closing stages. Twice wounded, he received a bar to the D.S.O., which he won in Sicily. Played rugby for Army and awarded Irish international trial cap, 1937. BIRMINGHAM Stechford Electorate : 70,951 ?Jenkins, R. H. (Lab.) ....34,355 Pitt, Miss E. M. (C.) .... 23,384 Lab. majority ... 10,971 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 33,077 : C, 20,699; L., 2,789.— Lab. maj., 12,378. Mr. Roy Jenkins contested Solihull, 1945 ; elected for Southwark Central, 1948, and for Stechford, 1950. An economist and author. Born November, 1920 ; educated at Abersychan County School and Balliol College, Oxford, gaining first-class in final honours school of philosophy, politics, and economics ; was secretary and librarian of Oxford Union Society. A member of the Fabian Society executive committee. He has written a biography of Mr. Attlee. Miss Edith Pitt, the first woman to contest a Birmingham constituency for the Conservatives, was defeated at the 1950 election. She is an industrial welfare officer. Born October, 1906, educated at Bordesley Green Council School. A member of Birmingham City Council for eight years, and chairman of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee; deputy-chairman of the Birmingham Sanatoria Management Committee. She is a vice-chairman of the Birmingham Unionist Association. BIRMINGHAM Yardley Electorate: 51,994 *Usborne, H. C. (Lab.) .. . . 22,800 Shaw, A. E. (C.) .. .. 20,099 Lab. majority.... 2,701 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 22,342; C, 18,431 ; L., 2,553 ;Comm., 347.—Lab. maj., 3,911. Mr. Henry Usborne was elected for Acocks Green in 1945 and returned for Yardley in 1950. He is an engineer, and chairman of a Droit-wich company. Born January, 1909 ; educated at Bradfield College and Corpus Christi, Cambridge. He is a founder and hon. secretary of the Parliamentary group for world government, and a member of the Parliamentary committee of the Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives, and Technicians. Mr. Albert Shaw, a plumbing contractor, was born October, 1897, and received an elementary school education. He is a member of Birmingham City Council, and his wife is also a member. He was at one time a national delegate from the plumbing trades union to the Joint Industrial Council, and later became an employer's representative on the council, and has had the unusual experience of negotiating for both sides of the industry. BLACKBURN East Electorate : 41,310 ?Castle, Mrs. B. A. (Lab.) . 19,661 Leavey, J. A. (C.) . 17,029 Lab. majority .. 2,632 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 19,480; C, 14,662; L., 2,743.— Lab. maj., 4,818. Mrs. Barbara Castle was one of the two M.P.s for Blackburn in 1945, and was elected for East Blackburn in 1950. Parliamentary private secretary to Sir Stafford Cripps at the Board of Trade and subsequently to Mr. Harold Wilson. A journalist. Born October, 1911 ; educated at Bradford Girls' Grammar School and St.Hugh's College, Oxford. She was a member of St. Pancras Borough Council, 1937-45, and of the Metropolitan Water Board, 1940-45. Mr. Anthony Leavey contested the constituency in 1950. He is a factory manager. Born March, 1915; educated at Mill Hill School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge: He is a director of a company with weaving and spinning mills in Colne and Rawtenstall, and managing director of another business in Nelson. During the war he served with the Inniskilling Dragoons in France and Belgium before the retreat, and returned with them to France soon after D-Day. BLACKBURN West Electorate : 41,285 *Assheton, R. (C.) .. . .' 19,695 Casasola, R. W. (Lab.) .. 16,996 C. majority ... 2,699 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 19,329 ; Lab., 17,45O. -C. maj.,1,879. Mr. Ralph Assheton held office during the war successively as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministries of Labour and Supply and Financial Secretary to the Treasury. He represented the Rushcliffe division from 1934 until his defeat in 1945. Later he was elected for the City of London, and when that constituency was joined with Westminster he successfully contested West Blackburn. From 1944 to 1946 he was chairman of the Conservative Party Organization, and has served as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. He is a descendant of Sir John de Assheton, who was summoned to Parliament in 1323. Mr. Assheton was born in 1901 ; educated at Eton and Christ Church. Oxford, and was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1925. Mr. Roland Casasola contested Stalybridge and Hyde, 1935, Stockport, 1945, and Moss Side. 1951. A trade union official, he worked for nearly 30 years as a moulder. Born May, 1893 : educated at Cheetham Hill School, Manchester, and with National Council of Labour Colleges. He is an executive member of the Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers, and helped to form the International Foundry Workers' Federation. A member of the Railway Shopmen's National Council and of the Shipbuilding and Engineering Confederation. BLACKPOOL North Electorate : 58,271 "Low, A. R. W. (C.) . . . . 29,956 Hyde-Price, S. V. (Lab.) .. 12,727 C. majority.. 17,229 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 31,655; Lab., 15,308.—C. maj., 16,346. Mr. Austin Low won North Blackpool in 1945 and 1950. He is a banker, and was a practising barrister until 1946. Born 1914; educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. Chairman of the all-party committee on migration. During the war served in Greece, Crete, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Italy, and Austria finishing his service with rank of brigadier ; Commander of Legion of Merit (U.S.A.), Croix de Guerre (with palms). He was recalled under the Z reserve scheme, 1951. Mr. Samuel Hyde-Price, a postman and former miner, is president of Blackpool Trades Council. Born 1899; educated at Woodlands School, Doncaster. He is a member of the Union of Post Office Workers and a member of the executive for 10 years, and a member of the staff side of the Post Office Whitley Council. BLACKPOOL South Electorate : 55,910 *Robinson, J. R. (C.) . . 28,171 Lomas, K. (Lab.)... 13,750 C. majority .. 14,421 NO CHANGE 1950;—C, 26,800; Lab., 14,190; L., 5,295.— C maj., 12,610. Mr. Roland Robinson was M.P. for Widnes, 1931-35, Blackpool,'935-45, and has represented South Blackpool since 1945. He is a barrister. Born February, •907 ; educated at Black-Pool Grammar School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. President of the Association of Health and Pleasure Resorts and Past-president of the Residential Hotels Association of Great Britain. He became a wing commander in tne R.A.F.V.R. during the war. Mr. Kenneth Lomas, a trade union clerk, was °°rn in November, 1922, and educated at Ashton under Lyne council and modern schools. He is emp]Oyed at the Central Office of the Union of ?noP, Distributive, and Allied Workers, and has oeen a trade union secretary and lecturer. He served four years with Royal Marine Commando "Jioup during the war. BLYTH Electorate : 62,615 Robens, A. (Lab.) .... 39,823 Peters, G. (C.)... 14,184 Lab. majority. . 25,639 NO CHANGE 1950 ;—Lab., 40,245 ; C, 13,665.-Lab. maj., 26,580. Mr. Alfred Robens ™?ceeded Mr. Bevan as ^mister of Labour in *Pnl, 1951, after serving ds Parliamentary Secrecy. Ministry of Fuel ind Power since 1947. °°m 1910; educated at I council school. In 1935 3? became an official of "'e Union of Distributive atl 1888 ; elementary education. An aldermanS\-L* »-. - - ~ .»• j !,?( CLJlVJ.^J.ljIl.CLJl ur Barry Borough Coun-,193-9-45, and mayor. cil ,Iy41. Me was a ^ aoour inspector at South j .//.ales ports, 1941-42. visited Malaya with a f filamentary delegation i in 1948. A Baptist l0cal preacher. Mr. Kenelm Dalby is a chartered accountant, and an expert in income-tax and cost accounting.anri ne> !899; educated at Newton College na the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Served with the Regular Army, 1918-28, at home and oversea, and during the last war he commanded a Royal Artillery regiment and served at Dunkirk, and in Africa, Italy, and Belgium and Holland, and was awarded the D.S.O. Has travelled widely, including Russia and Spain. BRISTOL North-East Electorate : 49,911 ?Coldrick, W. (Lab. & Co-op.) . 21,910 Nixon-Eckersall, G. M. (C. & Nat. L.) . ... 19,410 Lab. & Co-op, majority 2,500 NO CHANGE 1950:Lab. & Co-op., 20,456; C. and Nat.L., 16,032 ; L., 4,848.—Lab. & Co-op, maj., 4,374. Mr. William Coldrick has represented North-East Bristol since 1945. In the last Parliament he was chairman of the House of Commons Kitchen Committee. He is an organizer and lecturer. Born February, 1896 ; educated at elementary schools and the Labour College, London. A former member of Monmouthshire County Council. He is chairman of the Co-operative Party national committee, a member of the National Council of Labour, and of the Cooperative Union central executive committee. Mr. George Nixon-Eckersall was born February, 1907, and educated at the Imperial Service College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was invalided out of the Army in 1925, and after various jobs and a period on the dole became a senior executive in London with a multiple firm. He served with the Royal Marines during the 1939-45 war, was taken prisoner by the Italians in 1942, and in 1946 he gave evidence at the War Crimes Trial in Italy. BRISTOL North-West Electorate : 61,506 *Braithwaite, Lt.-Cmdr. J. G.(C)........28,394 Morris, C. (Lab.) .... 24,553 C. majority ..... 3,841 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,884 ; Lab., 21,394; L., 4,784.— C. maj., 2,490. Lt.-Cmdr. Gurney Braithwaite contested Rotherhithe, 1929 ; represented Hillsborough (Sheffield), 1931-35, and Holderness, 1939-50; elected for North-West Bristol, 1950. A stockbroker and company director. Born, May, 1895 ; educated at Downs School, Colwall, and Bootham School, York. During the 1914-18 war he took part in the Suvla Bay landing and the Palestine operations. In the 1939-45 war he helped in the organization of convoys sailing from the Thames estuary. Mr. Claud Morris, who contested the constituency in 1950, is a journalist. Born in January, 1920; educated at Ludgvan elementary school. He began work as a farm labourer, later entering journalism and becoming editor of an agricultural journal. He served in the last war as correspondent with the Canadian Army, and later was a gunner in the Merchant Navy. Afterwards he served as personal assistant to Mr. Shinwell. BRISTOL South Electorate : 47,576 *Wilkins, W. A. (Lab.) . . 24,444 Buckle, H. E. P. (C.) . 14,161 Lab. majority . . . 10,283 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 23,456 ; C, 12,473 : L., 3,259.— Lab. maj., 10,893. Mr. William Wilkins was first elected in 1945. He was a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1950, and an assistant whip, 1947-50. He was a linotype operator. Born, January, 1899 ; elementary school education. A former member of Bristol City Council, and of the executive of the Typographical Association. He served in the Royal Navy, 1917-19, in Q-ships. Mr. Herbert Buckle, employed by a Bristol manufacturing chemist, was born in March, 1927, and educated at Bristol elementary schools. He is a member of Bristol City Council. He worked for three years in the office of a brick company, and then for five years ran a business of his own which manufactured portable buildings. He also has a specialized knowledge of poultry keeping. BRISTOL South-East Electorate : 57,481 *Benn, A. N. W. (Lab.) .. . 30,811 Lindsay, J. L. (C.) .. . 16,555 Lab. majority . . . 14,256 1950 By-election :—Lab.,19,367 : C, 12,018 ; L., 2,752.—Lab. maj., 7,349. 1950 :— Lab., 29,393 ; C, 12,590 ; L., 4,463 ; Comm, 524.—Lab. maj., 16,803. NO CHANGE Mr. Wedgwood Benn was elected at the 1950 by-election caused by the resignation of Sir Stafford Cripps. The elder surviving son of Viscount Stansgate, he was born in April, 1925, and educated at Westminster School and New College, Oxford ; President of the Union, 1947. He is a journalist, and was a talks producer of the B.B.C. North American Service until 1950. Has twice visited America on lecturing tours. A pilot officer with R.A.F.V.R., 1943-46. Mr. James Lindsay contested the constituency at the 1950 by-election. Formerly an insurance broker at Lloyd's, he has farmed in South Africa and served in the British Embassy, Rome. Bora December, 1906; educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. Brother of the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. Served with The King's Royal Rifle Corps and with Commando groups during the war. BRISTOL West Electorate: 50,517 *Monckton, Sir W. (C.) .... 25,858 Lawrance, H. (Lab.) . . .. 11,716 Goldblatt, D. (L.) .. 3,115 C. majority . .. . 14,142 NO CHANGE 1951 By-election :—C, 22,216 ; Lab., 5,072.— C. maj., 17,144. 1950 :—C, 24,920; Lab., 12,677; L., 4,688.—C. maj., 12,242. Sir Walter Monckton, K.C., was elected at the 1951 by-election caused by the death of Mr. Oliver Stanley. Born January, 1891 ; educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford. Recorder of Hythe, 1930-37. Attorney-General to Prince of Wales, 1932-36. Director-General, Press and Censorship Bureau, 1939-40; Director-General, Ministry of Information, 1940-41. Director-General, British Propaganda and Information Services at Cairo. United Kingdom delegate, Allied Reparation Commission, Moscow, 1945. Mr. Harold Lawrance, railway clerk, contested the division at a 1951 by-election. Born in August, 1909 ; elementary and secondary school education. Chairman of Western Divisional Council of Transport Salaried Staffs' Association and of Weston-super-Mare Labour Party. Mr. David Goldblatt contested Finchley in 1945 and Colchester in 1950. He is a timber merchant and was on the Ministry of Supply Timber Advisory Committee during the war. Born 1896 ; educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Served abroad with the K.O.Y.L.I, in the first world war. BROMLEY Electorate : 48,486 "Macmillan, H. (C.) ...... 25,710 McKitterick, T. (Lab.)... 13,585 C. majority .. 12,125 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,042 ; Lab., 12,354; L., 4,847.— C. maj., 10,688. Mr. Harold Macmillan was Minister Resident in North-West Africa from 1942 to 1945 and in the " Caretaker " Government of 1945 was Secretary of State for Air. He had been Parliamentary Secretary, Min-lstry of Supply, 1940-42, and for a time Undersecretary for the Colonies. He entered Parliament in 1924 as . M-P. for Stockton-on-Tees. Defeated in 1929, he regained the seat in 1931 and held it until 1945. In November of that year he was returned for Bromley, and retained the seat in '950. Born in 1894, he was a scholar at Eton and exhibitioner at Baliiol, where he graduated with first-class honours. After service with the Grenadier Guards in the 1914-18 war he was *°r a time A.D.C. to the Governor-General of Canada, the Duke of Devonshire. He is a director of the publishing firm. Mr. Thomas McKitterick is an economic research worker. Born February, 1914 ; educated ^ St. John's School, Leatherhead, and Selwyn College, Cambridge. Vice-chairman, Inter-National Bureau of Fabian Society, and member S* Transport and General Workers' Union. Served with Intelligence Corps during the war ln the Middle East. BURNLEY Electorate : 62,364 *Burke, W. A. (Lab.) .. .. 31,261 Dunkley, Lt.-Col. D. P. (C.) 24,034 Lab. majority .... 7,227 No CHANGE 1950:-Lab., 30,685 ; C., 23,636 ; Comm., maj., 7,049 Mr. Wilfred Burke " ™ds hrst eiected for the Vynstituency in 1935. J~*e Was Assistant Post-rfjer-General from Ink to 1947. and a trabour whip in 1943. "°m in November, 1885, ne received a secondary c|iool education. He ptered commercial life m Manchester in 1918, and for many years was an official of the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers. Lt.-Col. Donald Dunkley, a retired officer of the Regular Army, was born in October, 1897, and educated at Hulme Grammar School, Manchester. He served in France, 1916-18, and during the last war became a staff officer of the Military Government in Germany and chief magistrate of Schleswig-Holstein. After his retirement in 1947 he read for the Bar. BURY AND RADCLIFFE Electorate : 67,090 ?Fletcher, W. (C.).. . . 29,949 Wright, L. E. T. (Lab.).... . . 28,058 C. majority 1,891 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 26,485 : Lab., 25,705 ; L., 5,662.— C. maj., 780. Mr.Walter Fletcher was M.P. for Bury, 1945-50, and for the new constituency, 1950-51. He is a director of a firm of rubber merchants. Born 1892; educated at Charterhouse and Lausanne University. He has exhibited, pictures in the Royal Academy in 1937 and 1938, and also privately in London. Has travelled extensively and is an authority on Far Eastern and colonial affairs. During the 1914-18 war he was a major in the R.A.O.C., and served on the Inter-Services Research Bureau, 1942. Mr. Lewis Wright contested Withington in 1950. He is a cotton trade union official and president of the Amalgamated Weavers' Association. Born 1903 ; elementary and secondary school education. A member of Ashton under Lyne Borough Council, 1935-47. He is on the management committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions, and was a member of the trade union officials' team visiting the United States in 1949. He was a member of the royal commission on the cotton industry. CAMBRIDGE Electorate : 60,064 *Kerr, H. W. (C.).... 26,570 Symonds, A. L. (Lab.) ..... 20,893 Josephy, Miss F. L. (L.) .... 3,257 C. majority .. . . 5,677 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C., 25,151; Lab., 20,297 ; L., 5,355.—C. maj., 4,854. Mr. Hamilton Kerr was member for Oldham, 1931-45, and was elected for Cambridge in 1950. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, in the "caretaker" Government. He worked as a journalist in London for three years before entering Parliament. Born August, 1903 ; educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. Served with an R.A.F. balloon squadron during the war. Mr. Arthur Symonds became first Labour M.P. for Cambridge in 1945, but was defeated in 1950. ? He is a teacher and Workers' EducationaJ Association lecturer. Born 1910; educated at St. Andrew's School, Chesterton; Perse School, Cambridge ; and Jesus College, Cambridge; and was chairman of the University Labour Club. He gained a half-blue for lacrosse. He served in the Middle East, and the Western Desert, and was attached to the Indian Army as a major. Miss Francis Josephy contested the division in 1950, and had previously contested Winchester, 1929, Basingstoke, 1931, and Devizes, 1935 and 1945. Lecturer and journalist. Born February, 1900; educated at Seymour Lodge, Dundee, St. Andrews University, and Newnham College, Cambridge. CARLISLE Electorate : 48,026 Hargreaves, A. (Lab.) . . 19,648 O'Reilly, N. T. (C.) .. 16,456 Gorsky, Mrs. D. M. (L.)... 5,886 Lab. majority . . 3,192 NO CHANGE 1950:-—Lab., 19,031 ; C, 13,850; L., 8,043.— Lab. maj., 5,181. Mr. Alfred Hargreaves was elected in 1950. He is a railway clerk. Born February, 1899. He served on the Liverpool City Council for 22 years, and is Ministry of Transport nominee on the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. He is president of Liverpool Trades Council and Labour Party, 1945. A member of the Railway Clerks' Association. Mr. Noel O'Reilly, a chartered accountant, was born in December, 1906, and received elementary and secondary school education. He is a member of Carlisle City Council, and chairman of the finance committee. He is secretary of the Carlisle sub-area of the Road Haulage Association, and was formerly vice-chairman of the finance committee of the association. Mrs. Doreen Gorsky contested Swindon in 1950, North Hackney in 1945, and also the S.E. Bristol by-election in 1950, caused by the resignation of Sir Stafford Cripps. She was educated privately and gained a London University external diploma in social studies. President of Women's Liberal Federation ; member of Liberal Party Executive and Party Committee; also chairman,.Women's Committee, Liberal International. During the war she was a British Red Cross assistant commandant. CHELTENHAM Electorate : 49,844 *Beach, Maj. W. W. H. (C.) .... 23,674 Finnigan, J. (Lab.) ..... 17,777 C. majority ... 5,897 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 18,009 ; Lab., 13,027 : Ind., 10,449. —C. maj., 4,982. Maj. W. Hicks Beach was defeated at Cheltenham in 1945, and elected at the 1950 election. He is a solictor. Born March, 1907; educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served with the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (T.A.), which he joined in 1933, and was adjutant in 1940. He is a great-nephew of Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Chancellor of Exchequer, 1895-1902. Mr. James Finnigan contested Tavistock in 1945. Born 1894; educated at elementary and grammar schools. He is a member of South-West Devon Education Committee, and governor of secondary and primary schools; and a member of the Devon and Cornwall electrical consultative committee, the Plymouth advisory committee to Minister of Fuel and Power, and serves on courts of referees under the Ministry of Labour and National Service. CHESTERFIELD Electorate : 64,762 *Benson, G. (Lab.).... 34,753 Nash, J. F. (C. & Nat. L.) .... 19,776 Lab. majority . . 14,977 NO CHANGE 1950:-Lab., 33,914; C. & Nat. L., 17,231 ; L., 4,052 ; Comm., 554.—Lab. maj., 16,683. Mr. George Benson was first elected for Chesterfield, 1929, defeated in 1931, and has been returned since 1935. He is an estate agent. Born May, 1889 ; educated at Manchester Grammar School. He is chairman of the Howard League for Penal Reform and a member of the Home Office Advisory Council on delinquency. He is also interested in financial matters, and in addition to books on this subject he has written a history of Socialism. Mr. John Nash, chartered accountant, practises in London and Kettering. Born August, '927; educated at Kimbolton School, Huntingdonshire. Served for two years in R.A.O.C. Qualified Association football referee. COVENTRY East Electorate : 60,115 Crossman, R. H. S. (Lab.) 32,108 Welby, G. B. (C.) 19,437 Lab. majority 12,671 NO CHANGE 1950 :_Lab., 30,456 ; C, 17,003 ; L., 5,420 ; Comm., 487.—Lab. maj., 13,453. Mr. Richard Crossman has represented Coventry East since 1945. He is a journalist and was director of propaganda to enemy countries "i the Political Intelligence Department of the foreign Office, 1940-43, ^nd assistant chief of the psychological Warfare Division, S.H.A.E.F., 1943-45. He was a Member of Anglo-American Commission on Palestine, 1946. The |?n of a High Court Judge, he was born ~ Member, 1907, and educated at Winchester S°Hege and New College, Oxford. Leader of .q^ Labour group on the Oxford City Council, 1934-39. Mr. Gavin Welby, company director, bora £°vember, 1914, was educated at Sedbergh and jgUsanne University. He went to America at suh ant' worked m a British importing firm, at fluently starting his own business. He was Mne British Embassy in Washington until 1942, aJL11 ne was commissioned, serving with 21 Artny Group. COVENTRY North Electorate : 57,957 Edelman, M. (Lab.).... 29,826 Clippingdale, H. S. (C.).... 20,238 Lab. majority.... 9,588 NO CHANGE 1950:-Lab., 28,924 ; C, 17.807; L., 3,195.— Lab. maj., 11,117. Mr. Maurice Edelman represented West Coventry, 1945-50, and was returned for the new constituency in 1950. He is a journalist and author. Born March, 1911 ; educated at Cardiff High School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He is vice-chairman of the British Council and of Franco-British Parliamentary Relations Committee. He was a war correspondent with the United States forces and later with S.H.A.E.F. Mr. Harold Clippingdale, industrial executive, was born November, 1908, and educated at St. Lawrence College, Ramsjate. Lived in the Far East, 1929-36, and has travelled extensively on the continent and in the Middle East. Served with the R.A. during the war, attaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel. COVENTRY South Electorate : 61,590 *Burton, Miss E. F. (Lab.) . . 29,271 Biggs-Davison, J. A. (C.) . . 23,803 Lab. majority . . . . 5,468 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 27,977 ; C, 21,885; L., 3,239.— Lab. maj., 6,092. Miss Elaine Burton contested South Hendon in 1945 and was elected for South Coventry in 1950. She taught in Leeds for 11 years, and later worked for the South Wales Council of Social Service. Born March, 1904; educated at Leeds Girls' Modern School and the City of Leeds Training College. She has served as a member of the Select Committee on Estimates and of the Sports Television Advisory Committee. In 1920 she was world sprint champion. Mr. John Biggs-Davison was born June, 1918, and educated at Clifton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. Member of external affairs section, Conservative Research Department, and the author of political books and pamphlets. Commissioned in the Royal Marines in the war, he later held a number of posts in the Indian Civil Service, and in 1947 joined the Pakistan administration. CROSBY Electorate : 44,232 ?Bullock, Capt. M. (C.) .. .. 25,034 Edwards, Mrs. E. M. E. (Lab.) 10,251 C. majority .. .. 14,783 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 22,347 ; Lab., 9,403 ; L., 5,336.— C. maj., 12,944. Capt. Malcolm Bullock was member for the Waterloo division, 1923-50, and was elected for Crosby in 1950. He is a barrister. Born July, 1890; educated privately, in Paris and at Trinity College, Cambridge. A captain in the Scots Guards, 1914-20 ; A.D.C. to Lord Methuen, 1915-16, and Military Secretary at the British Embassy, Paris, 1918-21. He was honorary secretary of the Franco-British Society for many years, and chairman of the Franco-British Inter-Parliamentary Committee, 1950, and of Sadler's Wells Society, 1930-46. Mrs. Edith Edwards, a secretary, was educated at Chorley Grammar School. She is the daughter of the late Mr. Elijah Sandham, who was M.P. for Kirkdale, 1929-31. Her husband is the general secretary of the Chemical Workers' Union. She has been a Chorley Borough Councillor for 21 years, and is a member of a Lancashire divisional health committee and of a local advisory committee to the Ministry of National Insurance. CROYDON East Electorate : 65,204 *Williams, Sir H. G. (C.) 32,282 Bain, A . (Lab.) 22,615 C. majority. .. . 9,667 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 29,484 ; Lab., 20,903 ; L., 4,882.— C. maj., 8,581. Sir Herbert Williams contested the Combined Universities, 1918 and 1931, and Wednesbury, 1922 and 1925 ; represented Reading, 1924-29, and South Croydon, 1932-45. Defeated at the 1945 election, he was returned for East Croydon in 1950. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, 1928-29. He is an electrical engineer. Born December, 1884 ; educated at Liverpool University. He has served on the Wimbledon Council and was an alderman of London County Council, 1940-45. Mr. Alexander Bain contested Beckenham in 1950 and Bromley twice in 1945, when the Conservative candidate first nominated died before the votes were counted. He is an electrotyper and is chairman of the national executive of the Society of Electro and Stereotypers. Born November, 1890; elementary and technical college education. He was elected to Epsom Borough council in 1938. CROYDON North Electorate : 64,522 ?Harris, F. W. (C.).... 29,984 Prentice, R. E. (Lab.) .... 19,738 Collins, B. D. (L.) . . 4,272 C. majority . . . . 10,246 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 29,420 : Lab., 20,116 ; L., 5,600. —C. maj., 9,304. Mr. Frederic Harris won the North Croydon by-election in 1948 and was again returned in 1950. He is a director of companies. Born March, 1915 ; educated at Belmont College, Streatham. He has been a member of Croydon Borough Council. One of his horses won the Great Metropolitan Handicap at Epsom in April, 1948. He owns a farm in Kenya. Mr. Reginald Prentice contested North Croydon in 1950. He is a member of the Transport and General Workers' Union legal department. Born July, 1924; educated at Whitgift School, to which he won a scholarship, and the London School of Economics. He is a member of Croydon County Borough Council, and served with the Royal Artillery, 1942-46, in North Africa and Italy. Mr. Brian Collins is a sales executive. Born July, 1926; educated at Hadley House and Whitgift Schools, Croydon. Served in The Royal Ulster Rifles, 1944-48. CROYDON West Electorate : 54,496 ?Thompson, R. H. M. (C.) . . 23,484 Gardiner, G. A. (Lab.) .. 21,534 C. majority .. .. 1,950 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C., 21,411; Lab., 20,424 ; L., 3,101 ;Comm, 336.—C. maj., 987. Mr. Richard Thompson was elected for West Croydon in 1950. He is a director of two publishing firms. Born October, 1912 ; educated at Malvern College. During the war he was in the R.N.V.R. and was serving in H.M.S. Hermione in 1942 when she was attacked and sunk while on Malta convoy duties. Before the war he was in business in India, Burma, and Ceylon. Mr. Gerald Gardiner, K.C., was born in May, 1900, and educated at Harrow and Magdalen College, Oxford. He is chairman of the Society of Labour Lawyers and chairman of the Pharmaceutical Society's statutory committee. He is also a member of the committee on Supreme Court procedure. During the 1914-18 war he served with the Coldstream Guards and in the last war he was with a Friends' Ambulance Unit. DAGENHAM Electorate : 75,939 *Parker/J. (Lab.).... 44,908 St. John-Stevas, N. A. F. (C.) 14,112 Lab. majority . . 30,796 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 43,300; C, 11,565; L., 3,973; Comm., 883.— Lab. maj., 31,735. Mr. John Parker was candidate for Holland-with - Boston, 1931 ; elected for Romford, 1935, and for Dagenham, 1945 and 1950. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Dominions Office, 1945-1946. He is a writer and publisher. Born July, 1906 ; educated at Marl-borough and St. John's College, Oxford. He was chairman of the Fabian Society, 1950; vice-chairman, 1946-50; and general secretary, 1939-45. He published 42 Days in the Soviet Union after visiting - the country with the 1945 Parliamentary delegation. Mr. Norman St. John-Stevas, a law student, was born in May, 1929, and educated at Ratcliffe College, and Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge. He 5JS° studied in Italy and at Christ Church, yxford. President of Cambridge Union Society, ly49, anc) chairman of the University Conservative Association. DARLINGTON Electorate : 60,728 Graham, Sir F. (C.) .. .. 26,858 *Hardman, D. R. (Lab.) .. 26,045 C. majority . . .. 813 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950 :—Lab., 23,528 ; C, 17,421 ; L., 11,588.— Lab. maj., 6,107. Sir Fergus Graham was M.P. for North ^mberland, 1926-35, );nen he was defeated. Rle is an owner-farmer. °°m March, 1893 ; edu- ' at Eton and Christ ch, Oxford. Amem- of Cumberland y Council since ( and an alderman : 1931. Deputy Lieutenant of Cumberland and patron of two livings. A captain in the Irish Guards during the 1914-18 war, he is hon. colonel of the 4th Bn., The Border Regiment (T.A.). Mr. David Hardman was Parliamentary Secretary. Ministry of Education, in the 1945 Government and again in 1950. He was born in 1901, and was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution. Ulster, and Christ's College, Cambridge; president of the Union in 1925. For 20 years before entering Parliament he was engaged in adult education and later became assistant secretary of the Cambridge University Board of Extra-Mural Studies. He has served on Cambridge Borough and County Councils and has led British delegations to meetings of Unesco. DARTFORD Electorate : 79,620 *Dodds, N. N. (Lab. & Co-op.) ..... 40,094 Roberts, Miss M. H. (C.)...... 27,760 Lab. & Co-op, majority 12,334 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab. & Co-op., 38,128; C, 24,490; L., 5,011.^Lab. & Co-op., maj. 13,638. Mr. Norman Dodds was elected in 1945 and again in 1950. Born December, 1903 ; educated at Dunstan-on-Tyne Council School He is manager of the C.W.S. publicity department, London branch ; hon. secretary of Home Workers Products Society, for providing work for disabled persons. Served with R.A.F., 1942-45. Miss Margaret Roberts contested Dartford in 1950, when she was the youngest woman candidate. She is a research chemist and law student. Born October, 1925; educated at Grantham High School and Somerville College, Oxford, where she was the first woman to be treasurer and president of the University Conservative Association. She became personal assistant in 1951 to the director of the Joint Iron Council, a trade association of iron and steel users. DERBY North Electorate : 47,541 *Wilcock, Gp. Capt. C. A. B. (Lab.) ...... 22,390 Waldron, V. E. (C.) ..... 16,828 Lab. majority .... 5,562 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 22,410 ; C, 14,980 ; L., 3,190.-Lab. maj., 7,430. Gp. Capt. Clifford Wilcock represented Derby, 1945-50, and was returned for North Derby in 1950. He is an aviator and engineer, Born April, 1898 ; educated at St. Dunstan's College and Reading University. He is a member of the Medical Research Council and a governor of Westminster Hospital. A member of Lloyd's. He has 26 years' Air Force service and was Deputy Director of Manning at the Air Ministry and senior personnel staff officer, Transport Command, during the war. Chairman of the committee on licensing, training, and recruitment for civil aviation. Mr. Victor Waldron was with a business efficiency firm before the war, engaged in sales promotion and market research. Born March, 1915 ; elementary and grammar school education, and an extension scholar of London University. In 1946 he joined the Conservative Central Board of Finance to organize the Lord Woolton million pounds appeal in the East Midlands. He is also a member of the East Midlands Area Executive Committee. Served in the Royal Navy, 1942-45, DERBY South Electorate : 51,681 *Noel-Baker, P. J. (Lab.).... 27,333 Grimes, Cmdr. R. C. D. (C.).... 16,344 Lab. majority .... 10,989 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 26,886 ; C, 13,926 ; L., 3,900.— Lab. maj., 12,960. Mr. Philip Noel-Baker was appointed Minister of Fuel and Power in 1950, after serving as Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations from 1947. He had previously held office as Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of War Transport, and later as Minister of State and Secretary of State for Air. He was first returned to Parliament in 1929 for Coventry and after suffering defeat in 1931 and 1935 was elected for Derby in 1936 and 1945 and for South Derby in 1950. Born 1889 ; educated at Bootham, Haverford College, and King's College, Cambridge, where he gained a running Blue. He has held the Cassell Professorship of Inter- ' national Relations at London University. He was a member of the British delegation to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 and was personal assistant to the British delegate at the League of Nations, 1923-24. Cmdr. Richard Grimes contested the constituency in 1950. He is managing director of a family drapery business in Derby. Born July, 1899; educated at Derby School. He entered the Navy as a cadet in 1917 and retired in 1945 after service which included commissions in China and New Zealand. During the war he was engaged in minesweeping and convoy duties, and later was executive officer of a minesweeping school. He is a Derby town councillor. DEWSBURY Electorate : 62,680 *Paling, W. T. (Lab.) . .. . 28,650 Ramsden, J. E. (C. & Nat. L.) 19,562 Snowden, J. S. (L.) . . . . 5,584 Lab. majority ..... 9,088 NO CHANGE 1950 :—-Lab., 29,341 ; C, 18,076 ; L.-, 7,323.— Lab. maj., 11,265. Mr. William Paling contested Burton-on-Trent in 1929 and 1931, and was elected for Dewsbury in 1945 and 1950. He is a brother of the former Postmaster-General. Born in 1892, he was educated at an elementary school and won a scholarship to the Central Labour College. In 1924 he went to the Yorkshire minefield, where he became a checkweighman. He is a member of the West Riding County Council. Mr. James Ramsden contested Dewsbury in 1950. He is a company director. Born November, 1923 ; educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford. He won an open classical scholarship to Oxford, and served in the Army, 1942-45, before going up to the university, where he took a degree in political economy and gained a Blue for rugby. Mr. Stanley Snowden contested East Bradford in 1945 and 1950. He is a barrister and Recorder of Scarborough. Born October, 1901; educated at Sedbergh and St. John's College, Cambridge. Has been vice-president of Yorkshire and Bradford Liberal Federation. DONCASTER Electorate : 57,581 Barber, A. P. L. (C.) 25,005 ?Gunter, R. J. (Lab.) 24,621 C. majority ... .. 384 CONSERVATIVE GATN 1950 :—Lab., 24,449 ; C, 23,571.—Lab. maj., 878. Mr. Anthony Barber contested the constituency in 1950. He was born in July, 1920. He went to France with a Doncaster Territorial unit in 1939, and was at Dunkirk. Later he Wi»s . seconded to the "-A.F. as a pilot, and was captured by the Germans. He was mentioned in dispatches for his part in escapes from Stalag Luft III, and while a prisoner of war took a law degree. He was also awarded a State grant to Oriel College, Oxford, and an Inner Temple scholarship, and was called to the Bar in 1948. Mr. Raymond Gunter was elected for South-past Essex in 1945 and returned for Doncaster ln 1950. A railwayman. Born August, 1909; elementary and grammar school education; Rail-Way Clerks' Association branch officer, 1929-41 ; secretary, Abertillery Divisional Labour Party,' 1935-41. Served with the Royal Engineers during the war and was staff captain at Movement Control H.Q. in Iraq. DROYLSDEN Electorate : 59,772 Williams, W. R. (Lab.) . . 26,829 Howard, W. (C.) .. 24,959 Lab. majority .... 1,870 NO CHANGE 1950 :_Co-op. & Lab., 25,238; C, 21,102; L., 5,483.—Co-op. & Lab. maj., 4,136. Mr. W. R. Williams was M.P. for Heston and 's'eworth, 1945-50. Born "larch, 1895 ; educated | Llanbcris County ^l and Caernarvon grammar School. He forked in the Post Office 7° years, and since 1940 "as been assistant secrecy of the Union of lOst Office Workers. Mr. William Howard is an estimating clerk 2™ salesman with an Oldham textile engineering "i°- Born September, 1906; educated at ele-"-ntary school and technical college. He is a 'tmber of Failsworth Urban District Council, tarv ,ch he was chairman, 1948-49. He is secretive ri the Lancashire Federation of Conserva-nat; lubs, and a member of the council of the natl°nal association. DUDLEY Electorate : 70,413 *Wigg, G. E. C. (Lab.) . . .. 34,376 Soref, H. B. (C.) . . .. 24,525 Lab. majority .. .. 9,851 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 32,856 ; C, 18,825 ; L., 7 Lab. maj., 13,031. Mr. George Wigg was first returned* for Dudley in 1945 and was Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Shinwell in successive Ministries from that time. Born November, 1900 : educated ? at council and grammar schools. He is an ex-regular soldier. He joined the Tank Corps at the age of 19, was discharged in 1937, rejoined in 1940 to engage in welfare and education work. Mr. Harold Soref is a company director, a journalist and lecturer. Born 1916; educated at St. Paul's School and Queen's College, Oxford. Before working in a London shipping office he was apprenticed to a Rhodesian industrial company. He was an officer of the Tanganyika League (Rhodesian Section) in 1937, and a delegate to the first all-British Africa Conference at Bulawayo. EALING North Electorate ; 58,401 ?Hudson, J. H. (Lab. & Co-op.) 25,698 Neave, A. M. S. (C.) . . 25,578 Lab. & Co-op, majority 120 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab. & Co-op., 24,157; C, 21,753 ; L. 4,855.—Lab. & Co-op, maj., 2,404. Mr. James Hudson is secretary of the National Temperance Federation and was elected for West Ealing in 1945 and for North Ealing, 1950. He represented Huddersfield, 1923-31; and contested Allrincham, 1933, and Stockport, 1935. He has been a teacher and schoolmaster. Born September, 1881 ; educated at Flixton (Lanes) elementary school and Manchester University. Mr. Airey Neave contested Thurrock in 1950. He is a barrister. Born January, 1916; educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford. He was assistant secretary of the International Tribunal at Nuremberg. He took charge of the prosecution of Alfred Krupp and served indictments on Goring and other Nazi officials. In 1940' he was wounded and captured at- Calais, but escaped in 1942, and from D-day was engaged in operations, for the rescue of allied soldiers from behind the enemy lines. He has the D.S.O. and M.C., and is Chairman of the Conservative Candidates' Association. EALING South Electorate : 58,952 * Maude, A.E. U. (C.) . 30,261 Allen, D. G. (Lab.) . 18,204 C.majority . 12,057 NO CHANGE 1950:—C 28,299 ; Lab., 17,097 ; L., 4,555.—C. maj.,ll,202. Mr. Angus Maude was elected in 1950. He is an economist and author. Born September, 1912 ; educated at Rugby and Oriel College, Oxford. He is joint secretary of the Conservative education committee and a director of the Conservative Political Centre. Co-author of The English Middle Classes, 1949. He served with R.A.S.C. (T.A.) during the war in North Africa and the Western Desert, and was a prisoner of war from 1942 to 1945. Mr. David Allen is a deputy public analyst. Born in July, 1922, he was educated at Tiffin School, Kingston-upon-Thames, and Birkbeck College, University of London. He is a member of the national executive of Federal Union and editor of Federal News. A member of the Association of Scientific Workers and of the Fabian Society. EAST HAM North Electorate : 42,662 *Daines, P. (Lab. & Co-op.) 21,444 Hamilton, D. (C.) 14,085 Lab. & Co-op, majority 7,359 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab. & Co-op., 20,497; C, ll;856; L., 3,521.—Lab. & Co-op, maj., 8,641. Mr. Percy Daines won the seat in 1945 and was re-elected 1950. He was at one time a locomotive fireman and was later employed by an insurance society. For some years he was a member of Enfield Council. He is a member of the national committee of the Co-operative Party. Served with the Royal Engineers during the war. Mr. Dundas Hamilton is a stockbroker. Born June, 1919; educated at Rugby and Clare College, Cambridge. He served with the Royal Artillery during the war, was posted for research duties, and attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel. His plays have been produced by the B.B.C. and on the amateur stage. He has travelled widely in Europe and the Far East. EAST HAM South Electorate : 44,274 *Barnes, A. (Lab. & Co-op.) ..... 23,704 Barter, J. W. (C.) . .... 12,813 Lab. & Co-op, majority 10,891 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab. & Co-op., 23,002; C, 10,956; L., 2,424 ; Comm., 401 ; Soc. Party of Great Britain, 256.—Lab. & Co-op, maj., 12,046. Mr. Alfred Barnes became Minister of War Transport in 1945 and Minister of Transport in 1946 and again in 1950. He was formerly a Labour whip and a Junior Lord of the Treasury. Except for one break in 1931-35 he represented East Ham South from 1922. He was born in 1887, and is a designer by trade. He was first president of the London Co-operative Society and held the office for nine years. He was chairman of the Co-operative Party for 21 years up to 1945. Mr. John Barter is director, secretary, and chief accountant to a number of companies. Born in 1917 ; educated at the Royal Commercial Travellers' School. Chairman of Wood Green Young Conservatives, 1946; vice-chairman of Conservative Association. Elected to Middlesex County Council in 1949. National vice-chairman and Middlesex area chairman of the National Association of Parents of Backward Children. ECCLES Electorate : 61,385 ?Proctor, W. T. (Lab.) ..... 27,941 Whiteley, J. (C.).... 25,330 Lab. majority ..... 2,611 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 27,409 ; C, 22,186; L., 4,477.— Lab. maj., 5,223. Mr. William Proctor was elected in 1945 and again in 1950. Parliamentary private secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, first with Mr. Creech Jones and then with Mr. James Griffiths. A railwayman, he has been an active member of his union for 20 years. He led the Parliamentary delegation to the Gold Coast in 1951. Mr. John Whiteley contested Leigh in 1950. He is an electrical engineer and a barrister. Born 1903 ; educated at a Salford elementary school. He is a member of both the Salford City Council and the Prestwich Borough Council, is associated with Salford Royal Hospital, and is an active member of several public bodies. Served in "the Territorial Army, 1919-27. EDMONTON Electorate : 74,707 *Albu, A. H. (Lab.) ..... 36,023 Olsen, Mrs. E. S. (C.)..... 25,631 Lab. majority ... . 10,392 NO CHANGE 1950 :_Lab., 34,897 ; C, 23,325 : L., 5,143.— Lab. maj., 11,572. Mr. Austen Albu was elected at the by-election in 1948, and was re-elected in 1950. He is an engineer. Born September, 1903 ; educated at Ton bridge School and the City and Guilds (Engineering) College. He is on the executive committee of the Fabian Society, and was deputy director of the British Institute of Management, 1947-48. In 1946-47 he was deputy president of Governmental Sub-Commission for the Control Commission of Germany. Mrs. Elsie Olsen is the wife of the physician-superintendent of a hospital for mental and nervous disorders. She was educated at Cardiff High School and Cardiff University. Taught in a county school in a Welsh mining valley. She 5 a member of the Essex County Council. Contested Ealing North, 1950. ENFIELD East Electorate : 48,309 *Davies, E. A. J. (Lab.) ... . 25,298 Turner, C. W. C. (C.)... . . 14,594 Lab. majority .. 10,704 NO CHANGE 1950:-Lab., 24,013; C, 13,110; L., 3,368.— Lab. maj., 10,903. Mr. Ernest Davies came jojnt Undersecretary at the Foreign in the 1950 istration, after his for the new divi-of East Enfield. In ne won Enfield p,:"' the Conservatives. " nas been Chairman . Transport Group, lamentary Labour Party, and a member of British delegations to U.N. General Assembly and other international conferences. Born in 1902, he was educated at Wycliffe College and London University and engaged in journalistic work. He served with the B.B.C. during the war. He contested the Peterborough division in 1935. Mr. Colin Turner contested the constituency in 1950. He is a director of publishing firms and also of a firm of newspaper representatives. Born in January, 1922, he was educated at High-gate School. A member of the Desert Air Force throughout the North African campaign. He was awarded the D.F.C. in 1944. ENFIELD West Electorate : 41,770 "Macleod, I. N. (C.) ..... 22,351 Hendy, Lady K. C. (Lab.) .... 12,126 C. majority .... 10,225 1950 :—C.,20,588 ; Lab., 11,395 ; L., 3,638.— C. maj., 9,193. Mr. Iain Macleod contested the Western | Isles in 1945 and was I returned for West Enfield in 1950. He is a journalist j and an authority on bridge. Born November, 1913; educated at Fettes j College and Gonville and I Caius College, Cam- I bridge. He is a director j of the London Municipal j Society and was head of the home affairs department in the Conservative research department until 1950 ; chairman of the Tory members who produced One Nation. Served in the Army, 1939-45. Lady Kythe Hendy was formerly assistant organizing secretary of the Froebel Foundation and secretary to Chief of Medical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. She was in charge of the New England branch of British Information Services, 1942-44. Governor of the National Heart Hospital and London County Council representative on the advisory committee of the Royal School of Needlework. Educated at Newnham College, Cambridge. ETON AND SLOUGH Electorate : 49,071 ?Brockway, A. F. (Lab.) ..... . . 22,732 Rees, V. R. (C.) ..... .. 18,648 Lab. majority ... 4,084 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 19,987 ; C, 15,594 ; L., 5,026 ; Comm., 614.—Lab. maj., 4,393. Mr. Fenner Brockway, who was returned for the constituency in 1950, contested Lancaster, 1922, and Westminster (Abbey), 1924, and was elected for East Leyton, 1929-31. He subsequently stood as I.L.P. candidate for Upton, 1934, Norwich, 1935, Lancaster, 1941, and East Cardiff, 1942 ; rejoined the Labour Party in 1946. He is an author and journalist. Born in Calcutta, November, 1888 ; educated at Eltham College. He joined the I.L.P. in 1907 and was in turn organizing secretary, general secretary, chairman, and political secretary, and editor of the New Leader, 1911-45. Mr. Victor Rees contested North Norwich in 1950. Schoolmaster ; born in December, 1902 ; educated at Monmouth Grammar School and Training College and London School of Economics. First chairman of the London Conservative Teachers' Association. He assisted during the. war in the inauguration of the London County Council Emergency Meals Service. until this year. Born September, 1885 ; educated at Exeter Church School. Has served on many local social welfare committees. EXETER Electorate : 54,325 Williams, R . D. (C.). .. 23,218 Bishop, E. S. D. (Lab.) ...... 18,576 Tinkham, Mrs. E. E. (L.) .... 3,908 C.majority .... 4,642 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, : 24,339 ; Lab., 21. ,135 .—C. maj.,3,204. Mr. Dudley Williams founded Power Jets, Limited, in 1936 in asso- j ciation with Sir Frank Whittle to develop this j pioneer system of jet J propulsion. In 1941 he became managing direc-tor of the company, and j was appointed one of \ the Government directors j on its acquisition by j the Crown in 1944 as the ! centre for gas turbine research. Born June, 1908 ; educated at Plymouth College and R.A.F. College, Cr.an-well. Served in R.A.F., 1926-34. Contested Brierley Hill, 1950. Mr. Edward Bishop was defeated at West Bristol in 1950. He is a draughtsman. Born in October, 1920;' secondary school education and extra-mural student in economics of Bristol University. A member of Bristol City Council since 1946; Bristol executive committee of the National Health Service; and of the Southwestern Regional Council of the Labour Party. Mrs. Ellen Tinkham, retired house furnisher, was member of Exeter City Council from 1935 until this year. Born September, 1885; educated at Exeter School. has served on many local social welfare committees. FINCHLEY Electorate : 72,249 *Crowder, Capt. J. E. (C.) ..... . 33,308 Ashley, J. (Lab.) ..... 20,520 Done, W. j. (L.)..... 6,853 C. majority...... 12,788 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 32,262 ; Lab., 19,683 ; L., 9,094.—C. maj., 12,579. Capt. John Crowder has represented Finchley since 1935. He is an underwriter at Lloyd's. Born November, 1890 ; educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. He served in the Royal Horse Guards and on the staff in the 1914-18 war. A member of the Hampshire County Council, 1931-46, and of Fleet Urban District Council, 1933-46. Was joint hon. secretary of the 1922 Committee, 1940-43, an executive member, 1938-45, and vice-chairman, 1945-46. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir John Simon when Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1940. His son was elected member for Ruislip-Northwood in 1950. Mr. Jack Ashley, born in 1922, is a research worker for the National Union of General and Municipal Workers. Elected to Widnes Borough Council at ,22, he was the youngest executive member of the Chemical Workers' Union. A chemical process worker and later a crane driver, he was awarded a scholarship to Ruskin College, Oxford, after serving in the Army. Subsequently he graduated at Caius College, Cambridge. As president of the Cambridge Union he toured America with the debating team this year. Mr. John Done contested East Willesden in 1950. Starting his business life as an office boy, he became a leaf tobacco merchant in the City. He is also director of a building society. He was born in Cheshire in November, 1901. GATESHEAD East Electorate : 39,536 *Moody, A. S. (Lab.) .. 19,525 Clift, D. (L. & C.) 14,344 Lab. majority 5,181 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 15,249; C. & Nat. L., 13,530; Lab. Ind., 5,001.-Lab. maj., 1,719. Mr. Arthur Moody contested Fairfield in 1935 and was returned in 1945. After the redistribution in 1950 was elected for East Gates-1 head. He is a joiner. Born June, 1891 ; educated at elementary school and Hull Municipal Technical College. Served on Hull City Council, 1934-37, a member of the Labour Party national executive, 1942-46. For 25 years he was a branch president of the Hull Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers. Served in the Royal Engineers, 1915-18. Mr. Douglas Clift contested the constituency in 1950. He is a solicitor practising in Lancaster and Kendal. Born August, 1916; educated at Coatham School, Redcar, and Queen's College, Oxford. He was a member of Lancaster City Council from 1946 until 1950, and has since served on Lancashire County Council. He is president of Lancaster Young Conservatives Association, and also takes a keen interest in the boy scouts and the United Nations movement. GATESHEAD West Electorate : 38,899 "Hall, J. T. (Lab.) . 20,790 Magnay, , J. S. (L. & c.) • . 11,811 Lab. majority 8,979 NO CHANGE 1950 :-_Lab., 20,872 ; Nat. L. & C, 11,660.— Lab. nraj., 9,212. Mr. John Hall, elected in 1950, was a colhery engine driver, oorn November. 1896 ; e.ducated at West Her-"ngton Council School *nd Ruskin College. He {ta s chairman of S?ughton - le - Spring ,'J'sional Labour Party, ^45-50, and a member "' Durham County Council, 1934-51 ; chair-5?n of the Northern "'strict, National Union of General and •municipal Workers. He served as a trooper ln 1st Life Guards, 1915-18. Mr. John Magnay contested the constituency " 1950. He is the second son of the late Mr. tnornas Magnay, a former member for Gates-ueaa. He is a cashier. Born May, 1903 ; educed at Whitehall Road School, Gateshcad, and i->arne Allan's Endowed School, Newcastle. He uas been a member of Gateshead Borough Coun- since 1938 ; is chairman of Gateshead Savings ^ommittee; and secretary of the local Liberal ™spciation. He served with the Royal Navy during the war. GILLINGHAM Electorate : 46,731 *Burden, F. A. (C.) . . . 21,453 Redhead, E. C. (Lab.) . 18,489 C. majority 2,964 NO CHANGE 1950:—C., 20,504; Lab., 18,424.—C. maj.,2,080. Mr. Frederick Burden contested South Shields, 1935, Finsbury, 1945, and the Rother-hithe by-election of 1946. He is a manufacturer's agent. Born December, 1905 ; educated at Sloane School, Chelsea. At one time-was British schools boxing champion. He served in the R.A.F., 1939-45, first with a Polish unit and afterwards with Eastern Air Command ; later was on Lord Louis Mountbatten's staff. Mr. Edward Redhead is general secretary of the Society of Civil Servants. Born April, 1902; educated at elementary school and privately. He has been a member of Walthamstow Borough Council since 1929, and an alderman since 1945, and was mayor 1949-50. Pres:dent of the National Association of Divisional Executives for Education, 1949-50. He was formerly on the executive council of Civil Service Clerical Association, and later deputy chairman of the Society of Civil Servants. GLOUCESTER Electorate : 50,554 ?Turner-Samuels, M. (Lab.) .. 21,097 Kershaw, J. A. (C.) .. .. 18,836 Payne, G. E. (L.) . . . . 3,292 Lab. majority . . .. . 2,261 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 20,202; C. & Nat. L., 15,708; L., 6,444.—Lab. maj., 4,494. Mr. Moss Turner-Samuels, K.C., was member for Barnard Castle, 1923-24, contested Central Leeds, 1931, and Gloucester, 1935, and returned for Gloucester in 1945 and 1950. He is Recorder of Halifax. Born October, 1892 ; educated at Newcastle upon Tyne Grammar School. Formerly a member of Newcastle upon Tyne City Council, and High Sheriff of Gloucester, 1945-46. Served with R.A.S.C. 1914-18. Mr. Anthony Kershaw contested the constituency in 1950. He is a company director and a barrister, though not in practice. Born December, 1915; educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. A member of London County Council, 1946-49, and of Westminster City Council, 1949-50. He served with the London River Police at the beginning of the war, later was commissioned in the 16th/5th Lancers, won the M.C., and subsequently became a lieutenant-colonel at Ihe Staff College. Mr. Gordon Payne is a town planning consultant, also economist, author, broadcaster, and university lecturer. He is corporate member of Town Planning Institute and Institution of Municipal Engineers, and Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Royal Geographical Society, and Royal Economic Society. GOSPORT AND FAREHAM Electorate : 63,088 *Bennett, Dr. R. F. B. (C.) .. 30,727 Stogdon, N. F. (Lab.) .. 20,303 C. majority ... . 10,424 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 29,163; Lab., 18,579 ; L., 3,531.—C. maj., 10,584. Dr. Reginald Bennett contested East Woolwich in 1945 and was elected for Gosport and Fareham in 1950. He is a psychiatrist, mainly in forensic work. Born July, 1911 ; educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. Fellow and member of the council of the Eugenics Society, a member of the Inner Temple and the Medico-Legal Society. A keen yachtsman, he is Rear-Commodore and a founder of the House of Commons Yacht Club. He was helmsman of Shamrock V in 1934-35, and in 1949 was in the British team competing for the British-America Cup. A surgeon lieutenant-commander during the war: two ships in which he was serving were torpedoed. Mr. Norman Stogdon was called to the Bar in 1932. Born June, 1909 ; educated at Harrow and Brasenose College, Oxford. He is a member of the Fabian Society and the Society of Labour Lawyers. He was commissioned during the war in The Royal Fusiliers, and afterwards served with The King's African Rifles in East Africa. GRIMSBY Electorate : 63,498 ?Younger, K. G. (Lab.) .. .. 29,462 Hewson, C. W. (L. & C.) .. 22,611 Lab. majority . . . . 6,851 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 28,906 ; C, 22,494.—Lab. maj., 6,412. Mr. Kenneth Younger was appointed Minister of State in 1950 after three years as Under - Secretary for Home Affairs. He has been M.P. for Grimsby since 1945, and has served as chairman of the European Committee of Unrra and on delegations to the United Nations. A son of the second Viscount Younger of Leckie, he was born in 1908 and educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1932, and served during the war as a major in the Intelligence Corps in North Africa and Europe. Mr. Charles Hewson has run his own business of ship's chandler for 42 years, and is also a farmer and butcher. Born June, 1887; educated at Grimsby Secondary School. He is an alderman of Grimsby Town Council on which he has served 20 years, and a former mayor. President of the Grimsby Horse and Agricultural Society, and the Grimsby and District Horticultural Society. He is a past president of the National Federation of Meat Traders. HALIFAX Electorate : 71,343 *Brook, D. (Lab.) ..... 30,433 Lucas, C. H. (C.) .... 29,670 Lab. majority ... 763 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 28,800 ; C.,.20,456 ; L., 9,573 ; L. & C, 1,551.—Lab. maj., 8,344. Mr. Dryden Brook entered Parliament for Halifax in 1945 and won the seat again in 1950. Wool merchant ; as a boy he entered the service of a Leeds firm and took . over the business on his employer's death. Born 1884 ; educated at elementary school and Elland Grammar School. He is chairman of the Halifax Labour Party and a member of Halifax County Borough Council since 1940. Mr. Charles Lucas contested the constituency in 1950. He joined the Royal Navy at 16 during the 1914-18 war, and later served in the Merchant Service. He left the sea and joined a firm of fireplace merchants and eventually acquired the business. Born July, 1896; elementary school education. A member of Halifax Town Council since 1934, he was made an alderman in 1949, and was mayor, 1946-47. From 1942 to 1946 he was a lieutenant in the R.N.R. HARROW Central Electorate : 50,688 *Bishop, F. P. (C.) ... . 25,564 Thompson, Mrs. B. J. K. (Lab.) ...... 17,540 C. majority . . . . 8,024 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 22,907 ; Lab., 16,371 ; L., 4,827.— C. maj., 6,536. Mr. Frank Bishop won the division in 1950. He is general manager of the Newsprint Supply Company and chairman of the Newsprint Rationing Committee. Born 1900; educated at Tottenham Grammar School and King's College, London University. Called to the Bar at Gray's Inn, 1923. He has been chairman of the advertisement committees of Newspaper Proprietors'- Association and the International Chamber of Commerce, and is the author of several publications on advertising. He served in the R.N.A.S. and R.A.F., 1917-18, and was second-in-command, 5th City of London (Press Battalion) Home Guard, 1939-45. Mrs. Joan Thompson contested the constituency in 1945. She combines part-time lecturing and social science with bringing up her three children. Born June, 1917; educated at Royal School, Bath, and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. A member of London County Council, 1946-49, she is a coopted member of the housing committee. During the war she was an industrial welfare officer and served on a shop stewards' committee and on a trades council. HARROW East Electorate : 61,408 Harvey, I.D.(C.) ...... 26,896 Rees, R . D . (Lab.) ..... 23,725 Rhodes, G.J. E. (L.) ...... 3,329 C. majority . . . . 3,171 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,680 ; Lab., 22,216 ; L., 6,393 ; Comm., 633.—C. maj., 1,464. Mr. Ian Harvey, who as elected for East Harrow in 1950, contested Spelthorne in 1945. He is a director of an an advertising agency. Born in 1914; educated at £ett£ttes College, Edinburgh, and Christ Church College, Oxford ; President of the Union, i i6- A member of the J-<—C. and of Kensington Borough Council, represented the Advertising Association of Great Britain at Detroit Convention, 1950, and was chairman Press relations committee, International A.dvertising Conference, 1951. Served in Anti-Aircraft Command, 1939-45. Mr. Robert Rees contested Central Harrow in 1950. Schoolmaster; born in February, 1911; educated at Port Talbot County School and North Wales Teachers' Training College. President, East London Teachers' Association, 1947-48. Served in the R.A.F. for five years. Mr. Geoffrey Rhodes is a staff manager. He was born in 1915 and educated at Westminster School. A founder member of the Institute of Welfare, he has been engaged in voluntary social welfare service in the east end of London. He has written a textbook on personnel administration and industrial welfare. HARROW West Electorate : 46,979 *Braithwaite, Sir A. N. (C.) ...... 26,549 Littlewood, T. L. (Lab.) ..... 12,802 C. majority .. 13,747 NO CHANGE 1951 By-election :—C, 22,826 ; Lab., 8,877.— C. maj., 13,949. 1950:—C, 23,744; Lab., 11,971 ; L., 4,846.—C. maj., 11,773. Sir Albert Braithwaite represented Buck-rose, 1926-45, and was returned for West Harrow at the by-election in April, 1951. He is an engineer and company director. Born September, 1893 ; educated at Leeds Grammar School and Leeds University. Enlisted as private in August, 1914, and was commissioned, Yorkshire Hussars, 1915. After serving oversea he was appointed on British Military Mission to America. Awarded D.S.O. and M.C. Mr. Thomas Littlewood contested the seat in 1950 and at the 1951 by-election. He is general secretary of the B.B.C. Staff Association. Born in 1906; educated at Hull Grammar School. Formerly a clerk with the L.N.E.R. He became deputy-general secretary of the Post Office Engineering Union in 1942 and took up his present appointment four years ago. THE HARTLEPOOLS Electorate : 59,592 * Jones, D. T. (Lab.) ..... 27,147 Carter, P. T. (C.) ..... 24,437 Lab. majority .... 2,710 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 25,609 ; C.,20,373 ; L., 4,623.— Lab. maj., 5,236. Mr. David Jones won the seat in 1945 and was returned again in 1950. He was formerly a railway signalman. Born October, 1899. A member of Pontypridd Urban Council, 1934-45. He was a branch chairman and secretary in the National Union of Railway men, 1921, and later chairman of the South Wales and Monmouthshire district council of the union. He is on the executive of the Welsh Federation of Education. Mr. Paul Carter contested Chichester in 1945 as a Democratic candidate. Journalist; born in March, 1923 ; educated at Cheltenham College. Member of Society of Individual Freedom. He served with a bomb disposal unit of the Royal Engineers during the war. HASTINGS Electorate : 69,956 *Cooper-Key, E. McN. (C.) . . 34,495 Williamson, Mrs. C E.(Lab .) 19,621 C. majority . 14,874 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 30,035 ; Lab., 17,603 ; L., 9,122.—C. maj., 12,432. Mr. Neill Cooper-Key has represented the constituency since 1945. Born April, 1907; educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and Dartmouth. He is a director of Associated Newspapers, Limited. He was commissioned in the Irish Guards, with whom he served from 1939 to 1945, and was on General Eisenhower's personal operations staff. Mrs. Catherine Williamson contested Ash-ford at a by-election ? in 1943, as a Common Wealth candidate, and as a Labour candidate at East Grinstead in 1950. She is a tanner and for some years taught Braille and Braille shorthand at St. Dunstan's. Bom in May, 1897; educated at Cheltenham Ladies College and in France. For ten years Canterbury City councillor; mayor, 1938-40. Served on Board of Trade Price Regulation Control Committee for 11 years. HAYES AND HARLINGTON Electorate : 44,737 *Ayles, W. H. (Lab.) .... 23,823 Rantzen, Lt.-Cmdr. M. J. (C.) .... 12,949 Lab. majority ..... 10,874 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 22,490; C. 11,218; L., 3 093; Coram, 593.—Lab. maj., 11,272. Mr. Walter Ayles, who won the division in 1950, represented Southail from 1945 until the redistribution, and was previously M.P. for North Bristol, 1923-24 and 1929-31 ; he also contested North Bristol in 1922, 1931, and 1935. He is an engineer. Born March, 1879 ; elementary education. He is a Quaker and has been a Rechabite for 60 years. officer of the A.S.E. for 17 years and has served on the Bristol City Council and the Orpington Urban District Council. Lt.-Cmdr. Mannas Rantzen is a chartered patent agent. Born in March, 1900; educated at Brondesbury College and Northampton Engineering College. He is navigation instructor and vice-president of the Little Ship Club, and has written books on navigation. He served with the Royal Navy, 1937-45. Between the wars he was for a time sub-station engineer with the London County Council Tramways. HENDON North Electorate : 54,921 *Orr-Ewing, C. I. (C.) . . . . 23,329 Rea, F. R. (Lab.) . . . . 20,738 Jupp, K. G. (L.) . . . . 3,319 C. majority .. .. 2,591 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 20,755; Lab., 18,500- L 6 575-Comra., 918.—C. maj., 2,255. Mr. Charles Orr-Ewing won North Hendon in 1950. He is an electronic engineer and director and technical adviser of a radio firm. Born 1912 ; educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Oxford. He is a member of the Association of Scientific Workers, governor of the Imperial College of Science, secretary of the Conservative air sub-committee and the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. He was formerly in the B.B.C. television service and served in the R.A.F. radar service, 1939-46. Mr. Finlay Rea comes of a family with a long Liberal tradition; his father, the first Lord Rea of Eskdale, and his grandfather, Mr. Russell Rea, sat in Parliament for many years. Mr. Rea has been a Socialist for 16 years and was defeated at Hove in 1950. He is a hotel proprietor. Born September, 1907; educated at Westminster School and New College, Oxford. A member of Chelsea Borough Council, 1945-49. Served in the Intelligence Corps, 1940-45. Mr. Kenneth Jupp contested Canterbury in 1950. He is a barrister and lecturer on economics. Born June, 1917; educated at Perse School, University College, Oxford, and Lincoln's Inn (Cassel Scholar). Serving in Royal Artillery, was at Dunkirk, and was wounded at Anzio. HENDON South Electorate : 57,732 "Lucas-Tooth, Sir H. V. H. D. (C.) 26,180 Homa, Dr. B. (Lab.) .. 16,124 MacLaren, L. (L.) .. .. 4,952 C. majority.. 10,056 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 24,917 : Lab., 15 389 ; L., 7,436.— C. maj., 9,528. Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth represented the Isle of Ely 1924-29 and was returned for South Hendon 1945 and 1950. He is a barrister. Born January, 1903 ; educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. Formerly Hugh Warrand, he assumed the name Lucas-Tooth in 1920 when the baronetcy was re-created in favour of the eldest grandson of the first baronet, who died after losing his three sons in France during the war. A governor of St. George's Hospital, Raines Schools, Stepney, and the Lucas-Tooth Boys' Training Fund. Dr. Bernard Homa has been in practice in Hackney since 1924. Born January, 1900; educated at the Central Foundation School, E.C.; King's College, London University; and St. Bartholomew's Hospital. A member of London County Council since 1934; chairman since 1935 of the governors of Hackney Downs School. He has been a member of the governing board of Charing Cross Ftospital since 1948, and is on the executive committee of 'he Board of Deputies of British Jews. Served Wl* R.A.M.C., 1940-45, in "West Africa and Europe. Mr. Leon MacLaren contested Yeovil in 1950. barrister, and a son of Mr. Andrew MacLaren, Labour M.P. for Burslem for 20 years. Born J.^12. Resigned from the Labour Party after the fjlackpool conference in 1945. He was called to we Bar jn 1938 and became principal of the London School of Economic Science. HESTON AND ISLEWORTH Electorate : 78,048 •Harris, R. R. (C.) .. .. 35,468 Merriton, P. A. W. (Lab.) .. 29,944 C. majority ... 5,524 NO CHANGE 1950 :—c, 33.292 ; Lab., 29,013 ; L., 4,183.— C. maj., 4,279. Mr. Reader Harris was elected for Heston and Isleworth in 1950 after contesting Central Hackney in 1945. A barrister. Born 1913 ; educated at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate. A member of the Association of Supervisory Staffs, .Executives, and Technicians. He was a National Fire Service officer, 1939-45, and is secretary of the National Association of Fire Officers. He has been secretary of the National Tyre Distributors' Association since 1947. Mr. Peter Merriton is a barrister. He was born in March, 1925, and educated at St. Paul's School and the University of London, where he studied economics and political science. He joined the Labour Party in 1942. HORNCHURCH Electorate : 73,680 *Bing, G. H. C. (Lab.) .. 30,010 Wentworth-Day, J. (C.) ....28,976 Seear, Miss B. N. (L.).... 4,471 Lab. majority .. .. 1,034 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 28,463 ; C.,r26,696 ; X., 6,653.— Lab. maj., 1,767. Mr. Geoffrey Bing, K.C., became the first M.P. for Hornchurch in 1945, and retained the seat in 1950 ; he was an assistant whip, 1945-46. A barrister. Born 1909 ; educated at Tonbridge School and Lincoln College, Oxford. He has been chairman of the Labour Party defence and services group and of the House of Commons branch of the British Legion. A founder of the National Council for Civil Liberties, 1934. Served as signals officer in North Africa and Europe during the war, and was wounded. Mr. James Wentworth-Day comes from a staunch Conservative family, having 15 M.P.s and one Prime Minister, Lord Rockingham, among his ancestors; contested Hornchurch in 1950. Author, journalist, and publicist, and also farms a large acreage in Cambridgeshire. Born in April, . 1899; educated at Newton College and as extra mural graduate of Cambridge University. Miss Nancy Seear contested Hornchurch in 1950. Lecturer at the London School of Economics. Born August, 1913; educated at Croydqn High School and Newnham College, Cambridge. Member of the Liberal Party Council and the Women's Liberal Federation executive, and has spent 10 years in industry as a personnel officer. HORNSEY Electorate: 75,131 *Gammans, L. D. (C.) .. . 36,417 Pestell, R. A. (Lab.) .. . 25,643 C. majority . 10,774 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 33,927; Lab., 22,832 ; L., 5,122 ; Comm., 1,191.—C. maj., 11,095. Mr. David Gammans was first returned for Hornsey in 1941. He was formerly in the Colonial Service. Born November, 1895; educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and London University. He has worked in Malaya and Tokyo and has travelled extensively in India, Europe, and America, studying agricultural organization ; and was a member of Parliamentary delegations to the West Indies, 1944, Sarawak, 1946, and Ceylon, 1949. Served with Royal Field Artillery during 1914-18 war, and at Ministry of Information during 1939-45 war. Mr. Reginald Pestell contested the seat in 1950. For 14 years a London probationer officer, he is a founder member of the Marriage Guidance Council. Born in January, 1910; elementary, secondary, and London University education. Member of London County Council, 1945-49. Mayor of Stoke Newington, 1947-49. HOVE Electorate: 64,813 *Marlowe, A. A. H. (C.) .. 37,230 Bermel, A. D. (Lab.) .. 12,934 C. majority .... 24,296 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 33,748 Lab., 11,791 ; L., 4,893.—C. maj., 21,957. Mr. Anthony Marlowe, K.C., represented Brighton and Hove from 1941 (when he was returned unopposed) until the 1950 redistribution, when he was returned for Hove. Born October, 1904; educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He is the son of the late Mr. Thomas Marlowe, who was editor of the Daily Mail. He joined the Army in 1939, was promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1942, and served on the staff of the Judge Advocate-General. Mr. Alfred Bermel is general secretary of the Friendly Societies Association Convalescent Home and Social Welfare Organization. Born in 1900; elementary and secondary school education. Member of Stepney Borough Council since 1944. Served in the Army, 1942-48. HUDDERSFIELD East Electorate : 46,384 ?Mallalieu, J. P. W. (Lab.) ...... 22,368 Smith, J. W. (C.) ..... 17,799 Lab. majority .... 4,569 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 22,296 ; C, 17,063.—Lab. maj., 5,233. Mr. Joseph Mallalieu was elected for Huddersneld in 1945, and was returned for the new constituency in 1950. He is a journalist. Born June, 1908 ; educated at Cheltenham College, Trinity College, Oxford, and the University of Chicago ; president of Oxford Union in 1930 and a rugger Blue. He served with the Royal Navy, 1942-45. Mr. John Smith contested the seat in 1950. He is vice-president of the Yorkshire Coal Merchants' Federation ; member of the central committee of the National Association and of Yorkshire Regional Joint Industrial Council for Coal Distributive Workers. Born in 1894; educated at Halifax Grammar School and Leeds University. HUDDERSFIELD West Electorate: 47,851 *Wade, D. W. (L.) ..... 24,054 Bolt, H. W. (Lab.) .... 17,066 L. majority... 6,988 NO CHANGE 1950 :—L., 24,456 ;Lab., 17,542.-L. maj.,6,914. Mr. Donald Wade was elected in 1950. He is a solicitor. Born June, 1904 ; educated at Mill Hill School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Chairman of the Yorkshire Liberal Federation and a member of the Liberal Party executive. He was a member of the Liberal Party's independent trades inquiry committee which produced the report " Fair Play for the Small Man." President of the Leeds Law Society, a governor of Silcoates School, and a member of the Select Committee on Estimates. Mr. Harold Bolt contested the constituency in 1950. Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and an adviser to the Labour Party on finance and taxation matters. Born in April, 1901 ; educated at Farnham Grammar School and London School of Economics. ILFORD North Electorate : 67,796 *Hutchinson, G. (C.) 31,905 Ridealgh, Mrs. M. (Lab. & Co-op.) 21,865 Pollard, H. E.'(L.) .. 3,709 C. majority .... 10,040 1950:—C, 29,950; Lab. & Co-op., .21,385 ; L., 6,009.—C. maj., 8,565. Mr. Geoffrey Hutchinson, K.C., contested Gower in 1935, was returned for llford at the 1937 by-election, but was defeated in 1945 ; elected for llford, North, in 1950. Born October, 1893 ; educated at Cheltenham and Clare College, Cambridge. He was an alderman of the London County Council, 1945-49 ; vice-president of the Association of Municipal Corporations ; Past president of the British Waterworks Association ; and chairman of the local government advisory committee of the Conservative Party since 1944 ; Deputy-Assistant Military Secretary, War Office, 1941-42. Mrs. Mabel Ridealgh won the constituency ]n 1945, but was defeated in 1950. Before marrying she was a Civil servant in the Inland Revenue. porn in 1898 ; elementary school and London University education. Member of the Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce Laws, 1951. Mr. Henry Pollard is a sales representative, | 'utor in economics for the Henry George School of Social Science, and a writer on political aiJd economic matters. Born December. 1923 ; educated at West Kensington Central School, gaddmgton Technical College, and Chelsea Polytechnic. ILFORD South Electorate : 66,678 "Cooper, A. E. (C.) ..... 30,177 Ranger, J. (Lab.).... 24,938 C. majority ..... 5,239 NO CHANGE 1950 :_c., 28,087 ; Lab., 23,558 ; L., 4,170; Com., 913.—C. maj., 4,529. Mr. Albert Cooper contested Dagenham in 1945 and was returned for South llford in 1950. He is a company director. Born September, 1910; educated at the London College of Choristers. He has been a member of llford Borough Council since 1935 and an alderman since 1947. During the war he served in the R.A.F., being a navigator in Mosquito aircraft engaged on photographic ?reconnaissance. Mr. James Ranger, who contested Epping against Mr. Churchill in 1931 and 1935, was elected for South llford in 1945 and defeated in 1950. Company secretary and an official of the Industrial Welfare Society. Born in March, 1889 ; elementary school education. Joined the I.L.P. in 1907. IPSWICH Electorate : 73,622 *Stokes, R. R. (Lab.) . . . . 33,463 Holdsworth, A. E. (C.) . . 29,227 Lab. majority .. . . 4,236 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 29,386 ; C, 24,993 ; L., 8,340.— Lab. maj., 4,393. Mr. Richard Stokes was the first Minister of Materials, a post created in 1951 to deal with the supply and allocation of raw materials, taking over some of the functions of the Board of Trade and the Ministry of Supply. He held the post jointly with that of Lord Privy Seal, and one of his first tasks was to visit America for discussions on the allocation of scarce materials. He also took part in negotiations with Persia over the oil dispute. Minister of Works 1950-51. Represented Ipswich from 1938, and as a back bencher was conspicuous for his independent attitude to Government policy. Born 1897; educated at Downside, the R.M.A., Woolwich, and Trinity College, Cambridge. Served with Royal Artillery, 1914-18, won the M.C. with bar and Croix de Guerre. Mr. Albert Holdsworth, barrister, was formerly a journalist and has broadcast for the B.B.C. for many years, latterly in the oversea service. Born April, 1909 ; educated at Sir George Monoux School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he took an honours degree in economics and politics. He was president o£ the Cambridge Union Society in 1932. KEIGHLEY Electorate : 51,468 *Hobson, C. R. (Lab.) . . .. 23,743 Hargreaves, Brig. K. (C.) .... 21,295 Lab. majority . . .. 2,448 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 21,833 ; C, 16,252 ; L., 6,962.— Lab. maj., 5,581. Mr. Charles Hobson was appointed Assistant Postmaster-General in 1947 and retained the post in 1950. He was elected for Wembley North in 1945 and for Keighley in 1950. A power station engineer, he has a long association with the Amalgamated Engineering Union. Has been a member of Willes-den Borough Council since 1931 and an alderman since 1935. Born 1904 ; educated at a Leeds elementary school. Brig. Kenneth Hargreaves contested Ponte-fract 1945 and Keighley 1950. Managing director of coal distribution, road haulage, and limestone quarrying companies. Born February, 1903 ; educated at Haileybury. During the war served in India and Burma; is hon. colonel 496 H.A.A. Regiment, R.A. Hon. treasurer of the Yorkshire Area Conservative Association; member Chartered' Institute of Secretaries. KINGSTON UPON HULL Central Electorate : 62,996 *Hewitson, M. (Lab.) . . .. 29,674 Bull, Cmdr. W.R. (C.). .. 18,413 Lab. majority... 11,261 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 27,351 ; C, 15,951 ; L., 5,113.— . Lab. maj., 11,400. Mr. Mark Hewitson won the division in 1945 and again in 1950. He is national industrial officer of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers. Born 1897 ; educated. at Consett council school and Ruskin College, Oxford. He was a member of Durham County Council 1929-39 ; president of the International Trade Secretariat for the Public and Civil Services 1936-39, and the Factory Workers' International 1946-50; member of the Labour Party national executive committee in 1939 and since 1946. He served in the Army in both world wars. Cmdr. William Bull, R.N. (retd.) served 40 years in the Royal Navy. Born May, 18%; educated at Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Awarded D.S.M. during first world war for helping to disconnect German mine which fouled minesweeping equipment, and awarded D.S.C. for recovering from minefield first complete German mine and sinker in second world war. Is East Riding employment officer for ex-Regular service men. Member of Hull Conservancy Board. KINGSTON UPON HULL East Electorate : 58,028 •Pursey, Cmdr. H. (Lab.) .. 27,892 Richman, Capt. H. (C.) . . 16,368 Sykes, R. W. (L.) .. .. 4,611 Lab. majority .. .. 11,524 NO CHANGE 1950 :— Lab., 26,903 ; C, 13 988; L 6,981. -Lab. maj., 12,915. Cmdr. Harry Pursey won the division in 1945 and 1950. Served in Royal Navy 30 years, including 10 years on lower deck, retiring 1936; first naval officer promoted from lower deck to become anM.P. Journalist and lecturer ; born August, 1891 ; educated at Sidmouth board school, Royal Hospital School, Greenwich, and Royal Naval College. Took part in Dover Patrol and Battle of Jutland. Capt. Harry Richman is a Humber pilot. Born 1903 ; educated Trinity House Navigation School, Hull. He has served in the R.N.R. for 25 years and holds the O.B.E., the Royal Naval Reserve decoration, and the Order of Leopold. Is interested in matters relating to horticulture, housing, shipping, and pilotage. Mr. Ronald Sykes, barrister and farmer, contested Scarborough and Whitby in 1950. Born December, 1914; educated at Doncaster Grammar School and Pembroke College, Oxford, and was president of Pembroke College Law Society.' Formerly grammar school teacher at Welling-borough and Northampton. Chairman of South Yorkshire Liberal Council, and lay reader in the Church of England. KINGSTON UPON HULL Haltemprice Electorate : 56,485 *Law, R. K. (C.) .... 27,167 Bridges, C. W. (Lab.) .... 19,584 C. majority .... 7,583 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C., 23,482 ; Lab., 18,156 ; L., 5,723.— C. maj., 5,326. Mr. Richard Law held office in the war-tirne and "caretaker" Governments successively as Financial Secretary to the War Office, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Minister of State, and Minister of Education. He was M.P. for South-West Hull 1931-45 ; for South Kensington from a by-election in November, 1945 to 1950 ; and for Haltemprice from 1950 until the dissolution. Born in 1901, the son of Mr. Bonar Law, he was educated at Shrewsbury and St. John's College, Oxford. He has worked as a journalist in London and the United States : and led the United Kingdom delegation to the Hot Springs conference on food and agriculture in 1943. A former chairman of the Council of British Societies for Relief Abroad. Mr. Charles Bridges contested Wythen-shawe, Manchester, in 1950. Is a railway shunter and was formerly a coal miner. Born April, 1904; elementary education. Has been a member of Merthyr Tydfil borough council since 1936, an alderman since 1945, and mayor 1950-51. Was chairman of the -Welsh Regional Council of Labour, 1948-49, and is secretary of the South Wales and Monmouthshire Council of the National Union of Railwaymen. KINGSTON UPON HULL Haltemprice North Electorate : 50,262 *Hudson, W. R. A. (C.) 22,545 Foord , J. (Lab.) 20,025 C. majority . . . . 2,520 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 18.811 ; Lab., 18,041 ; L., 5,268.— C. maj., 770. Mr. Austen Hudson entered Parliament in 1950. Born 1894; educed at Hymer's College, ftull, and Ashville Col-le8e, Harrogate ; now a governor of both. Jr.nairman and managing wrector of a Hull firm, dnd sheriff of Hull 1946-V- President National association of Multiple Tr,r?cers> vice-president institute of Certificated th J?rs- Member of the Church Assembly and ne York Diocesan Board of Finance. Mr. John Foord has been assistant education mcer, East Riding of Yorkshire, since 1946, and jj0 P'eviously deputy director of education, schorl?' Born 1909; ?ducated at a secondary of j^ a"d London University. He is a member Ouri „ r'st'an Alliance of Workers' Unions. J^ a p°v e war hs was commissioned in the v_:.-v-R., and is adjutant of Bootle Air 'g Corps. KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES Electorate : 74,729 *Boyd-Carpenter, J. A. (C.) .. 38,516 Hesketh, R. (Lab.) .. .. 22,117 C. majority. . 16,399 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 36,886 ; Lab., 21,229 ; L., 4,429.— C. maj., 15,657. Mr. John Boyd-Carpenter, barrister, was returned for Kingston-upon-Thames in 1945 and 1950. Born 1908 ; educated at Stowe and Balliol College, Oxford. President, Oxford Union 1930. Served 1940-45 Scots Guards, staff, and A.M.G., Italy. Member general purposes committee and national exer cutive, Conservative Party ; vice-chairman Conservative Parliamentary Labour Committee. Interested in trade union and delegated legislation matters. Mr. Ray Hesketh is an industrial chemist. Born July, 1924; educated at Cowley School, St. Helens, and Liverpool University. Member of the Association of Scientific Workers. Formerly chairman Wimbledon Labour Party and member of League of Youth national committee. LEEDS Central Electorate : 49,858 ?Porter, G. (Lab.) . . 23,967 Barford, W. (C.) .. 14,475 Lab. majority .. 9,492 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 24,030 ; C, 13,351 ; L., 2 176 — Lab. maj.,10,679. Mr. George Porter was returned for Central Leeds in 1945 and 1950. Born 1884 ; educated at elementary and technical schools in Liverpool. A joiner, and member of- the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers. He was labour supply inspector with the Ministry of Labour and National Service during the war. Ex-president of the Liverpool Trades and Labour Council, and a member of Huyton urban district council. Mr. William Barford contested Leeds South in 1945 as a Liberal and Leeds Central in 1950 as a Conservative. He is a head master and lecturer. Born 1893 ; educated at Cockburn High School and Leeds Training College. Has spent 37 years in Leeds education service. President, Leeds Head Teachers' Association; chairman, Leeds Union of Educational Associations. LEEDS North Electorate : 58,219 *Peake, O. (C.)...... 30,290 Taylor, P. (Lab.) 17,249 C. majority 13,041 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 27,766 ; Lab., 15,018 ; L., 4,446.— C. maj., 12,748. Mr. Osbert Peake was Under-Secretary to the Home Office from 1939 to 1944, and later . Financial Secretary to the Treasury. He has sat continuously for North Leeds from 1929. Formerly a coalowner in South Yorkshire, he is an authority on industrial matters and helped to draft the Workmen's Compensation Act. Made a Privy Councillor in 1943, and two years later became chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. Born in 1897, he is a descendant of Earl Grey, Prime Minister in 1832. Educated at Eton, Sandhurst, and Christ Church, Oxford ; served in the Coldstream Guards during the 1914-18 war ; called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1923. Mr. Philip Taylor contested Scarborough and Whitby in 1950. Industrial chemist. Born February, 1917; educated at Pudsey Grammar School and Leeds University. Has been treasurer of Leeds University Socialist Society. He was a member of Pudsey Borough Council, 1945-49. LEEDS North-East Electorate : 47,461 *Bacon, Miss A. M. (Lab.) ....22,402 Bidgood, J. C. (C.) .... 15,991 Lab. majority . . 6,411 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 21,599 ; C, 14,780 ; L., 2,612; Comm., 612.—Lab. maj., 6,819. Miss Alice Bacon won North-East Leeds from the Conservatives in 1945 and was returned again in 1950. She was educated at Normanton elementary and high schools, and Stockwell College, London, and became a teacher. A member of the Labour Party national executive committee since 1941, and chairman of the party, 1950-51. Mr. John Bidgood, a company director, contested the division in 1950. Born May, 1914; educated at Dulwich College. Pilots his own aircraft on business journeys. A member of Leeds City Council since 1947. A pilot in the R.A.F. during the war; later seconded for construction work on aerodromes and Mulberry harbours. LEEDS North-West Electorate : 50,184 *Kaberry, D. (C.)..... 25,873 Veitch, Miss M. (Lab.)... 15,490 C. majority.. 10,383 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 24,161 ; Lab., 14,562 ; L., 3 078 — C. maj., 9,599. Mr. Donald Kaberry entered Parliament in 1950, when he won North-West Leeds. Born 1907 ; educated at Leeds Grammar School and Leeds University. He is a solicitor. Member of Leeds City Council, 1930-50; vice-chairman, Association of Conservative Clubs, 1939-45 ; chairman, Yorkshire Junior Conservatives, 1927-37 ; vice-chairman, Junior Imperial League, 1929-32. Served in R.A., 1939-45. Senior legal officer and president of the military government court at Hamburg. Miss Marian Veitch, insurance official, has been a member of Sheffield City Council since 1945. Born July, 1913. Has held numerous positions in Labour Party organizations. Particularly interested in care of handicapped children. LEEDS South Electorate : 57,436 *Gaitskell, H. T. N. (Lab.) ...... 30,712 Brown, Miss W. D. (C.) ......... 16,493 Lab. majority . ... 14,219 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 29,795 ; C, 14,436 ; L., 4,525.— Lab. maj., 15,359. Mr. Hugh Gaitskell became Chancellor of the Exchequer in October, 1950, at the age of 44, one of the youngest holders of that office. He had been engaged in economic discussions in Washington and was in Ottawa for the North Atlantic Council when the election was announced. Appointed Minister of State for Economic Affairs, March, 1950. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Fuel and Power, in May, 1946, and Minister in October, 1947. His first Budget Produxd the two longest sittings since the war. Born in 1906 ; educated at Winchester and New College, and graduated with first-class honours in philosophy, politics, and economics ; held the Rockefeller Fellowship from 1933-34. Became lecturer in economics and head of the Department of Political Economy at London University. During the war was Principal private secretary to the Minister of economic: Warfare and later principal assistant secretary to Mr. Dalton at the Board of Trade, entered Parliament in July, 1945, for South Leeds. Contested Chatham in 1935. Miss Winifred Brown, a journalist, has been a member of Ilkley urban district council since 1948. Born August, 1906; educated at Bradford girls' Grammar School and Bedford High School. Is the author of a children's play and has broadcast. Member of Ilkley Food Control Committee and National Chamber of Trade. Has been vice-president Bradford Business and Professional Women's Club. LEEDS South-East Electorate : 48,826 *Milner, Maj. J. (Lab.) . . ... 24,929 Kirwin, C. E. (C.) ..... 16,277 Lab. majority . . 8,652 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 23,994 ; C, 15,262 ; L., 2,234.- Lab. maj., 8,732. Major James Milner "as been M.P. for the division since 1929. He *as Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from March, I943, until the dissolution. He is a solicitor. Born 1889; educated at Easingwold grammar School and Leeds University. Is Ueputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Formerly chairman of the British group of the fnter-Parlia-["entary Union and the British-American Parliament iry Group. Mr. Edward Kirwin contested the division in -election in 1947.Born 1908 ; educated at elementary school and Liverpool Collegiate School. Member ot the Liverpool City Council •°r 15 years, originally *s Labour but becoming Conservative in 1938. enlisted as gunner in the R.A., 1940; later served in the R.A.S.C. and was demobilized w'th rank of major. Mr. William Lawn, a Co-operative Society education secretary, has been a propagandist for Lne LL.P. and the Labour Party for 27 years. Born November, 1907; educated at elementary *J"d secondary schools. He is a lecturer for the National Council of Labour Colleges and the Workers' Educational Association. LIVERPOOL Walton Electorate : 64,502 Thompson, K. P. (C.) .. ... 28,014 Levin, I. I. (Lab.) ..... 24,262 C. majority ......... 3,752 NO CHANGE 1950 :—c, 26,250; Lab., 21,983; L., 4,901.— C. maj., 4,267. Mr. Kenneth Thompson won the division ™m Labour in 1950. Born 1910; educated at tootle Grammar School. director of three Liver-Pool companies. Member of the Liverpool City council since 1938, and a party whip ; first cflairman of the Liver-Pool children's com-mittee, and chairman of Ine primary education J-'.ornmittee ; vice-president, Young Conservatives. A regional officer for the Ministry of lntormation during the war. Mr. Ian Levin, a solicitor, was a member of Vq^erpool city CouncUi 1945.48. Born August, anri i .eclucated at Liverpool Collegiate School ' "d Liverpool University. He is president of Liverpool Trades Council and Labour Party. inHig tIle war lle served in the Royal Artillery dnd the Intelligence Corps. LIVERPOOL Wavertree Electorate : 61,133 Tilney, J. D. R. T. (C.)..... 28,179 Hamling, W. (Lab.) . 19,702 C. majority 8,477 NO CHANGE 1950:—C., 26,164; Lab., 18,559; L,, 5,512. —C. maj., 7,605. Mr. John Tilney won the reconstituted Wavertree division in 1950. A member since 1932 of the Liverpool Stock Exchange, of which his great-grandfather was a founder. Born 1907 ; educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. A member of the Liverpool City Council, and governor of Liverpool College. Associated with many Liverpool business and charitable organizations. Served in the R.A. during the war ; became lieutenant-colonel ; awarded Croix de Guerre with gilt star. Mr. William Hamling contested Southport in 1945 and Wavertree in 1950. He is a university lecturer. Educated at Liverpool Institute High School and Liverpool University. Member of the Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union. Was a signals officer in the Royal Marines during the war,, rising to the rank of captain. LIVERPOOL West Derby Electorate : 66,208 *Fyfe, Sir D. Maxwell (C.) ..... 27,441 Edwards, L. C. (Lab.) ..... 25,734 C. majority . . . . 1,707 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 27,449 ; Lab., 25,417.—C. maj., 2,032. Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, K.C., was appointed Solicitor-General in 1942 and became Attorney-General in the " caretaker " Government in 1945. He went to the Nuremberg trials as deputy chairman of the British War Crimes Executive, and there made an international reputation. He was elected chairman of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations in 1950. He has been M.P. for West Derby since 1935. He contested Wigan in 1924. Born 1900; educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, and Balliol. During the 1914-18 war he served with the Scots Guards. He took silk in 1934 ; was Recorder of Oldham, 1936-42 ; and became a member of the General Council of the Bar. Mr. Lewis Edwards contested Ormskirk in 1950. He is a company director and social worker. Born September, 1922; educated at St. Christopher's Preparatory School, Liverpool, Leighton Park School, Reading, and Liverpool University. He has travelled in Europe, the Middle East, and West Africa, and is chairman of a holidays association. He is a member of the Fabian Society and the Round Table. He served with a Friends' Ambulance Unit 1942-46. LUTON Electorate : 57,535 *Hill, Dr. C. (L. & C.) .. .. 26,554 Warbey, W. N. (Lab.) . . 23,842 L. and C. majority .. 2,712 NO CHANGE 1950:—L. & C, 22,946; Lab., 21,860; L., 4,427.—L. & C. maj., 1,086. Dr. Charles Hill won Luton from Labour in 1950. Contested Cambridge University as Independent, 1945. A doctor, writer, and broadcaster, he was the original " Radio doctor." Born 1904; educated St. Olave's School, Trinity College, Cambridge, and London Hospital. He was formerly secretary of the British Medical Association and Central Medical War Committee, and has been president of the World Medical Association ; chairman of the Central Council for Health Education ; secretary of the Commonwealth .Medical Conference and a member of the Industrial Health Advisory Committee, Ministry of Labour. Mr. William Warbey was M.P. for Luton from 1945 to 1950, when he was defeated. He is a lecturer and writer. Born August, 1903; educated at the Grocers' Company's School, King's College, London University, and the London School of Economics. He became a secondary school master and then a tutor, and was tutor-organizer of the National Council of Labour Colleges 1936-40. He is chairman of the Socialist Europe Group. During the war he was chief English Press officer to the Norwegian Government in London. MANCHESTER Ardwick Electorate : 50,431 *Lever, L. M. (Lab.) .. . . 22,150 Hodson, E. (C.) .., .. 17,732 Lab. majority ...... 4,418 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 22,628 ; C, 17,895.—Lab. maj., 4,733. Mr. Leslie Lever entered Parliament for Ardwick in 1950. A solicitor. Born 1905 ; educated at Manchester Grammar School and Leeds University. A member of Manchester City Council since 1932, and an alderman 1951. A governor of Manchester University ; formerly a governor of Manchester Grammar School. Honorary legal adviser to East Lancashire Welfare Committee for H.M. Forces, and South-East Lancashire British Legion. A past chairman of Manchester Welfare Committee for the Blind. Mr. Edwin Hodson contested the division in 1950. He is an accountant. Born 1914; educated at Manchester High School of Commerce. An associate member of several professional bodies and of the British Institute of Radio Engineers; member Royal Statistical Society. He has served on the Stockport Borough Council since 1949. In the R.N.V.R. during the war, he was concerned with communications equipment, and was later an Admiralty accountant in Ceylon. MANCHESTER Blackley Electorate : 59,769 Johnson, E. S. T. (C.) .. . . 25,076 ?Diamond, J. (Lab.) .. .. 22,804 Smith, F. (L.) .. .. 3,287 C. majority . . .. 2,272 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950 :—Lab., 21,392; C, 21,350; L., 7,317; Comm., 562. Lab. maj., 42. Mr. Eric Johnson contested Lancaster in 1945 as a Liberal and Droylsden in 1950 as a Conservative. Born 1897 ; educated at Winchester College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was engaged in cattle-ranching in British Columbia from 1923 to 1930. He served in the 16th Lancers, 1916-20, and was awarded Military Cross ; and in the Royal Armoured Corps, 1940-45. Mr. John Diamond won the division in 1945 and 1950. He was a member of the Speaker's panel of chairmen, and chairman of the Standing Committee on the Gas Bill, the proceedings on which constituted a Parliamentary " marathon " in modern times and entailed all-night sittings. He is a chartered accountant. Born April, 1907; educated at Leeds Grammar School. He is hon. treasurer of the Fabian Society, and chairman of the General Nursing Council finance and general purposes committee. Mr. Frank Smith is a chartered accountant and director of several companies in the clothing and engineering trades. He is a life member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs and a former lecturer in economics at Oldham Technical College. He was a founder of Oldham Repertory Theatre Club. MANCHESTER Cheetham Electorate : 48,241 *Lever, N. H. (Lab.) . . .. 22,810 Singleton, G. W. (C.) .. 13,802 Lab.majority .. .. 9,008 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 22,012 ; C, 12,181 ; L., 3,794.— Lab. maj., 9,831. Mr. Norman Lever, j* barrister, won the f*c hange division in ^45 and Cheetham in Born January, ^4 ; educated at Manchester Grammar School and at the University. Was afterwards called to the Bar and practised in North-Western Circuit. Served, first in the ranks, luring the war and was commissioned in R.A.F.Regiment. His brother won the neighbouring division of Ardwick in 1950. Mr. Geoffrey Singleton, a cotton yarn dyer, "as been a member of Wilmslow urban district council since 1946 and was chairman 1950-51. Born May, 1916 ; educated at Rydal School, Col-*yn Bay, and Manchester and Newton Heath technical colleges. Has held offices in local Conservative Party and Young Conservative Association branches. MANCHESTER Clayton Electorate : 55,727 *Thorneycroft, H. (Lab.) ..... 27,985 Grant, Miss M. S. (C.) ..... 16,122 Lab. majority .. 11,863 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 29,128; C, 14,800; L., 2,295.— Lab. maj., 14,328. Mr. Harry Thorneycroft won the Clayton ^-election in 1942, and retained the division ln 1945 and 1950. He contested Blackpool in ' A ly35. He is a hairdresser * and a former president i; ot the National Federation of Hairdressers. A Member of Manchester uty Council since 1923, ?nd an alderman since '939. Served in The 5-oyaI Fusiliers during 1914-18 war, and in Uefence in the last war. Miss Marjorie Grant, a head mistress, is a member of the North-West Area Conservative bra i?rs' Committee, treasurer of the Stockport ncri of the Head Teachers' Association, and a th xi r o£ the Stockport branch committee of jo, National Union of Teachers. Born January, yy'3; educated at Oldershaw High School, Sh ^! an(l St. {Catherine's College, Liverpool. "e was in the W.V.S., 1939-46, and is a member several welfare organizations. MANCHESTER Exchange Electorate : 46,064 Griffiths, w. (Lab.) .. . . 18,475 Owen, I. W. (C.) .. 14,881 Lab. majority .. .. 3,594 NO CHANGE 1950:-Lab., 18,335 ; C, 13,716; L., 1,812.— maj., 4,619. Mr. William Griffiths won Moss Side from the Conservatives in 1945, and was returned for the Exchange division in 1950. He is a consulting ophthalmic optician, and a Fellow of the British Optical Asso- I ciation. Born 1912: ?• educated at Manchester elementary schools and privately. Was with the 8th Army at Alamein. He is interested in public health matters, was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Mr. Aneurin Bevan 1950-51. Mr. Idris Owen is director of a building and civil engineering company. Born February. 1912; educated at Stockport School and College and Manchester School of Commerce. A member of the Stockport Borough Council for five years, chairman of the highways committee. He is a member of the National Federation of Building Trades Employees' national council and chairman of its regional housing committee.. MANCHESTER Gorton Electorate : 60,233 *Oldfield, W. H. (Lab.) . . ... 28,763 Garlick, S. H. (C.) . ... 20,815 Lab. majority ...... 7,948 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 28,088; C, 18,564; L., 3,377: Comm., 873.—Lab. maj., 9,524. Mr. William Oldfield won Gorton in the 1942 by-election and retained it in 1945 and 1950. He was a Labour Party agent for 20 years before entering Parliament. Born 1881 ; educated Wesleyan School, Sowerby Bridge. He is an alderman of Manchester City Council, of which he has been a member for more than 20 years. President of the Cotton Spinners' Association, and for many years secretary of the Cotton Trades and Labour Council. Mr. Squire Garlick, a chartered accountant, is vice-chairman of the Manchester Conservative Association. Born February, 1916; educated at Lytham College and Arnold School, Blackpool. He served in the Royal Corps of Signals, 1940-44. He has done much work for the Young Conservative movement in Manchester, and is chairman of the association. MANCHESTER Moss Side Electorate : 57,396 *Horsbrugh, Miss F. (C.) .... 27,697 Allaun, F. (Lab.) ..... 16,819 C. majority.. 10,878 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 25,347 ; Lab., 16,769 ; L., 2 607.— C. maj., 8,578. Miss Florence Horsbrugh was Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Health, 1939-45, and in the " caretaker" Government was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food. In 1938 she made Parliamentary history by being the first woman to move the Address in reply to the King's Speech. After representing Dundee for 14 years she was unseated in 1945. In the 1950 election she was defeated at Midlothian and Peebles, but successfully contested Moss Side, where the nominated Conservative candidate had died before polling day. Miss Horsbrugh was educated at Lansdowne House, Edinburgh, and St. Hilda's, Folkestone, and is a Doctor of Letters of Mills College, California, Hon. F.R.C.S. Edinburgh, and LL.D. Edinburgh. Mr. Frank Allaun, a journalist and a qualified chartered accountant, has had a number of occupations, including engineer, shop assistant, foreign tours leader, and Workers' Educational Association lecturer. Born February, 1913; educated at Manchester Grammar School. He has broadcast on many occasions, and is the industrial correspondent of a northern newspaper. MANCHESTER Withington Electorate : 51,575 Cary, Sir R. A. (C.). ... 26,804 Clough, J. (Lab.).... . 14,604 C. majority ..... 12,200 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 22,817; Lab., 14,206 ; L., 6,591.-C. maj., 8,611. Sir Robert Cary was M.P.. for" Eccles, 1935-45. He was an assistant whip, 1944, and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1945. He fought twice unsuccessfully in 1945, at Eccles in the General Election in July and at Ashton under Lyne in the Octo- B ber by-election, and con- Jj tested Central Notting- ? ham in 1950. He is a director of transport companies. Born 1898 ; educated at Ardingly College, Sussex, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was knighted in 1945. Mr. James Clough was parliamentary agent to Mr. N. H. Lever, who won Cheetham in 1950. He is an engineering draughtsman. Born October, 1917; educated at elementary and technical schools and the College of Technology. He is treasurer of Manchester Labour Party and chairman of the Manchester North branch of the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen, and was an elective auditor to Manchester City Council, 1950-51. He is an association football referee. MANCHESTER Wythenshawe Electorate : 62,471 •Hill, Mrs. E. (C.)....... 28,611 Hanbidge, L. L. (Lab.) ..... 22,055 C. majority ..... 6,566 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 22,765 ; Lab., 17,191 ; L., 5,607 ; Comm., 588.—C. maj., 5,584. Mrs. Eveline Hill won Wythenshawe in 1950. A company director. Born 1898 ; educated at schools under Manchester Education Committee. She has lived all her life in Manchester, and has been a member of the City Council since 1936. She was county borough organizer of the W.V.S., Manchester, 1943-50; chairman, Manchester Hospital Management Committee ; and chairman Local Poppy.Fund since 1944. Mr. Lewis Hanbidge served as an engineer in the Royal Navy, the New Zealand Royal Navy, and the Fleet Air Arm for 30 years. He is secretary of the Manchester Council of Chr'stians and Jews, and a member of the Christian Alliance of Workers' Unions. Born April, 1890; educated at Manchester Central High School. He was for some years a member of Gosport Borough Council. MERTON AND MORDEN Electorate : 56,049 "Ryder, Capt. R. E. D. (C.) .. 26,488 Palmer, A. M. F. (Lab. & Co-op.) ... 22,086 C. majority ..... 4,402 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,928 ; Lab., 21,135; L. 4 055 — C. maj., 2,793. Capt. Robert Ryder, V.C., won the division in 1950. Born 1908; educated at Hazelhurst School, Frant, and Cheltenham College. Served in the Royal Navy, 1925-50. He commanded the naval forces in the attack on St. Nazaire and was awarded the Victoria Cross. He also took part in the attack on Dieppe. Commanded the research yacht Pensola in the Graham Land expedition, 1934-37, and was awarded the Polar Medal. He also has the Croix de Guerre with palms and Legion d'Honneur. Mr. Arthur Palmer lost Merton and Morden in 1950 after having been M.P. for Wimbledon, '945-50. He is a chartered electrical engineer. Born August, 1912; educated at Ashford County School and Acton Technical College. He is on the head office staff of the Electrical Power Engineers' Association. A member of the Parliamentary delegation to Norway, 1949, and of the industrial education and training team visiting tne United States, 1951. He was a member of Brentford and Chiswick Borough Council, 1937-45. MIDDLESBROUGH East Electorate: 58,110 *Marquand, H. A. (Lab.) . . 31,277 Turton, R. M. (C.) . . . . 15,749 Lab. majority .. .. 15,528 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 29,185 ; C, 12,402; L., 4,540 ; Comm., 367.—Lab. maj., 16,783. Mr. Hilary Marquand was appointed Minister of Health in January, 1951. From July, 1948, he had been Minister of Pensions, and I previously had served as Secretary for Overseas Trade and Paymaster-Creneral. He was born in '901, and gained a State scholarship at University College, Cardiff. He graduated with first-class honours in history and economics, and was Gladstone and Cobden prizeman. He became •rofessor of Industrial Relations at his old College, a lecturer at Birmingham University, and Visiting Professor of Economics at Wisconsin University. He was member for East Cardiff from 1945 until its disappearance in the redistribution, when he transferred to East Middlesbrough. Mr. Ralph Turton, a solicitor and director of <* shipping company, comes of a family which tias been active in politics for generations. His great-grandfather was an M.P. about 1816; his "ncle represented Thirsk and Malton 1915-29, '"W his brother, Mr. R. H. Turton, has repre-lcln?d that constituency since 1929. Born July, 'vu<>; educated at Eton and Balliol College, "lord. He is a member of Durham County council and leader of the Moderate Party there. MIDDLESBROUGH West Electorate: 54,640 Simon, J. E. S. (C.) ....... 24,622 Dunwoodie, D. (Lab. & Co-op.) ..... 22,525 C. majority . . .. 2,097 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950:—Lab., 21,593 ; C, 17,760; L., 7,273;— Lab. maj., 3,833. Mr. Jocelyn Simon, K.C., served in the Royal Tank Regiment 1939-45, and at Diego Suarez, Madagascar, in 1942 commanded the first tanks used in a combined operation. He was mentioned in dispatches. Born January, 1911, educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge (exhibitioner). Mr. David Dunwoodie contested Dumfriesshire in 1945. He is assistant propaganda agent for the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, Limited and was formerly a foreman builder and chairman of the largest Scottish branch of the Building Trade Workers' Union. Born 1900; secondary education. He is a past-president of the Pollokshaws Co-operative Society. MITCHAM Electorate : 73,575 *Carr, L. R. (C.)..... 34,056 . Randall, H. E. (Lab.) . 28,187 C. majority 5,869 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 31,881 ; Lab., 27,055 ; L., 3,864.—C. maj., 4,826. Mr. Robert Carr won Mitcham in 1950. He is a metallurgist, and research and development director of a manufacturing company. Born 1916 ; educated at Westminster School and Gon-ville and Caius. College, Cambridge. He was a member of the British Intelligence Objectives Sub-committee team which investigated light alloy foundries in Germany, 1945. Interested in industrial relations, technical education, and industrial training. Mr. Harry Randall was M.P. for Clitheroe from 1945 to 1950 when he was defeated. He was a Government whip for some time and was a member of a Parliamentary delegation to Denmark and Austria. He is national organizer of the Union of Post Office Workers. NELSON AND COLNE Electorate: 52,614 *Silverman, S. S. (Lab.) . . .. 25,611 Green, A. (C.) .. .. 21,211 Lab. majority . . . . 4,400 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 25,358 ; C, 21,116.—Lab. maj.,4,242. Mr. Sydney Silverman has represented the constituency since 1935. Contested by-election in Exchange division, Liver-poo], 1933. A solicitor; formerly a university lecturer, National University of Finland. Born 1895 ; educated at Liverpool Institute and Liverpool University. A member of Liverpool City Council, 1932-38. He has been active in the Jewish cause. Mr. Alan Green contested the division in 1950. He is a textile manufacturer and director of five companies supplying the paper and board-making industries. Born September, 1911; educated at Brighton College. He is a member of the council of Blackburn Chamber of Commerce and of the local Textile Advisory Committee and the Disablement Advisory Panel. He served in the Royal Artillery during the war, rising from gunner to major. NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME Electorate : 60,649 Swingler, S. T. (Lab.) .. .. 30,814 Friend, Maj. J. A. (C.) . . 22,278 Lab. majority..... 8,536 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 30,249; C, 22,132.—Lab. maj., 8,117. Mr. Stephen Swingler was M.P. for Stafford from 1945 to 1950, when he lost the reconstituted Stafford and Stone division to the Conservatives. He is a teacher in adult and secondary education, and has broadcast. Born March, 1915 ; educated at Stowe School and New College, Oxford. He was in the Royal Armoured Corps during the war. A member of the Fabian Society. Maj. James Friend contested the division in 1950. He is a retired Regular Army officer. Born 1916; educated at Harrow and Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Commissioned in the 11th Hussars 1936; served with 7th Armoured Division in the Western Desert; was a liaison officer during battles of Alamein and Western Desert; and landed in Normandy with 11th Hussars. He was subsequently with Allied Military Government in Hanover. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Central Electorate : 49,505 Short, E. W. (Lab.).... 25,637 Webster, F. T. (C.) .. ..13,325 Barton, F. G. (I.L.P.) ... 1,066 Lab. majority .... 12,312 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 25,190; C, 13,567; I.L.P. 812 —Lab. maj.,11,623. Mr. Edward Short, aged 38, is the head master of a secondary modern school. He joined the Labour Party in 1942 and has been leader of the Labour group on Newcastle City Council. He is a member of the National Union of Teachers and the National Association of Labour Teachers. Mr. Frederick Webster, a member of the Conservative Party national executive, is an engineering inspector; member Amalgamated Engineering Union, and formerly a shop steward. Born June, 1896; educated at Holy Trinity School, Stockton-on-Tees ; member Stockton-on-Tees Town Council. He was in the Territorial Army from 1912 to 1919, and served in France. Mr. Fred Barton, who is national chairman of the I.L.P., contested the division in 1950. He was formerly a caravan salesman in the Manchester district and is now an official of the Society of Friends. Aged 34. A workers' representative on the National Wages Council for retail stationery and bookselling. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE East Electorate : 55,965 *Blenkinsop, A. (Lab.) .. 25,621 Edwards, A. (C.)... 22,850 Lab. majority .. .. 2,771 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 24,694 ; C, 18,866 ; L , 4 440 — Lab. maj., 5,828. Mr. Arthur Blenkinsop became Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Health in 1949, and was -previously Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Pensions. For a short time after his election for Newcastle East in 1945 he was a Lord Commissioner to the Treasury. Born in 1911, he was educated at the Royal Grammar School and the College of Commerce, Newcastle upon Tyne. He was employed in a colliery office, and lectured for the Workers' Educational Association, and was a civilian lecturer to the Forces during the early part of the war before joining the Army. Mr. Alfred Edwards was elected Labour M.P. for East Middlesbrough in 1935 and 1945. His opposition to the iron and steel nationalization proposals led to his expulsion from the Labour Party. Standing as a Conservative, he was defeated at East Middlesbrough in 1950. £°rn March, 1888; began work in a Middles-trough foundry as a labourer; became director °t a pig-iron firm and other companies. A member of Middlesbrough Town Council from 932 to 1935. Has travelled in the United States lecturing. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE North Electorate : 55,370 Lloyd-George, Maj. G. (L. & C.) 23,930 Geffen, I. E. (Lab.) .. . . 17,005 Gray, C. (Ind. C.) . . .. 5,904 L. & C. majority . . 6,925 NO CHANGE 1950 :_C, 25,325 ; Lab., 16,860 ; L., 4,839.— C maj., 8,465. Maj. Gwilym Lloyd-George, a son of the late tarl Lloyd-George, was Liberal M.P. for Pembroke 1922-24 and from J9.29 to 1950, when, as Liberal and Conserva-«ve, he was defeated by J29 votes. He was Parliamentary Secretary, Board °f Trade, 1931 and 1939-7l ; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Food, ^41-42; and Minister °i Fuel 1942-45. Born December, 1894 ; educated at Eastbourne and Jesus College, Cambridge. He served in the Royal Artillery ln France during 1914-18 war. Mr. Ivan Geffen contested Thirsk and Walton 1950. A solicitor and legal adviser to "Wham Area National Union of Mineworkers. P°rn March, 1920; educated at Westminster ifix and London University. Treasurer of l"e. North Regional Committee of Fabian ?^Metie British delegate to 1951 Plenary y of World Federation of United s Associations, Stockholm. Served Royal ry. 1940-45 and Royal Army Educational Corps 1945-46. Mr. Colin Gray, a Bevin boy during the war, hJJJf- 'he Conservative publication: "The Ship-ing Industry in the North-East." School- Born January, 1927 ; educated Gosforth ar School and King's College, Durham Wall S1iy' vice-chairman and publicity officer Waii e Conservative Association and chairman 'diisend Young Conservative Association. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE West Electorate: 62,916 "Popplewell, E. (Lab.) ....... 31,765 Bazin, J. M. (C.) ..... 23,081 Lab. majority .... 8,684 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 31,230; C, 21,949; Coma, 492.—Lab. maj., 9,281. Mr. Ernest Popplewell was Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in the 1945 and 1950 Governments. He captured West Newcastle from the Conservatives at the 1945 election and retained it in 1950 with an increased majority. Born in 1899, he became a railway signalman and for 12 years was a branch secretary in the N.U.R. He has spent 18 years in local government work. During the 1914-18 war he served with the Royal Marine Artillery and won the Belgian Croix de Guerre. Mr. James Bazin, engineer and managing director of a Tyneside engineering works, joined 607 (County of Durham) Squadron, R.Aux.A.F., in 1935, won the D.S.O. and D.F.C. during the war, serving in 607 Squadron during the'Battle of Britain, and commanded the squadron from the end of the war until 1951. Born December, 1913; educated abroad. NORTHAMPTON Electorate : 75,551 *Paget, R. T. (Lab.) .. .. 35,038 Collier, J. V. (C.) .. . . 30,244 Lab. majority ....... 4,794 NO CHANGE 1950 :--Lab., 31,946 ; C, 24,664 ; L., 8,619.— Lab. maj., 7,282. Mr. Reginald Paget, K.C., won Northampton in 1945 and again in 1950 ; contested the seat 1935. Called to Bar 1934, took silk 1947. Born March, 1908 ; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Elder son of Major T. Guy Paget, formerly Conservative M.P. for Market Harborough, he joined the Labour Party in 1929. Invalided from the R.N.V.R. 1943. He defended Field-Marshal von Manstein in the German war crime trials. Mr. John Collier is the fourth generation of his family to sit on Northampton Town Council; he was elected in 1938 and became the Conservative Party leader last year. Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Born August, 1895; educated at Northampton Grammar School. Director Northampton Town and County Benefit Building Society; member of the committee of Northampton Rugby and County Cricket Clubs. NORWICH North Electorate : 43,363 *Paton, J. (Lab.) ....... 22,880 Eaton, T. C. (C.) ....... 13,587 Lab. majority.. 9,293 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 21,898 ; C, 8,704 ; L, 6,376.— Lab. maj., 13,194. Mr. John Paton represented Norwich 1945-50 and North Norwich 1950-51 ; contested North Ayrshire 1922 and South Aberdeen 1923. He is a secretary. Born 18S6; elementary education. Tn 1952 he completes 50 years in the Labour movement. He was formerly general secretary of. the I.L.P. and editor of the New Leader. He has been associated'!for many years with local government in Hertfordshire. His wife, Mrs. Florence Paton, was also a Labour M.P. 1945-50. Mr. Thomas Eaton has been a member of Norwich City Council since 1949. Solicitor; born October, 1918; educated at Stowe School. He is an ex-chairman of Norwich Young Conservatives and a former vice-chairman of the Eastern Area Young Conservatives. A Territorial officer from 1936 to 1950, he was taken prisoner by the Japanese at Singapore. NORWICH South Electorate : 43,103 *Strauss, H. G. (C.) .. .. 19,082 Tylecote, Mrs. M. (Lab.) .. 17,234 C. majority ... 1,848 NO CHANGE 1950 :-—C., 18,693 ;Lab., 16,368.—C.maj.,2,325. Mr. Henry Strauss, K.C, was M.P. for Norwich 1935-45 and the Combined English Universities 1946-50, and won South Norwich 1950. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works andPlanning 1942-43,and the Ministry of Town and Country Planning 1943-45, when he resigned because of disagreement with Yalta Conference decisions. Born June, 1892; educated at Rugby and Christ Church, Oxford. Called to Bar 1919, K.C. 1946. He is on the executive of the National Trust. Mrs. Mabel Tylecote contested the division in 1950; in 1938 she contested Fylde at a by-election, and in 1945 Middleton and Prestwich. Lecturer in. history; born February, 1896; educated at Manchester University and Wisconsin University, U.S.A. Member Manchester City Council since 1940. Married to Professor F. E. Tylecote, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Manchester University. Member Royal Institute of International Affairs. NOTTINGHAM Central Electorate : 50,260 *Winterbottom, I. (Lab.). . 20,517 Crean, J. A. H. (C.) ....... 20,378 Lab. majority...... 139 NO CHANGE 1950:- Lab., 19,237; C, 17,487; L., 4,814.— Lab. maj., 1,750. Mr. Ian Winterbottom won the division in 1950. He was formerly special assistant to Lord Pakenham at the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Born 1913; educated at Charterhouse and Clare College, Cambridge. He has worked in the textile and engineering trades in Manchester, Derby, and Germany. Personal staff officer to the regional commissioner, Hamburg, in the Control Commission. A member of the management committee of Papworth Village Settlement. Mr. Anthony Crean, a land agent, has been chairman of the South-Eastern Area Political Education Committee of the Conservative Central Council. Born 1915; educated at Downside and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was formerly a member of the Saffron Walden Rural District Council. NOTTINGHAM East Electorate : 52,406 * Harrison, J. (Lab.)..... 20,865 Shephard, S. (C.)...... 20,601 Abrahams, Lady R. (L.) ...... 2,209 Lab. majority .... 264 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 20,404 ; C, 18,079 ; L., 5,368.— Lab. maj., 2,325. Mr. James Harrison won the division in 1945 and again in 1950. He was an engine-driver. B°rn August, 1899 ; educated at elementary school and Labour College. Member of the National Union of Railwaymen's executive and National Civil Defence Institute ; former member of the National Pensions Tribunal. Has been chairman of the South Derbyshire Labour Party. He was a member of the Parliamentary delegation which visited China. Mr. Sidney Shephard was M.P. for Newark from 1943 to 1950, when he was defeated. He is chairman and managing director of a textile firm. Born March, 1894; elementary and secondary school education. Served with The Sherwood Foresters during 1914-18 war, winning the M.C.; during the last war was an Army liaison officer and also commanded Newark Home Guard battalion. He was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, 1941. Lady Ruth Abrahams contested Orpington in '"50. She was a welfare officer at Belsen in 1945, and has studied racial, welfare, and emigration Problems in two continents. Born September, 1894 ; educated at South Hampstead High School. Me was on the W.V.S. headquarters staff during we war, and is a W.V.S. civil defence officer at Twickenham. NOTTINGHAM North-West Electorate : 60,392 "O'Brien, T. (Lab) .. .. 32,694 Gardner, T. (C.) .. .. 17,650 Lab. majority .. .. 15,044 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 30,223 ; C, 13,016 ; L., 5,432.— Comm., 719.—Lab. maj., 17,207. Mr. Tom O'Brien was M.P. for West Nottingham 1945-50 and won .'^orth-West Nottingham ln 1950. He has been funeral secretary of the Rational Association of 'heatrical and Kine employers since 1932 i*ad an official of the association since 1921. °.orn August, 1900; educated at St. Mary's ^ctrool, Llanelly. He is 5, member of the T.U.C. General Council, the 'nemat0i|raph Films Council, and the general uuncil of the International Confederation of p ~f Trade Unions, and president of the the a10™ of Trieatre Unions. He served in r>n ^rrmy in the first world war and was at the u*rdanelles. Mr. Thomas Gardner, an architect, contested eduoaJV!,SIOn in 195°- Bom December, 1899; and it • at St- Mary's Roman Catholic School University College, Nottingham. Voluntary social welfare worker for over 30 years; member of Nottingham City Council since 1950. Employed on anti-submarine devices and minelaying during the war. NOTTINGHAM South Electorate : 46,413 *Smith, H. N. (Lab. & Co-op.).... 19,844 Davies, W. R. R. (C.)....... 19,362 Lab. & Co-op, majority.... 482 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab. & Co-op., 18,806; C, 17,165; L., 3,182.—Lab. &Co-op. maj., 1,641. Mr. Norman Smith was elected in 1945 and 1950; had previously contested Faversham in 1931 and 1935. He is a journalist. Born January, 1890 ; educated at Swin-don High School and Swindon College. Served with the B.E.F. in France, 1914-18. He has been active in monetary reform movements since 1926. Mr. Rees Davies, a barrister, contested the division in 1950. Born November, 1916; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Lost an arm while serving with Welsh Guards Armoured Brigade in Tunisia. Has wide experience of law relating to the Factory Acts, landlord and tenant, and workmen's compensation. Son of the late Sir William Rees-Davies. Liberal Member for Pembrokeshire, 1892-98. OLDBURY AND HALESOWEN Electorate : 65,975 *Moyle, A. (Lab.) ..... .. 30,610 Somers, W. L. O. (C.) .... .. 24,338 Lab. majority . . 6,272 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 28,379; C, 17,281 ; L., 10,620 Lab. maj., 11,098. Mr. Arthur Moyle represented Stourbridge 1945-50 and was returned for Old bury and Hales-owen 1950, and was Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Attlee in both Parliaments. He contested Torquay 1924. He is a trade union official. Born September, 1894 ; educated at elementary school and Fircroft College, Bourn-ville. Formerly an officer of the National Union of Public Employees and of the National Federation of Bui ding Trade Operatives, he has served on se eral joint councils concerned with local gove nment employees, and is a member of the T.U.C. local government advisory committee. Mr. Lionel Somers is a forgemaster and managing director of a heavy engineering firm. Born January, 1904; educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. He is a member of Stratford-on-Avon Borough Council. OLDHAM East Electorate : 56,887 Horobin, I. M. (C.) 24,621 Joyce, J. A. (Lab.) 22,564 C. majority .. .. 2,057 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950:—Lab., 21,510; C, 21,117; L., 5,206.— Lab. maj., 393. Mr. Ian Horobin was National M.P. for Central Southwark 1931-35 and contested West Oldham as a Conservative in 1950. He is a social worker. Born November, 1899 ; educated at High-gate and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Son of the late J. C. Horobin, Principal of Homerton College, Cambridge. In 1923 he refounded the Mansfield House University Settlement, Albert Dock, London, of which he has since been warden. Served in R.A.F. 1918-19 and 1939-45 ; taken prisoner by Japanese. Mr. Avery Joyce, a barrister of the Inner Temple and a member of the Fabian Society, is the author of several books and pamphlets on constitutional and international law and business affairs. Born May, 1902; educated at London University and the Central School of International Studies. He has lectured and broadcast in the United States on British economic and social problems. He spent several years in international student work at Geneva, and was for a time British secretary of the International Association for Labour Legislation. OLDHAM West Electorate : 55,472 *Hale, C. L. (Lab.) 23,712 Grigg, J. E. P. (C.) 19,517 Fothergill, C. P. (L.) 3,823 Lab. majority 4,195 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 22,533 ; C, 17,740; L., 6,635 ; Comm., 438.—Lab. maj., 4,793. Mr. Leslie Hale was returned for Oldham in 1945 and for West Oldham 1950 ; contested South Nottingham 1929 as a Liberal. He is a solicitor, and legal adviser to several Midland trade unions. Born July, 1902 ; educated at Ashby-de-la-Zouch Grammar School. A member of Leicestershire County Council 1925-49. He served in the Royal Artillery 1939-42. He is recognized as the fastest speaker in the House of Commons. Mr. John Grigg is the son and heir of Lord Altrincham, who as Sir Edward Grigg was an M.P. for Oldham, 1922-25. He is a journalist and assistant editor of the National and English Review. Member of the U.K. delegation to Imperial Press Conference in Canada in 1950. Born April, 1924; educated Eton and New College, Oxford. He served in Holland and Germany with the Grenadier Guards, 1943-45. Vice-chairman of the South Gloucestershire Conservative Association. Mr. Philip Fothergill, president of the Liberal Party, contested Angus in 1945 and West Middlesbrough in 1950. He is a director of woollen textile firms. Born February, 1906; educated at Bootham School, Yorks. Was chairman of Liberal Party executive, 1946-49; member of Scottish Liberal Party executive. Was deputy regional transport commissioner for Scotland 1943-45. OXFORD Electorate : 70,494 *Turner, H. F. L. (C.) .. 32,367 Elvin, G. H. (Lab.) 25,427 C. majority .. .. 6,940 NO CHANGE 1950 By-election :—C, 27,583 ; Lab., 20,385.— C. maj., 7,198. 1950 :—C, 27,508 ; Lab., 23,902 ; L., 6,807 ; Comm., 494.—C. maj., 3,606. Mr. Lawrence Turner, who was returned for Oxford in the 1950 by-election when Mr. Quintin Hogg succeeded to the peerage, had contested North Paddington at a by-election in 1946 and the General Election 1950. He is a director of several companies. Born December, 1908 ! educated at Radley College and Reading University. He served in Royal Artillery, was a prisoner-of-war in the Far East for three and a half years, and worked on the Burma Road. Mr. George Elvin contested Weston-super-Mare in 1935 and Kingston-upon-Thames in 1945. He is a trade union secretary. Born June, 1907; educated at Southend elementary and secondary schools. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, for 17 years he has been general secretary of the Association of Cinemato-gfapn and Allied Technicians. Son of Mr. H. E. tlV]n, a former president of the T.U.C. A member of the executive committee of the T.U.C. "on-manual workers' advisory council. PLYMOUTH Devonport Electorate : 72,611 *Foot, M. M. (Lab.)..... 32,158 Churchill, R. F. E. S. (C. & Nat. L.) .... 29,768 Lab. majority ..... 2,390 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 30,812; C. & Nat. L., 27,329; 2,766.-—Lab. maj., 3,483. Mr. Michael Foot won Devonport in 1945 and 1950; contested Monmouth, 1935. A Journalist and author. Horn July, 1913; educated at Leighton Park school, Reading, and I Wadham College, Oxford. He was president ot the Union in 1933, and toured the United States. He is joint editor of the ; tribune and political Writer in the Daily Herald. A son of Mr. Isaac Foot, former Liberal M.P. Mr. Randolph Churchill, son of Mr. Winston Churchill, was M.P. for Preston from 1940 to 1945, when he was defeated; also con-tefted Wavertree, Liverpool (by-election), 1935 ; West Toxteth, Liverpool, 1935; and Ross and Lromarty (by-election), 1936. Lecturer and journalist. Born May, 1911; educated at Eton ™1(i Christ Church, Oxford. He served during KtWar on General Staff (Intelligence), G.H.Q., Middle East. Was defeated at Devonport in 1950. PLYMOUTH Sutton Electorate : 66,894 Astor, J. J. (C.)......28,908 Middleton, Mrs. L. A. (Lab.) .28,198 C. majority .. .. 710 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950:—Lab., 27,512; C, 26,588 ; L., 3,541.— . maj., 924. Mr. John Astor con-n th? division in U. Business executive, of Lord Astor. n August, 1918 ; educated at Eton and New >f "ege, Oxford. Joined mil, Guards Supple-!"entary Reserve in 1939, g;ved as major in' mandos at Dieppe h? tT',* a»-borne forces maialy' ^ance, Ger-befny' and Norway, ln8 awarded the Legion d'Honneur and Croix de Guerre. Secretary to British delegation at the Commonwealth Conference in Canada, 1949. Mrs. Lucy Middleton was returned for Sutton in 1945 and 1950; contested South Pad-dington, 1931, and Pudsey and Otley, 1935. A teacher, lecturer, and organizer. Born May, 1894; educated at elementary school, Colston's Gills' High School, Bristol, and Bristol University. In 1936 married Mr. J. S. Middleton, formerly secretary of the Labour Party. She is chairman of the Labour committee on blitzed cities, and has taken a close interest in war damage, housing, and reconstruction matters. PONTEFRACT Electorate : 53,856 *Sylvester, G. O. (Lab.) .. 35,280 Pike, Miss I. M. P. (C. & L.) 11,043 Lab. majority . . .. 24,237 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 35,432 ; L. & C, 11,431.—Lab. maj., 24,001. Mr. George Sylvester was returned for Normanton in 1947 by-election and won Ponte-fract in 1950. He is a miner. Born September, 1898 ; educated at Normanton Council School. He was a member of Normanton Urban District Council for 20 years, and three times chairman ; and has also served on the West Riding County Council. He was a branch secretary in the Yorkshire area, National Union of Mineworkers for 18 years. Miss Mervyn Pike is a managing director of a firm of pottery manufacturers. Born September, 1918; educated at Hunmanby Hall, Yorkshire, and Reading University, where she took a" degree in economics and social psychology. She served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during the war. POOLE Electorate : 59,286 Pilkington, Capt. R. A. (C.) .... 26,998 Matchan, L. J. (Lab.) .. .... 18,346 Ridgway, W. (L.) . 5,029 C. majority .. 8,652 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 24,344 ; Lab., 17,831 ; L., 7,130.-C. maj., 6,513. Capt. Richard Pilkington, M.C.,was M.P. for Widnes from 1935 to 1945, when he was defeated, and contested Widnes again in 1950. He was Civil Lord of the Admiralty, 1942-45. Born May, 1908 ; educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church' College, Oxford. He took up farming in Canada in 1928, but returned to this country in 1930 and joined the Coldstream Guards, in which he served until he became an M.P. Rejoined Coldstream Guards in 1939 ; was among the last to leave Dunkirk. Mr. Leonard Matchan has been a member of Poole Borough Council since 1950. He is European general manager for a firm of cosmetic manufacturers and -director of engineering tool-making and other companies. Aged 40 ; educated at Whitgift Middle School, Croydon. Qualified as accountant in 1932. Is member of Institute of Export, and formerly president of Perfumery and Toilet Preparation Manufacturers' Federation. Mr. William Ridgway contested Uxbridge in 1935, Chertsey, 1945, and Poole, 1950. He is a chartered surveyor, and during the war he supervised war damage repairs in London. Born November, 1901 ; educated at Lawrence Sherriffe School, Rugby. He served in the R.A.F.V.R. from 1942 to 1946. PORTSMOUTH Langstone Electorate : 61,641 *Stevens, G. P. (C.) 31,752 Ryan, J. O'N. (Lab.).. 18,647 C. majority .. .. 13,105 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 29,477 ; Lab., 17,691 ; L., 2,821.— C. maj., 11,786. Mr. Geoffrey Stevens, who entered Parliament for Langstone in 1950, had contested the Park division of Sheffield in 1945. He is a chartered accountait in the City. Born November, 1902 ; educated at Westminster School. He served in the R.A.F. 1939-45, retiring with the rank of wing commander. Is interested in matters relating to the Colonial Empire and national finance. Mr. J. O'Neill Ryan, a chemist, has been a member of Paddington Borough Council since 1945. Born January, 1913; educated at St. Alphonsus College, Limerick, and University College, Dublin. He is a governor of four L.C.C. secondary schools, and a member of a divisional health committee. He is a member of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers. PORTSMOUTH South Electorate : 59,306 * Lucas, Sir J. M. (C.) .. .. 30,548 Wallace, Capt. D. S. (Lab.) .. 17,350 C. majority.. 13,198 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 31,124; Lab.,17,545.—C.maj.,13,579. Sir Jocelyn Lucas has represented the division since 1939. Born 1889 ; educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Wounded and taken prisoner 1914-18 war. Welfare liaison officer with Dominion forces 1940-50 ; twice injured as a fireman in London bombing. Chairman Overseas League Hospitality Committee; founder and chairman Allies Welcome Committee, 1940-50; founder and chairman Returned Prisoners of War Advice Committee, 1944-49. He is a dog breeder and a member of the Kennel Club committee. Capt. Douglas Wallace, a master mariner, is a member of Portsmouth Labour Party executive. Born October, 1912; educated at Allan Glen's High School, Glasgow. He is chairman of Portsmouth branch of the National Union of Railwaymen and senior vice-president Portsmouth Trades Council. He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve. He is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. PORTSMOUTH West Electorate : 59,262 *Clarke, Brig. T. H. (C.) ..... 25,363 Birk, Mrs. A. L. (Lab.) ..... 24,115 C. majority .... 1,248 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 24,924 ; Lab., 23,979 ; Comm., 251. —C. maj., 945. Brig. Terence Clarke won the division in 1950. He contested Pudsey and Otley as a Liberal in 1945. Born February, 1904 ; educated at Hai ley-bury and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He joined The Gloucester Regt., 1924, transferred to the R.A.O.C., served in Norway, 1940, was Deputy Director of Ordnance Services to the First Army in 1942 and to the Second Army in 1944 (Normandy to Germany). He later served in Southern Command, and retired in 1950. Mrs. Alma Birk contested Ruislip-Northwood m 1950. She is a lecturer, and the wife of a solicitor. Aged 32; educated at South Hamp-stead High School, London University, and London School of Economics. A member of iynchley Borough Council since 1950, Hendon Hospital Group Management Committee, the ^orth London youth Club management council, and lecturer and visitor at Holloway Prison. She was joint secretary of the Fabian research group °n marriage and divorce formed to give evidence t0 the royal commission. PRESTON North Electorate : 52,647 *Amery, J. (C.)......23,598 Hourigan, T. (Lab.) .. .. 22,490 C. majority .. . . 1,108 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 21,888; Lab., 20,950; L., 2,012; Comm., 366.—C. maj., 938. Mr. Julian Amery won North Preston in f950 after an earlier contest in the two-member seat in 1945. He is a son of Mr. L. S. Amery and an author. Born March, 1919; educated 1 at Eton and Balliol Col- ? 'ege, Oxford. He joined I the R.A.F. in 1940, trans- m ferred to the Army, and I in 1941 organized the jirst military mission to th y^uS°slav resistance movement,- landing on ne Montenegrin coast from a submarine. He as later parachuted into Albania as liaison officer with guerrillas, and afterwards became J^r. Churchill's personal representative with General Chiang Kai-shek. Mr. Tom Hourigan has been a member of j-eigh Borough Council since 1934, and of Lancashire County Council since 1946, and was ™ayor of Leigh 1949-50. Born 1904; elementary «n nation. He is a member of the National and v CounciI f°r Hospital Ancillary Staffs mem ^ HeIens and District Hospital Manage-Dkt ? Comm.'ttee, and chairmar. of Leigh and Nat;,! Advisory Committee of the Ministry df "uonal Insurance. PRESTON South Electorate : 52,610 Shackleton, E. A. A. (Lab.).... 22,760 McLean, N. L. D. (C.) .... 22,744 Lab. majority .. 16 NO CHANGE 1950: Lab., 22,716; C, 22,567.—Lab. maj.,149. Mr.Edward Shackleton was elected for Preston at a by-election in 1946 and for South Preston, 1950 ; contested Epsom and Bourne-mouth(by-election), 1945. He was Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Herbert Morrison, 1950-51. Author and lecturer. Born July, 1911 ; educated at Radley and Magdalen College, Oxford. A son of the famous explorer, he was surveyor in the Oxford University expedition to Ellesmere Land, 1934-35. A wing commander in the R.A.F. intelligence during the war. Mr. Neil McLean, an East Indies merchant, contested the division 1950. Born November, 1918; educated at Eton and Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Joined Royal Scots Greys 1938, and served in Palestine during Arab rebellion ; commanded battalion of Eritrean volunteers in Abyssinia under General Wingate; during 1943-44 twice parachuted into Balkans and headed first Allied military mission to Albanian resistance movement. PUDSEY Electorate : 50,521 *Banks, Col. C. (C.) . .. 24,138 Collings, A. G. (Lab.) . 20,782 C.majority 3,356 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 18,269 ; Lab., 18,205 ; L., 7,731.— C. maj., 64. Col. Cyril Banks, who won Pudsey in 1950, is a company director. Born August, 1901 ; educated at Sheffield council schools and Sheffield University. Member, West Riding County Council, 1946-49. Assistant Director, War-time Meals Division, Ministry of Food, 1940-43 ; War Office Civil Affairs branch, 1943 ; was engaged on the supply side of (1943) and S.H.A.E.F. (1944). Mr. Geoffrey Collings, an industrial chemist, contested Pudsey, 1950. Born June, 1913 ; educated at Stationers' Company's School and Birkbeck College, London University. Member Transport Salaried Staffs' Association executive committee, 1945-51 ; former member Esher urban district council; former chairman London Trades Council. Has served on many railway service negotiating committees. READING North Electorate : 39,681 Bennett, F. M. (C.) .... 17,378 *Mackay, R. W. G. (Lab.) .... 17,076 C. majority .. .. 302 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950 :—Lab., 15,681 ; C, 15,154 ; L., 3,238.— Lab. maj., 527. Mr. Frederick Bennett, a barrister and political journalist, contested Burslem, 1945, as National candidate and Ladywood, Birmingham, 1950, as Conservative. Born December, 1918 ; educated at Westminster School. Made first overland car journey from South, Africa to England, 1947 ; is an advocate in Southern Rhodesian High Court. Served in Royal Artillery during the war ; became military experimental officer in the petroleum warfare department. Mr. Ronald Mackay was elected for North-West Hull, 1945, and North Reading, 1950; he contested Frome, 1935, and Llandafl and Barry, as Independent Labour, 1942. He was for a time national chairman of the Common Wealth Party, but rejoined the Labour Party in 1944. He is a solicitor and business man. Born in New South Wales, September, 1902; educated at Sydney Grammar School and Sydney University. He was a lecturer at Sydney University for 10 years before coming to Britain in 1933. He has been a delegate to Council of Europe and is an advocate of greater European unity. READING South Electorate : 41,694 *Mikardo, I. (Lab.) 18,570 Pryce, H. (C.) 17,561 Lab. majority 1,009 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 17,704; C, 15,450; L., 3,225.— Lab. maj., 2,254. Mr. Ian Mikardo was M.P. for Reading, 1945-50, and won Reading South in 1950. He is an industrial consultant and journalist. Born 1908 ; educated at Portsmouth Municipal College. Is member of the Labour Party National Executive Committee, national executive of the Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians, and Fabian Society executive, and chairman of the Society of Socialist Managers and Technicians. Mr. Harold Pryce contested the Park division of Sheffield, 1950. He is- a maker of exhibition stands, displays, and signs, formerly employed in an iron foundry as a spring maker, and in the motor trade. Born 1909; educated at elementary school and as an external student of Manchester University. He has been a member of Ilford Borough Council, 1947-49, and was chairman of the Ilford Conservative Association, 1948-49. RICHMOND Electorate : 63,267 *Harvie-Watt, Sir G. S. (C.) .... 30,743 White, Miss F. (Lab.) ..... 16,707 Ennals, D. H. (L.) .... 4,933 C. majority .. 14,036 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C-, 30,907; Lab., 17,238 ; L., 5,634 — C. maj., 13,669. Sir George Harvie-Watt, K.C., has been M.P. for Richmond since 1937, and sat for Keighley from 1931 to 1935. He was Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Churchill 1941-45. Director of several companies. Born August, 1903 ; educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, and Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities. Called to the Bar 1930, took silk 1945. He has a long association with the Territorial Army. A.D.C. (Additional) to the King since 1948. He has served on the Kensington Borough Council, and as a Deputy Lieutenant of Surrey. Miss Freda White, author and journalist, was born in 1894, and educated St. Leonard's School, St. Andrews, Somerville College, Oxford, and Edinburgh and Grenoble Universities. She served in the League of Nations Information Department, 1922-39, and the Ministry of Information Foreign Department, 1939-41, and later was engaged on London newspaper work. Mr. David Ennals contested the division in 1950. Is an organizing secretary for the Council for Education in World Citizenship, and formerly a journalist. Born August, 1922; educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall, and in United States. In Normandy campaign was wounded and taken prisoner. Was formerly north-west regional secretary for the United Nations Association. ROCHDALE Electorate : 64,373 Schofield, Lt.-Col. W. (C.) .. 27 797 *Hale, J. (Lab.) . . . . 27,343 C. majority .. .. 454 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950 :—Lab., 25,484 ; C, 21, 208 ; L., 10,042.— Lab. maj., 4,276. Lt.-Col. Wentworth Schofield contested Rochdale in 1950. He is . secretary of a cotton I trade association. Born I APril, 1891. He served | w the Territorial Army for 33 years> and in the last war commanded a battalion of the Royal i ank Regiment. A member of the British Rational Committee of !le International Cham-OUu °^ Commerce, senior vice-president "iQnam Chamber of Commerce, and an authority on the Congo Basin Treaties. He th v a Pr?minent part in the formation of ine Yarn Spinners' Association in Manchester, ana is on the committees of the Federation ^'.Master Cotton Spinners' Association and uidnam Master Cotton Spinners' Association. Mr. Joseph Hale was elected for Rochdale in 'yiu. He is an engineer. Born October, 1913; s?hCa!ed at Bolton elementary and technical M-nooIs. A member of the Bolton district commit-ti Afaal8arnated Engineering Union. For some ™.e he was a member of Bolton Town Council, "raairaian of the West Bolton Labour Party ch, u950- He is a Methodist lay preacher and a"urcn worker. Served in the Merchant Navy a» an engineer between the two wars. ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM Electorate : 60,724 Bottomley, A. G. (Lab.) ..... 26 390 Mathew, R. (C.) . . 25,543 Lab. majority . . 847 NO CHANGE 1950:-L., 24,855 ; C, 24,378.—Lab. maj.,477. Mr. Arthur Bottomley was appointed Secretary for Overseas Trade "? 1947 after serving aoout a year as Undersecretary of State for the dominions. In 1945 he was elected for Chatham, and at the redistribution oecame member for rwr_ester and Chatham, the war he was Regional Com- Fn~T"'!fr' South " East ^"gland. He was born in 1907 ; educated at "-mncU school. Elected to Walthamstow . wrough Council at the age of 21 ; he was Sor in 1945-46. Formerly employed on the Nat- Railway, he was London organizer, to 19°j u™on of Public Employees from 1935 •?'ii i Mr. Robert Mathew contested South Ayr-1950 and 1946 and Rochestei' and Chatham 's a bar"ster and farmer. Born May, 1911 C^'^ educated at Eton and Trinity College, which-' Dur'!1S the war he served in a unit he w" cairied out parachute operations in Italy; as m Greece during the Communist revolt, and was demobilized with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He is a member of the Metropolitan Boroughs Standing Joint Committee, and served on Chelsea Borough Council 1945-49. ROMFORD Electorate : 77,483 *Lockwood, Lt.-Col. J. C. (C.) ..... 33,120 Jones, A. Creech (Lab.)..... 31,822 C. majority .... 1,298 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 27, 656; Lab., 26,387 ; L., 6,014.— C. maj., 1,269. Lt.-Col. John Lockwood won Romford in 1950, and was M.P. for Central Hackney, 1931-35. He contested Bexley in 1945 and 1946, He is a barrister. Served with Essex Regiment and Coldstream Guards in the first world war and was legal adviser to S.H.A.E.F. in the second. Is a member of the Honourable Company of Basketmakers. Mr. Creech Jones was M.P. for Shipley, 1935-50, when he was defeated by 81 votes. He contested Heywood and Radcliffe in 1929. He was Under-Secretary for the Colonies, 1945-46, Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1946-50. Born 1891. Was national secretary of Transport and General Workers' Union, 1923-30, and co-founder and assistant general manager of Workers' Travel Association, 1930-40. Has been governor of Ruskin College since 1925. Former vice-president of Ramblers' Association, and largely was responsible for the Access to Mountains Act, 1939. ROSSENDALE Electorate: 54,134 *Greenwood, A. W. J. A. (Lab.) 24,814 Backhouse, T. M. (C.) .. 23,144 Lab. majority ...... 1,670 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 21,596 ; C, 19,483 ; L., 6,757.— Lab. maj., 2,113. Mr. Anthony Greenwood entered Parliament for Heywood and Radcliffe in 1946, and won Rossendale, 1950. Born September, 1911 ; educated at Merchant Taylors' School and Balliol College, Oxford : president of the Union 1933. Son of Mr. Arthur Greenwood. He was elected vice-chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party in 1950 and 1951 and is hon. secretary of the Parliamentary animal welfare and Socialist Christian groups. During the war served in the R.A.F. as an intelligence officer. Mr. Thomas Backhouse contested the division 1950. A barrister. Born October, 1903; educated at Blackburn Grammar School, Denstone College, and Selwyn College, Cambridge. Vice-chairman Darwen Conservative Association, 1935-42. He served in The East Lancashire Regiment, T.A., 1927-39, and in the Judge Advocate General's Department, 1939-45, and was chief prosecutor at the Belsen trials. ROTHERHAM Electorate : 56,337 *Jones, J. H. (Lab.) ..... .. 31,124 Blake, W. G. (C.) .... .. 16,317 Lab. majority .. 14,807 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 31,211 ; C, 14,744; L., 2,458.— Lab. maj., 16,467. Mr. Jack Jones won Bolton, 1945, and Rotherham, 1950. He was Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Supply, 1947-50. A steel worker (smelter) for more than 30 years, he served on the executive of the British Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades' Federation. Born October, 1894; educated at elementary school and Bangor University. He was a member of Irlam Urban District Council 15 years. R.Q.M. Sergeant in the Imperial Camel Corps during the 1914-18 war. T.U.C. delegate to America, 1943-44. Mr. William Blake, a solicitor, has served several years on the Bakewell Urban District Council and is a former chairman of the Bakewell Unionist League. Born December, 1917 ; educated at Harrow. He served during the war with the Hallamshire Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment, Royal West Africa Frontier Force, and the 14th Army H.Q., in Norway, Iceland, West Africa, India, and Burma, and, after the war, in Malaya. ROWLEY REGIS AND TIPTON Electorate : 60,462 ?Henderson, A. (Lab.) .. .. 32,579 Napley, D. C. (C.) . . .. 16,263 Lab. majority . . .. 16,316 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 31,988 ; C, 13,092; L., 4,692.— Lab. maj., 18,896. Mr. Arthur Henderson, K.C., was Secretary of State for Air 1947-51, after a short period as Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations. He had held office previously as Under-Secretary and Financial Secretary at the War Office and Undersecretary for India and Burma. He was M.P. for South Cardiff 1923-24 and 1929-31, and represented Kingswinford from 1935 until its extinction in the redistribution. Born in 1893, the son of the late Mr. Arthur Henderson, he was educated at Central School, Darlington, Queen's College, Taunton, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated with honours in law and economics. Called to the Bar in 1921 ; K.C., 1939. Contested North Portsmouth in 1922. Mr. David Napley is a member of a London firm of solicitors. Born July, 1915; educated at Burlington College, Essex. Joined The Queen's Royal Regiment in 1940, was commissioned into the Indian Army; held legal appointment attached to G.H.Q., India, and sat as Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate. He is the author of several books, a legal text-book, and an authority on auctioneers' and estate agents' practice. RUISLIP—NORTHWOOD Electorate : 47,016 "Crowder, F. P. (C.) . . .. 25,295 Parker, T. J. (Lab. & Co-op.).... 14,491 C. majority .. 10,804 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C., 23,077 ; Lab., 13,568 ; L., 3,482.— C. maj., 9,509. Mr. Petre Crowder won the division in 1950 ; contested North Tottenham by-election, 1945. He is a barrister. Born July, 1919 ; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Son of Capt. J. F. E. Crowder, M.P. for Finchley since 1935. Joined the Coldstream Guards in 1939 and served in North Africa, Italy (where he was personal liaison officer to General Sir Oliver Leese), and Burma. Mr. Thomas Parker is a trade union organizer. Born June, 1909 ; educated at Craig-yr-Eos Council school and Odsal House Residential School, Bradford. A member of Middlesex County Council 1946-49, and of Uxbridge Urban District Council since 1949. Chairman North-West Middlesex Insurance Committee and Uxbridge Joint Parliamentary Committee. He is a keen radio amateur and operates his own transmitting station. ST. HELENS Electorate : 74,659 Shawcross, Sir H. W. (Lab.) . . 37,688 Hughes-Young, Lt.-Col. M. H. C. (C.)......21,830 Lab. majority .. . . 15,858 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 39,514 ; C, 20,741 ; L., 2,263.— Lab. maj., 18,773. Sir Hartley Shawcross, K.C., became Resident of the Board of jde on the resignation oi Mr. Harold Wilson in April, 1951. He had been Attorney-General since J.y45 and was chief British prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials. He Was one of the principal United Kingdom delegates to the Assembly of the United Nations from a i ? t0 '949- He was chairman of the Enemy Aliens Tribunal in 1939, and of the Catering Wages Commission from 1943-45, and for tnree years during the war was Commissioner tor the North-West Region. In 1950 he was appointed a United Kingdom member of the Wague Court of Arbitration. Recorder of ^alford 1941-45 ; appointed Recorder of ^ingston-upon-Thames 1947. Born in 1902, he was educated at Dulwich College and Geneva, was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1925, and took silk in 1939. Lt.-Col. Michael Hughes-Young has been working in the Conservative Central O'fice publicity department. Bora October, 1912 ; educated gelwyn House, Broadstairs, Harrow, and the £oyal Military College, Sandhurst. Served in *ne Black Watch until 1948. During the war he "as twice wounded in North-West Europe and has the M.C. SALFORD East Electorate : 61,114 Hardy, E. A. (Lab.) . . .. 27,729 Parkinson. J. E. (C.) .. 20,951 Lab. majority ... 6,778 NO CHANGE 1950:-Lab., 26,783 ; C, 18,625; L., 4,057.-Lab. maj., 8,158 Mr. Edward Hardy «preSented South Sal-"*<| in the 1945 Parlia- a and won Ea^t din 1950. He is a ,oOf Salf°rd; was ??™ 1884 and educated Srh ,Clement's Church forn i Salford- He wa* ?Wly area secretary Confederation of iof HeanLConfederation of ^aith Service Employees. He has been a member of Salford City Council for 29 years, and was mayor 1933-34. Mr. John Parkinson, surveyor and valuer, is a member of Burnley Town Council. Born August, 1916; educated at Tonbridge School. Son of an ex-mayor of Burnley. Has taken great interest in the Young Conservatives movement and local government affairs. Joined the Army in 1939 and served with the Eighth Army from El Alamein until the end of hostilities in Italy. SALFORF West Electorate : 62,144 . *Royle, C. (Lab.).. . 27,542 Sinclair, G. W. (C.) ..24,055 Lab. majority . . 3,487 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 26,885 ; C, 21.593; L., 4,124.— Lab. maj., 5,292. Mr. Charles Royle was elected for West Salford in 1945 and 1950, contested Lancaster 1935. A Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in the 1950 Government. Born January, 1896; educated at Stockport Grammar School. He served on . the Stockport Borough Council 1927-35. A master butcher, he was president of the Manchester and Salford Meat Traders' Association 1942-43, and was a Ministry of Food meat agent 1939-45. He is a member of the Magistrates' Association executive council. Served in Royal Engineers 1914-19. Mr. William Sinclair contested East Salford in 1950. He is managing director of a Salford firm of leather manufacturers, and member of several committees of the Leather, Footwear and Allied Industrial Export Corporation. Born 1889; educated at University College, Reading, and Victoria University, Manchester. Served in the Territorial Army for 14 years; assisted in the organization of north-west area Home Guard. SHEFFIELD Attercliffe Electorate : 50,907 *Hynd, J. B. (Lab.) 29,958 Lambert, H. L. (C. & L.) 12,161 Lab. majority 17,797 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 30,726 ; C. & L., 12,185.—Lab maj., 18,541. Mr. John Hynd won Attercliffe at the 1944 by-election and has retained it since. He was Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster, 1945-47, with ministerial responsibility for the Control Commission in Germany and Austria; Minister of Pensions during 1947. He was a railway clerk and a N.U.R. official, 1925-44. Bom April, 1902 ; educated at St. Ninian's and Caledonian Road Schools, Perth. Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party foreign affairs and European groups ; member of the Colonial Development and Welfare Council and the General Medical Council. Mr. Herbert Lambert, an engineer and assessor, is chairman of Woodseats Conservative-Liberal Association. Born April, 1904 ; educated at an elementary school and Sheffield University. He is particularly interested in youth organization and hospital work. He served in the R.A.O.C. during the war, and is a unit commander in the Supplementary Reserve. SHEFFIELD Brightside Electorate : 55,364 *Winterbottom, R. E. (Lab.) . . 31,519 Wood, A. L. (C. & L.) .. 12,433 Hill, H. (Comm.) .. .. 1,116 Lab. majority .. .. 19,086 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 32,542; C. and L., 13,136; Comm., 1,081.—Lab. maj., 19,406. Mr. Richard Winterbottom, who won the division in 1950, is a trade union official. Born July, 1899; elementary education. He is a native of Oldham, where he began work in Co-operative Society's grocery store. Area organizer of the National Union of Shop, Distributive, and Allied Workers from 1935 to 1944, and national organizer from 1944 to 1950. He was chairman of Oldham Repertory Theatre Club from 1944 to 1950. Mr. Alfred Wood is associated with a Sheffield iron and steel merchant's business. Born October, 1918; educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Served with Armoured Division in Africa and Europe and was A.D.C. to Major-General G. P. B. Roberts. Mr. Howard Hill, an electrician, contested the division in 1950. Aged 38. In 1938 he became Labour member of Sheffield City Council ; eight years later was expelled from the Labour Party for association with the Communist Party, which he joined in 1940. Is member of Yorkshire District Committee and Secretariat, and of Sheffield City Committee of the Communist Party. SHEFFIELD Hallam Electorate : 49,989 *Jennings, R. E. (C. & L.) ...... 29,016 Beaton, F. W. (Lab.) ..... 11,988 C. & L. majority . 17,028 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C. and L., 28,159 ; Lab., 11,444; L 3,641.—C. and L. maj., 16,715. Mr. Roland Jennings won the division in 1939 and 1945 as a Conservative and in 1950 as a Conservative and Liberal. He was elected Conservative M.P. for Sedgefield in 1931 and lost the seat in 1935. He is a chartered accountant ; born 1894. He served abroad as an officer in The Durham Light Infantry in the 1914-18 war, and was wounded. Mr. Frederick Beaton, a barrister, contested Richmond, Yorkshire, in 1950. Born September, 1893 ; educated at Leeds Modern School, Leeds University, and Oriel College, Oxford. Was formerly deputy chairman of court of referees under the Unemployment Insurance Acts and has been lecturer for the Workers' Educational Association. SHEFFIELD Heeley Electorate : 53,807 ?Roberts, Maj. P. G. (C. and L.) ... 27,776 Jennings, A. H. (Lab.) . . 17,729 C. & L. majority .. 10,047 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C. and L., 26,560 ; Lab., 17,856 ; L. 2,779.—C. and L. maj., 8,704. Maj. Peter Roberts, who won Heeley in 1950 as a Conservative and Liberal, was Conservative M.P. for Eccleshall 1945-50, following his father, Sir Samuel Roberts, and grandfather. He is a barrister, and director of several companies. Born 1912 ; educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in the Coldstream Guards during the war, and has farming interests in Norfolk. He is specially interested in matters relating to coal and heavy engineering industries. Mr. Arnold Jennings contested the division in 1950. Is senior classics master at Chesterfield Grammar School and lecturer for the Workers' Educational Association and Sheffield University. Age 36; educated at Bradford elementary and grammar schools and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Served in the Army Was wounded in Belgium. Has been a city councillor since 1949. SHEFFIELD Hillsborough Electorate : 56,415 "Darling, G. (Lab. & Co-op.) .. 28,274 Wadsworth, G. (C. & L.) . . 19,617 Lab. & Co-op, majority 8,657 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab. & Co-op., 28,925; C. & L., 19,613 ; Comm., 759.—Lab. & Co-op, maj., 9,312 Mr. George Darling was elected for Hills-Borough in 1950 ; contested Macclesfield 1935. We is a journalist. Born July, 1905 ; educated at elementary school and Liverpool and Cambridge universities, graduating in economics at Cambridge. He became nead of the research and information department \lu the Co-operative Wholesale Society, 1930-37 ; joined the B.B.C. reporting team, and was the industrial correspondent, 1942-49. He has published a number °t books on the co-operative movement and co-operative trading. Mr. George Wadsworth, a Yorkshire business man, was Liberal M.P. for Buckrose, 1945-?£>, and contested Bridlington as Liberal in 1950. 5°m December, 1902; educated at Halifax grammar School and Wellington College, ^antwich. He was a Liberal member of Halifax lQwn Council for 10 years. SHEFFIELD Neepsend Electorate : 49,708 *Soskice, Sir F. (Lab.) . . . . 28,880 Stobbs, T. A. (C. & L.) .. 10,655 Lab. majority .. .. 18,225 NO CHANGE 1950 By-election :—Lab., 22,080 ; C. & L., 8,365 ; Comm., 729.—Lab. maj., 13,715. 1950:—-Lab., 30,317 C. & L., 11,311.— Lab. maj., 19,006. Sir Frank Soskice solicitor - General m°m 1945 until his promotion to Attorney-general in April, 1951. Rirv ^as elected for 19ds6nuead East in at ri but was defeated ann blnston in 195°. Ne" was returned for itesend at a by-sam n in APril of *e in 1907ear- ,He was born in 1902 and is a great-grandson of the pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox-Brown. He was educated at St. Paul's School and Balliol, and was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in 1926; K.C., 1945. During the last war he joined The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and served in East Africa and the Middle East. Mr. Arthur Stobbs, director of a colliery stores contractors' company, has taken an active interest in local government and has contested five municipal elections in Sheffield. Born July, 1904; educated at Newell's School, Sheffield. President, Neepsend Division, Young Conservatives' Association, and formerly chairman, Green-hill branch, North-East Derbyshire Conservative Association. SHEFFIELD Park Electorate : 54,058 Mulley, F. W. (Lab.) . 30,842 Rippon, S. B. (C. & L-) . 13,743 Lab. majority . 17,099 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab.., 30,558 ; C. & L., 13,678 ; Comm., 909.—Lab. maj., 16,880. Mr. Frederick Mulley won the division in 1950 ; contested Sutton Coldfield, 1945. He is an economist and university lecturer. Born July, 1918 ; educated at Warwick School, Christ Church, Oxford, and St. Catharine's College, Cambridge (of which he is a former Fellow). He is the official candidate of the Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union. He served in the Worcestershire Regiment, was wounded, 1940, and was a prisoner of war in Germany. Mr. Stanley Rippon, engineering sales manager, is chairman of Sheffield and Hallam Conservative and Liberal Political Education Committees, and member of the Yorkshire Area committee. Born November, 1904; educated at Sheffield central secondary school and Sheffield University. Past chairman, Sheffield Technical Society of Engineering Draughtsmen. SMETHWICK Electorate : 54,793 ?Gordon-Walker, P. C. (Lab.) . . 27,739 Giles, Maj. A. N. (C.) .. 18,012 Lab. majority .. . . 9,727 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 28,750 ; C, 17,553.—Lab. maj., 11,197. Mr. Patrick Gordon-Walker was appointed Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations in 1950, and was engaged in discussions in Central Africa over the federation proposals when the election was announced. In the previous Parliament he was Under-Secretary of the same Ministry. He was returned for Smethwick in October, 1945, at the first by-election won by a Labour candidate during that Parliament. Born in 1907. he was educated at Wellington College and Christ Church Oxford, and was history tutor at his college for nine years before joining the B.B.C. European Service during the war. Maj. Norman Giles is a market gardener. Born December, 1912; educated at Highgate School and King's College, Cambridge. Served with Royal Artillery in India and Burma and was wounded. Was chief buyer and manager, Lever Brothers (India), Limited, 1946-49, and was chairman, Bombay Oilseed Crushers' Association. SOUTHALL Electorate : 59,885 *Pargiter, G. A. (Lab.) .. .. 29,123 Berkeley, H. J. (C.) . . .. 21,169 Lab. majority . .. . 7,954 NO CHANGE 1950:—-Lab., 27,107; C, 18,392-; L., 3,917; Comm., 839.—Lab. maj., 8,715. Mr.George Pargiter, an engineer, was elected M.P. for Spelthorne in 1945 and won Southall in 1950. Born March, 1897 ; educated at Towcester Grammar School. Has held many offices in the Amalgamated Engineering Union. Was member of Southall Borough Council, 1934-45, and mayor 1938-40. Was member of Middlesex County Council, 1946-49, and an alderman from 1946. Mr. Humphry Berkeley is the son of the late Mr. Reginald Berkeley, Liberal M.P. for Central Nottingham, 1922-24. He is a former schoolmaster. Born February, 1926, educated at Mal-vern College and Pembroke College, Cambridge; president of the Union, 1947. He was chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association, 1947, and has been the Conservative Party political education officer for London since 1949. SOUTHAMPTON Itchen Electorate : 67,038 *Morley, R. (Lab.) ..... 30,330 Stranger, R. J. (C. & L.) .... 25,708 Lab. majority . . ... 4,622 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 29,749 ; Nat. L. & C, 24,536 ; Ind., 1,380.—Lab. maj., 5,213. Mr. Ralph Morley was M.P. for Southampton 1929-31 and 1945-50, and won the new Itchen division in .1950 ; he fought twice unsuccessfully, in 1931 and 1935. He is a retired schoolmaster. Born October, 1882 ; educated at University College, Southampton. He was president of the National Union of Teachers, 1946-47, and president of the National Federation of Class Teachers, 1928, and general secretary 1937-44. He served in France in the 1914-18 war. Mr. Reginald Stranger, director of several companies, has been a member of Southampton Town Council for 18 years, mayor and Admiral of the Port twice. Born 1896; educated Guernsey High School and Lycee, Cherbourg. Served in Royal Irish Fusiliers 1914-18 war and won the M.C. Founder and president of 28 old people's Golden Age Clubs. Was a noted amateur boxer. Test Electorate : 62,734 *King, H. M. (Lab.) ' . . . . 26,430 Paul, J. A. (C. & L.) .. . . 25,965 Lab. majority . . . . 465 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 25,052 ; Nat. L. & C, 23,663 ; L., 3,697.—Lab. maj., 1,389. Mr. Horace King won the division in 1950, after contesting New Forest and Christchurch in 1945. He is a headmaster. Born May, 1901; educated at Stockton Secondary School and King's College, London University, and is a doctor of philosophy. He has been a member of the Hampshire County Council and the Southampton Education Committee. During the war he organized an amateur concert party which entertained more than 100,000 members of the Forces and raised over £20,000 for war charities. Mr. John Paul, business executive, opposed Mr. Attlee at West Walthamstow in 1950. Born March, 1915; educated at Christ's Hospital. Member of the London Conservative Union executive committee and National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations executive committee. Served in Bomber Command during y}e war, and was demobilized as squadron leader, formerly on the staff of an international oil company. SOUTHEND East Electorate : 54,020 *McAdden, S. J. (C.) .. 24,088 Merrion, L. C. (Lab.) 19,478 C. majority 4,610 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C., 20,395 ; Lab., 18,230 ; L., 4,616.— C. maj., 2,165. Mr. Stephen McAdden was elected *°r East Southend in 1950. He is an export sales manager. Born November, 1907 ; educated at L.C.C. schools and the Salesian School, Battersea. He has engaged in local government work, being a member of the Hackney Borough Council 1935-45, the Woodford Borough Council 1945-46 and the Essex County Council 1946-47. He commanded 8th City of London (Hackney) Battalion, Home Guard, during the war. Mr. Leslie Merrion contested South Portsmouth in 1950. Bricklayer; born February, 1904; elementary education. Has held many Labour Party local offices. Former member afield Borough Council; president Enfield i.rades Council; member London Building Advisory Committee and Enfield Health Tribunal. > broadcast on industrial and political subjects. SOUTHEND West Electorate : 71,957 Channon, H. (C.) 39,287 Lyall, H. N. (Lab.) .. 17,532 C. majority 21,755 NO CHANGE 1950 :-c., 34,100; Lab. & Co-op., 15,354; L-, 9,907.—C. maj., 18,746. Mr. Henry Channon was elected for Southend in 1935, succeeding Lady Iveagh, his mother-in-law, and served the division until 1950 when he was returned for West Southend. He is a writer and director of a brewing firm. Born March, 1897 ; educated privately and at Christ Church, Oxford. He went abroad on several missions during the war. Mr. Henry Lyall is a toolmaker. Born April, 1898; educated at Higholm higher grade school, Renfrewshire. Has been councillor and magistrate of Greenock and member of the Renfrewshire education authority, and is a member of the South Essex district committee of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. SOUTHGATE Electorate : 57,462 *Baxter, A. B. (C.) ..... 30,044 Dart, Miss V. (Lab.) .... . 10,889 Malindine, E. (L.) ...... 7,402 C. majority ....... 19,155 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 30,302 ; Lab., 11,023 ; L., 8,286.— C. maj., 19,279. Mr. Beverley Baxter represented the former Wood Green constituency from 1935 to 1950, and was then elected for Southgate. He is a journalist, author, and critic. Born in Toronto, 1891. Served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914-18 war, and afterwards began newspaper work in London. During 1939-45 he was Controller of Aircraft Factory Cooperation under Lord Beaverbrook. Miss Vera Dart contested Tonbridge in 1945 and Southgate in 1950. Born 1892; educated privately. She is chairman of the L.C.C. children's committee, and a member of the Metropolitan Hospital Board. She was a member of the L.C.C, 1946-49, becoming an alderman in 1949. She formerly did child welfare work in the Liverpool dock area and welfare work for the blind, and was a W.V.S. administrator in the North of England during the war, and Ministry of Works travelling welfare officer, 1942-43. Mr. Edwin Malindine contested Wood Green in 1945 and Wellingborough in 1950. Is engaged in the lubricating and tanning oil trade; aged 41. Formerly member of Bethnal Green Borough Council and was the youngest councillor in England when elected. Is vice-chairman of London Liberal Party. Served in R.A.S.C. on the staff of " Pluto." SOUTHPORT Electorate: 65,018 ?Hudson, R S. (C.) .... . . 30,388 Ellis, H. O. (Lab.) ...... .. 12,535 Bentliff, H. D. (L.) ..... 7,576 C. majority. . 17,853 NO CHANGE 1950-:—C., 29,766 ; Lab., 14,159 ; L., 8,933.— C. maj., 15,607. Mr. Robert Hudson was Minister of Agriculture, 1940-45, after a short period as Minister of Shipping. His first Ministerial post was as Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour, 1931-35, and he was successively Minister of Pensions, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Health, and Secretary for Overseas Trade. He sat for Whitehaven from 1924 to 1929, and was first returned for Southport in 1931. Born in 1886 he was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, and was in. the Diplomatic Service before entering Parliament. He is a farmer, a member of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society, and an amateur yachtsman. Mr. Owen Ellis is a compositor and proofreader and has been secretary of Liverpool Typographical Society since 1939. Born_ September, 1904; elementary education. He is a member of the executives of Liverpool Trades Council and the Labour Party, and of Liverpool Regional Hospital Board and Youth Employment Committee. He is a lecturer on political, economic, and industrial subjects, and a visiting magistrate to Walton prison. Mr. David Bentliff is a barrister and was formerly an under-secretary in the Civil Service. Born May, 1891 ; educated at Dulwich College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Member of the executive of the North-Western Liberal Federation. He was severely wounded in 1917 while serving in the Essex Regiment. SOUTH SHIELDS Electorate : 74,657 *Ede, J. C. (Lab.). . 33,633 . . Chalmers, J. (C.) ..... 20,208 Kitchell, C. J. (L.) ..... 6,270 Lab. majority. . 13,425 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 33,452 ; C, 15,897 ; L., 9,446 ; Comm., 415.—Lab. maj., 17,555. Mr. Chuter Ede, Home Secretary from 1945, became also Leader of the House of Commons in March, 1951. In the war-time Government he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education. He entered Parliament for Mitcham in 1923, represented South Shields from 1929 to 1931, and afterwards continuously from 1935. He served for many years on the Epsom Urban District Council and Surrey County Council—of which he became chairman—and was charter mayor of Epsom and Ewell in 1937. Born in 1882, he was educated at elementary and secondary schools, and at Christ's College, Cambridge. He was a master in Surrey elementary schools until 1914, when he joined the Army. Mr. John Chalmers contested the division in 1950. He is a dental surgeon in South Shields. Born September, 1898; educated at George Heriot's School, Edinburgh, Westoe Secondary School, South Shields, and Durham University Dental School. He has held many professional appointments in Newcastle and the North, and as secretary of the Northern Counties' branch of the British Dental Association he took a prominent part in negotiations with the Ministry of Health on the National Health Service Act. Mr. Charles Kitchell, a physics master, contested South Sunderland in 1950. Born February, 1920; educated at Rutherford Grammar School and College of Technology, Newcastle, and Fifz-william Hall, Cambridge. Trained for the Church, and was founder of Cambridge Pastoral-Medical Union. Served with Naval Commandos in the invasion of Sicily. STOCKPORT North Electorate : 54,576 *Hulbert, Wg. Cdr. N. J. (C.) . . 25,691 Owen, j. (Lab.) 20,893 C. majority .. .. 4,798 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 22,762 ; Lab., 19,134 ; L., 5,638.— C. maj., 3,628. Wing Cmdr. Norman Hulbert represented Stockport from 1935 to 1950, and then won North Stockport. He was appointed a temporary chairman of the House of Commons. He is a director of public companies. Born June, 1903 ; educated at Cranbrook and Tonbridge Schools. He was a member of the L.C.C., 1934-37 ; served in the R.A.F., 1939-43, and was liaison officer to the Polish forces, 1943-45. Appointed hon. colonel 461 H.A.A. Regt. R.A. (T.A.) in 1951. Mr. John Owen contested Bury and Radcliffe in 1950. He is a trade union educational officer. Worn January, 1900; educated at Openshaw School and Technical School, Manchester. He has been a branch president and treasurer of the Amalgamated Engineering Union for 21 years, and organizer and staff tutor for the National Council of Labour Colleges. During the war he was a motor-cycle dispatch rider for the Cheshire county police. STOCKPORT South Electorate : 48,413 *Gridley, Sir A. B. (C.) .... . . 22,075 Bibby, F. (Lab.) ...... .. 18,675 C. majority .... 3,400 NO CHANGE 1950 :-C, 19,079; Lab., 16,897; L., 5,778.—C. maj., 2,182. Sir Arnold Gridley represented Stockport from 1935 to 1950, and was then returned for South Stockport. He is a director of electrical manufacturing companies. Born July, 1878 ; educated at Bristol Grammar School and Bristol University. At the age of 22 he became manager of an electric lighting and tramways company. He was president of the British Association of Chambers of Commerce, 1946-48. In 1916 he was Ministry of Munitions electricity controller. Mr. Frank Bibby contested Altrincham and Sale in 1950. He is a textile merchant and ex-Porter, and a member of the Manchester Royal Exchange. Born July, 1891; secondary education. Joined the I.L.P. 30 years ago, and then the Labour Party. He was for several years a mem-ber of Lytham St. Annes Council. Has taken an active interest in the United Nations Association. Served in Italy during the 1914-18 war. STOCKTON-ON-TEES Electorate : 50,104 *Chetwynd, G. R. (Lab.) . . 24,558 Laslett, Lt.-Col. H. C. R. (C.) 19,511 Lab. majority . . . . 5,047 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 23,475 ; C, 16,495 ; L,, 3,475.-Lab. maj., 6,980. Mr. George Chetwynd won Stockton-on-Tees in 1945 and again in 1950. He is a lecturer. Born May, 1916, son of a miner ; educated at Qiieen Elizabeth Grammar School, Atherstone, and King's College, London University. He joined the Royal Artillery in 1940, and was commissioned in the Royal Army Educational Corps. He is a governor of Queen Mary's (Roehampton) Hospital. Lieut.-Col. Henry Laslett contested Durham in 1950. A paint manufacturer. Born December, 1906; educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. A Regular soldier, 1927-47; commissioned in the Indian Army 1931 ; served with the 51st Highland Division on the Maginot Line, and was subsequently a prisoner-of-war for five years in Poland and Germany. He is Northern Counties representative on the Conservative Central Board of Finance. STOKE-ON-TRENT Central Electorate : 64,519 *Stross, Dr. B. (Lab.) .. . . 34,260 Fleck, H. R. (C.) ..... 18,770 Lab. majority .. .. 15,490 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 34,908 ; C, 18.361.—Lab. maj., 16,547. Dr. Barnett Stross was elected for Hanley in 1945 and Stoke-on-Trent Central in 1950. He is a medical practitioner. Born December, 1899 ; educated at Leeds Grammar School and Leeds University and Medical School. He is an authority on industrial diseases, and is medical jf adviser . to the North Staffordshire Miners'Federation and National Society of Pottery Workers. He has served on the Stoke-on-Trent City Council since 1937, and was made an alderman in 1945. Mr. Ronald Fleck, a consultant chemist and chemical engineer, was chief chemist to the Ministry of Aircraft Production Air Inspectorate Department during the war. Born April, 1908; educated at Westminster City School and London University. A Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry; former member of Orpington Urban District Council; author of several scientific text-books. STOKE-ON-TRENT North Electorate : 61,282 *Davies, A. E. (Lab.) . . .. 36,692 Coventry, J, B. (Nat. L. & C.)..... 14,668 Lab. majority .. 22,024 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 36,896 ; C, 14,647.—Lab. maj.,22,249. Mr. Edward Davies won Burslem in 1945 and was returned for Stoke-on-Trent North in 1950, and has served on the Estimates Committee, the Committee of Privilege, and the Public Accounts Committee. He was formerly a railway clerk. Born 1900; educated at elementary and technical schools and Manchester College, Oxford. During 25 years' union work has held every office with North Staffordshire Trades Council. He was a member of Stoke-on-Trent City Council 1943-45. Mr. James Coventry, a dental surgeon, is vice-chairman of King's Norton Liberal organization. Born January, 1896; educated at Waverley Grammar School, Birmingham, and Birmingham University and Medical School. National president of the Public Dental Service Association, 1938-39; a member of the dentists' negotiating committee in connexion with the National Health Service. STOKE-ON-TRENT South Electorate : 63,667 *Smith, Ellis (Lab.) ..... 35,261 Webb, B. G. C. (C.) ..... 18,355 Lab. majority .... 16,906 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 34,339 ; C, 14,637 ; L., 4,307.— Lab. maj., 19,702. Mr. Ellis Smith represented Stoke from 1935, and Stoke-on-Trent South since 1950. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, 1945-46. He was an engineer's patternmaker. Born 1896 ; educated at Eccles elementary schools and Manchester Cooperative College. Secretary of Eccles Trades Council, 1925-35, he became general president, Lancashire and Cheshire Trades Council, 1931-51, and of the United Patternmakers' Association, 1946-51. Mr. Basil Webb, a barrister, is an authority on trade union and divorce law. Born February, 1922; educated at Mill Hill School and Queen's College, Oxford. Chairman of the Federation of University Conservative Associations, 1946; vice-president and former chairman of the London University Conservative Association ; a former chairman of the London Young Conservatives' council. STRETFORD Electorate : 73,318 *Storey, S. (C.) . . 35,419 Mapp, C. (Lab.) .... 25,694 C. majority ..... 9,725 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 30,678 ; Lab., 25,075 ; L. 7 464 — C. maj., 5,603. Mr. Samuel Storey represented Sunderland from 1931 to 1945, when he was defeated, and won Stretford, 1950. He is a barrister, chairman of a newspaper company, and has farming interests in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Born January, 1896; educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, Cambridge. A member of the East Riding County Council, and formerly on the Sunderland Borough Council. He was president of the Newspaper Society, 1933, and chairman of the Press Association, 1938, and of Reuters, 1941. Mr. Charles Mapp contested Northwich in 1950. He is a railway clerk. Born January, 1903; educated at elementary and grammar schools. He has contested many local elections and was a member of Sale Borough Council for three years. A leading member of the Altrincham and Sale Labour Party, and a member of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association. SUNDERLAND North Electorate : 60,984 *Willey, F. T. (Lab.) ...... 23,792 Kendall, R. (C.) ..... 20,302 Lab. majority ...... 3,490 NO CHANGE 1950 :-Lab., 24,816 ; C, 17,469 ; L., 3,614.-Lab. maj., 7,347. Mr. Frederick Willey, appointed Par-mentary Secretary, Ministry of Food, in April, 1950, was elected one of the Sunderland members in 1945, and after the redistribution was returned for the new North division. Born in 1910, he was educated at Johnston School and St. John's College, Cambridge, gaining first class honours in law, and a soccer blue. He was Blackstone prizeman and was awarded the Harmsworth and McMahon studentships. He was called to the Bar, Middle Temple, in 1936. He was a director of the North Eastern Trading Estates, Limited, and a River Wear commissioner. Mr. Ronald Kendall, editor and publisher, Was formerly a shipyard naval architect, and served in the Ministry of War Transport maritime division. Born June, 1914; educated at Heaton Technical School and Rutherford College of Technology, Newcastle upon Tyne. He has lectured on naval architecture and broadcast °n maritime subjects, and is interested in the maritime industries and technical education. SUNDERLAND South Electorate : 57,596 *Ewart, R. (Lab.) ....... . . 27,257 Williams, P. G. (C.) ...... .. 26,951 Lab. majority ....... 306 NO CHANGE 1950 :-Lab., 27,192; C, 22,012 ; L., 5,604.— Lab. maj., 5,180. Mr. Richard Ewart was elected for Sunder-land in 1945 and South Sunderland in 1950. He is a trade union organizer. Born September, 1904; educated at St. Bede's School, South Shields. Formerly organizer for the General and Municipal Workers' Union in South Shields, he became . organizer for Tees-side area in 1945. He was a member of South Shields County Borough Council, 1932-43, and of the North Riding County Council, 1943-46. Mr. Paul Williams contested East Newcastle w 1950. He is an exporter. Born November, 1922; educated at Marlborough College and trinity Hall, Cambridge. A national vice-chairman of the Young Conservative Association and northern area chairman. Served in the R.A.F. j^s a pilot during the war, and has travelled in Canada, America, South Africa, and Europe. SUTTON AND CHEAM Electorate : 59,848 "Marshall, S. H. (C.) .. .. 30,684 Hurst, E. K. I. (Lab.) .. 18,202 C. majority . . . . 12,482 NO CHANGE 1950 :-c., 29,200 ; Lab., 17,706 ; L., 4,389.— C. maj., 11,494. Mr. Sidney Marshall m was returned, for Sutton and Cheam in 1945 and 1950. He is a company director. Born July, 1882; elementary education. He is an alderman of Sutton and Cheam Borough Council, was charter mayor in 1934, and mayor 1936-37 ; and is an alderman of Surrey County Council and was chairman 1947-50. He was chairman of the Surrey Assistance Board advisory committee 1938-45 ; a member of the Surrey Agricultural wages committee 1940-44 ; and has been a governor of the Education, Foundation for Visual Aids since 1948. Mr. Eric Hurst is a barrister and lecturer on legal and other subjects. Born April, 1914; educated at University School and King George V School, Southport, Harrogate Grammar School, and Leeds University. He is chairman of the London Council of Poor Man's Lawyers,. He served in the Army in Middle East, and was. a prisoner of war from 1942. SWINDON Electorate ; 49,598 *Reid, T. (Lab.)......23,980 Tritton, Sir G. E. (C.) . . 18,072 Lab. majority . . .. 5,908 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 21,976; C, 13,697; L., 6,726; Comm., 295.—Lab. maj., 8,279. Mr. Thomas Reid was returned for Swindon in 1945 and 1950 ; contested Northwich, 1935. He is a retired colonial administrator. Born December, 1881 ; educated at Queen's College, Cork, and Dublin University. He served in the Ceylon Civil Service, 1905-31, was mayor and chief executive officer of Colombo, 1919-24, a member of the Legislature, 1926-31, and retired after the establishment of the new Ceylon constitution. In 1933 he was appointed financial commissioner on the Seychelles ; was chairman of the League of Nations Commission on the Sanjak of Alexandretta ; and was a member of the Palestine Partition Commission in 1938. Sir Geoffrey Tritton contested the division in 1950, and stood at Henley as Liberal, 1929; joined the Conservative Party, 1931. He is a grandson and son-in-law of former Conservative M.P.s. A banker and farmer and director of a worsted manufacturing firm. Born November, 1900 ; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Served in The Rifle Brigade during the. war. TORQUAY Electorate : 66,456 *Williams, C. (C.) .. .. 31,441 Briscoe, R. (Lab.) .. .. 14,801 Abel, D. R. E. (L.) . . ... 6,904 C. majority .. .. 16,640 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 29,153 ; Lab., 14,287; L.,10,987.— ' C. maj., 14,866. Mr. Charles Williams has represented Torquay since 1924 and was M.P. for Tavi-stock, 1918-22 ; contested Northwich and Truro divisions, 1910. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, 1921-22, and served as Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, 1943, and Chairman and Deputy Speaker in 1945.Born April, 1886 ; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in Gallipoli in the 1914-18 war, retiring from R.N.V.R. in 1918 as lieutenant-commander. He has been an active member of the Royal Horticultural Society for more than 33 years. Mr. Robert Briscoe contested the division in 1950. He is a Co-operative education secretary. Born May, 1914; educated at elementary school, St. Dunstan's College, Catford, the Co-operative College, and Oriel College, Oxford. A member of the national executive of the Co-operative Education Secretaries' Association. Formerly for many years organizer for the National Council of Labour Colleges. Mr. Deryck Abel contested St. Albans in 1950. Directing secretary of the Free Trade Union and editor of the Free Trader. Born Sep-temper, 1918; educated at Tottenham County School, London School of Economics, and London University. Member of the Liberal Party national executive. TOTTENHAM Electorate : 66,866 *Messer, F. (Lab. & Co-op.) .. 33,312 Faulkner, P. J. (C.) . . .. 20,061 Lab. & Co-op, majority 13,251 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab. & Co-op., 30,901 ; C, 16,862 ; L., 5,665 ; Comm., 802.—Lab. & Co-op, maj., 14,039. Mr. Frederick Messer entered Parliament for South Tottenham in 1929, was defeated in 1931, won again in 1935 and 1945 and was returned for Tottenham in 1950. Born May, 1886; elementary education. Elected to Middlesex County Council in 1925, he has been an alderman since 1938. He is chairman of the Central Health Services Council, the North-west Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board, and the Ministry of Education advisory committee on handicapped children ; a member of the Nuffield Trust, and of King Edward VII Hospital Fund. Mr. Patrick Faulkner contested the division in 1950. He is a journalist. Born May, 1895 ; educated at St. Cuthbert's School, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Manchester University. He is a former member of Lambeth Borough Council, and of railwaymen's and mineworkers' unions. He worked underground in a mine for a time to gain experience. He served in the Army in the first world war, and became a wing commander in the R.A.F. in the second. TWICKENHAM Electorate : 77,444 *Keeling, E. H. (C.) ...... 39,080 Chipchase, Miss E. E. B. (Lab.) ...... 23,871 C. majority ... . 15,209 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 36,757 ; Lab. 23,088; L., 5,950.—C. maj., 13,669. Mr. Edward Keeling has been M.P. for Twickenham since 1935 ; contested Central South-wark, 1929. He is a barrister, and a member of Lloyd's. Educated at Bradford and University College, Oxford. In the 1914-18 war he was captured by the Turks in Mesopotamia, but escaped across the Black Sea in a small boat. Retired from the Army as lieutenant-colonel ; served in R.A.F. during last war. A member of Westminster City Council, he was mayor in 1945-46 ; and is on the executive of the National Trust. Miss Ethel Chipchase contested Esher in 1950. She is a clerk in London Transport Executive development and research department. Born February, 1916; educated at Poplar elementary and secondary schools, Sir John Cass Technical College, and Morley College. A member of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association, she is secretary of the Westminster branch and of the Greater London political advisory council. TYNEMOUTH Electorate : 70,904 *Ward, Miss I. M. B. (C.) . . 33,800 Colman, Miss G. M. (Lab.).. 26,144 C. majority .. . . 7,656 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 28,785 ; Lab., 23,148; L.,6 452 — C. maj., 5,637. Miss Irene Ward was ™.-P- for Wallsend, i» 51 -45; ancj was returneci ior Tynemouth in 1950. J'ne entered politics at lne age of 24, and contested Morpeth, 1924 and 1929. she twice ^efeated Miss Margaret oondfield at Wallsend. '?he was the promoter of a Bill to enable local authorities to pay pocket money to old people in 'fistitutions. Miss Grace Colman was M.P. for Tynemouth from 1945 to 1950. She contested Hythe in 1929 and 1931, and Hallam, Sheffield, 1935. A lecturer. Born April, 1892; educated at Newn-nam College, Cambridge. She is the daughter °t a canon of the Church of England. She has been a tutor of Ruskin College and staff tutor at London University. WAKEFIELD Electorate : 54,529 *Greenwood, A. (Lab.) .... .. 27,100 Grant, M. (C.) .... .. 19,398 Lab. majority ........ 7,702 NO CHANGE 1950 :-Lab., 25.996 ; C, 15.925 ; L., 5,022.— Lab. maj., 10,071. Mr. Arthur Greenwood, treasurer of the Labour Party, was M.P. or Nelson and Colne 1922-3], and has been M.P. for Wakefield since 'yj2. In the first Labour government he was 1 arhamentary Secretary i? the Ministry of health, and in 1929 was Minister of Health. e'ore the war he was deputy leader of the Labour Party, and in 1940 he became a member °1 the War Cabinet as Minister without Port- lo|io from which he resigned in 1942. He was appointed Lord Privy Seal in 1945, and Paymaster-General in 1946, and was Minister W|!hout Portfolio during 1947. Born 1880. Mr. Maurice Grant contested Pontefract as te e'al and Conservative in 1950. He is a , acher. Born May, 1915; educated at Arch-BamKP Ho?sate's Grammar School, York, and Rn Bridge Training College. He joined the Wo Navy as an engineering apprentice, was funded on board H.M.S. Suffolk in the NorfcteSfi*1 campaign, and later joined H.M.S. Ian r ' wr>ich was sunk during the North African tiiTie"gs' 1942- After the war he worked for a Prm( '? Malaya and then became a teacher at ntelract. WALLASEY Electorate : 74,190 "Marples, A. E. (C.) ..... . . 37,423 Jarvis, F. F. (Lab.) ..... .. 21,718 C. majority .. 15,705 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C. 33,904 ; Lab., 18,989 ; L., 6,507.— C. maj., 14,915. Mr. Ernest Marples was elected for Wallasey in 1945 and 1950. He is an accountant, and chairman and managing director of a firm of civil engineering contractors. Born December, 1907 ; educated at Stretford Grammar School. He served during the war in the London Scottish and the Royal Artillery. Secretary of the Conservative Housing Committee. He started in business as a builder with £20 borrowed capital. Mountaineer and sportsman ; has played football for Dulwich Hamlet. Mr. Frederick Jarvis, a research student at Oxford University, is deputy president and former vice-president of the National Union of Students. Born September, 1924; educated at Oldershaw Grammar School, Wallasey, Liverpool University, and St. Catherine's Society, Oxford. Founder chairman Liverpool University Labour Club 1948-49; chairman National Association of Labour Student Organizations, 1950-51. Served in Royal Artillery and with the Military Government in Germany. WALLSEND Electorate : 69,715 *McKay, J. (Lab.) . 35,678 Crangle, G. C. (C.) . .. 25,099 Lab. majority . . . 10,579 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 33,790 ; C, 21,643; L., 4,532.— Lab. maj., 12,147. Mr. John McKay has been M.P. for Wallsend since 1945. He worked in the pits from the age of 12, subsequently went to college, and later became a checkweigh-man. Born 1885 ; educated at an elementary school and Ruskin College, Oxford. He was a member of Newcastle City Council 1924-27 and was for many years a member of the executive committee of the Northumberland Miners' Union. Mr. Gerald Crangle assisted in the production of a pamphlet on the Conservative policy for shipbuilding in the north-east. Sales representative. Born March, 1904; educated at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Boys' School, Sunderland. He served in the United Kingdom and Germany as a N.A.A.F.I. district manager. WALSALL Electorate : 77,195 ?Wells, W. T. (Lab.) . ... 33,556 Roper, F. (C.) . ..... 23,083 Lewis, Mrs. B. E. (L.) .... 7,517 Lab. majority ... 10,473 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 36,483 ; Nat. L. & C., 28,700.—Lab. maj., 7,783. Mr. William Wells won Walsall in 1945 and 1950. He is a barrister. Born August, 1908 ; educated at Lancing College, and Balliol College, Oxford. He served in the Army during the war, ultimately in the War Office with the rank of major. He was a member of the Lord Chancellor's committee on the practice and procedure of the Supreme Court, and has been a deputy chairman of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. He is a governor of the Northern Polytechnic and the National College of Rubber Technology, and a member of the Fabian Society and of the Society of Labour Lawyers. Mr. Frank Roper is an engineer. He has been a lecturer and speaker for the Conservative Party for over 40 years. Born August, 1889; educated at elementary school, Birmingham Technical College, and London University. Trade union organizer attached to Conservative Central Office labour department; former trade union member. Mrs. Barbara Lewis contested Handsworth, Birmingham, in 1945. She is a university lecturer in social studies. Born 1919; educated at Birmingham University. Member of Liberal Party national executive. Joint author of Liberal report " The aged and the Nation." WALTHAMSTOW East Electorate : 46,683 ?Wallace, H. W. (Lab.) ... ... 19,036 Harvey, J. E. (C.) .......... 18,016 Thornton, G. E. (L.) ....... 2,815 Boaks, Lt.-Cmdr. W, G. (Ind) ... 174Lab. majority ........ 1,020 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 18,478 ; C, 15,206 ; L., 5,654.— Lab. maj., 3,272. Mr. Harry Wallace has been a candidate in every General Election since 1918, at Bury until 1924 and at Waltham-stow since ; M.P. for East Walthamstow 1929-31 and from 1945. Born September, 1885 ; elementary education. He is an alderman of Lambeth Borough Council, and was formerly a member of the L.C.C. He was assistant secretary of the Union of Post Office Workers for 27 years, and has served as vice-chairman of the staff side of the Post Office Whitley Council, and chairman of joint industrial councils for Government industrial workers. Mr. John Harvey contested North St. Pancras in 1950. He is an export representative. Born April, 1920; educated at Xaverian College, Bruges, and Lyme Regis Grammar School. Chairman of the Woodford Divisional Young Conservatives 1948-49, and Essex and Middlesex Area Young Conservatives 1949-51; member National Union of Clerks 1938-39, and of the Radio Officers' Union 1939-45. Associate member Institute of Export. He was a wireless officer in the Merchant Navy during the war. Mr. George Thornton contested Edmonton in 1950. Schoolmaster; born May, 1912; educated at Trinity County School, Wood Green, and Trent Park College. Member of the London Liberal Party executive committee, and the Royal Institute of Philosophy. Lieut. -Cmdr. William Boaks, who served nearly 30 years in the Navy and won the D.S.C. at Dunkirk, has been a qualified, submarine officer, a flying officer in the Fleet Air Arm, and a qualified deep-sea diver. He has lately been an executive officer of the Building Apprenticeship Training Council. He is 47 and a native of Walthamstow, where he was educated. WALTHAMSTOW West Electorate : 42,063 *Attlee, C. R. (Lab.) ...... 23,021 Du Cann, E. D. L. (C.) ..... 11,447 Lab. majority .... 11,574 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 21,095; C, 8,988; L., 4,102; Lab. Ind., 704.—Lab. maj., 12,107. Mr. Clement Attlee was Prime Minister in the Labour Administrations of 1945 and 1950. In the war-time Coalition he was successively Lord Privy Seal, Secretary of State for the Dominions, and Lord President of the Council. From 1942 to 1945 he was Deputy Prime Minister, and on the return of the Labour Government he combined the office of Prime Minister for a time with that of Minister of Defence. In the first Labour Government he became Undersecretary for War in 1924 and in the second was ^nancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and postmaster-General. From 1935 to 1940 he was Leader of the Opposition. He entered Parliament in 1922 for Limehouse and held the seat continuously until the redistribution in 1950, *nen he successfully contested West Waltham-stow. Born in 1883, he was educated at Haileybury and University College, Oxford. Called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in 1905. fecretary of Toynbee Hall 1910 and lecturer at London School of Economics 1913-23. He served in the 1914-18 war and became a major. We was mayor of Stepney 1919-20 and an alderman until 1927. He was created C.H. in 1945. Mr. Edward Du Cann is an assistant company secretary. Born May, 1924; educated at Colet Court, Woodbridge School, and St. John's College, Oxford. Has held several offices in Horsham constituency organization, and is a Member of the Inns of Court Conservative Association. Served in the R.N.V.R. in light coastal forces and motor too-boats during the war. WARRINGTON Electorate : 54,848 *Morgan, Dr. H. B. W. (Lab.) ...... 26,225 Crowther, Miss F. J. (C.) . .... 17,623 Park, J. C. (L.) ..... 1,537 Lab. majority . . 8,602 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 26,482 ; C, 17,730; L., 1,899; Comm., 496.—Lab. maj., 8,752. Dr. Hyacinth Morgan was M.P. for North-Wcst Camberwell 1929-31, and Rochdale 1940-50, and won War-"ngton in 1950. He is a c°ns.ultant and physician, specializing in industrial peases. Born 1885; educated at grammar school and Glasgow University. He is medical adviser to the T.U.C. General Council and various trade unions. He was a member of Iq ^r't'sh Medical Association Council, J940-46. He was formerly a member of Greenwich and Paddington Borough Councils. Miss Joan Crowther, a domestic science leacher, contested Westhoughton in 1950. Born 'y21; educated at Wallasey High School and Raider College of Domestic Science, Liverpool. ™*e has been actively associated with the Young j-onservative movement in Wallasey and the Lancashire, Cheshire, and Westmorland areas, nd is a member of the national executive. Mr. J. C. Park, age 55, contested the division J_ 1950. He is managing director of a Liverpool na t °f .Inotor engineers which operates copartnership. Conducts a small nursery on semi-?;""jmercial lines. Served in an ambulance unit in Macedonia and France in the first world war. WATFORD Electorate : 53,568 *Freeman, J. (Lab.) .... 22,370 Ripley, S. W. L. (C.). . 21,862 Bush, H. B. (L.) .... 2,469 Lab. majority . . 508 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 21,759 ; C, 20,302 ; L., 3,879.— Lab. maj., 1,457. Mr. John Freeman, who had been Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Supply, since 1947, resigned in April, 1951, with Mr. Bevan and Mr. Wilson. He had previously been Financial Secretary to the War Office and Under-Secre-tary for War. He was leader of the Defence mission to Burma in 1947. He represented the former Watford division of Hertfordshire from 1945 until 1950, when he was returned for the borough of Watford. Born in 1915, he was educated at Westminster School and Brasenose College, Oxford, and was an advertising consultant before serving in the last war. Mr. Sydney Ripley contested Ipswich in 1950. He is chairman and director of printing and publishing firms. Born 1909; educated at King's School, Canterbury. A member of Surrey County Council since 1946; former member Maiden and Coombe Borough Council, and a member of the governing body of Gipsy Hill Training College for Teachers. Served in R.A.F. during the war. Mr. Brinsley Bush contested the division in 1950. Company director; born May, 1896; educated at Highgate School. Served in the Yorkshire Regiment in the first world war. Interested in farming and economics. WEDNESBURY Electorate : 70,710 *Evans, S. N. (Lab.) .. .. 35,196 Wilkins, H. R. (C.) . . . . 22,971 Lab. majority . . . . 12,225 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 33,215; C, 17,761 ; L., 8,494.—Lab. maj., 15,454. Mr. Stanley Evans, who won Wednesbury in 1945 and 1950, was Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Food, from February to April, 1950, when he resigned office after criticizing the size of the farming subsidies. He was formerly a foundry moulding sand supplier. Born 1898 ; educated at Harbourne elementary school. Member Clerical and Administrative Workers'Union. Chairman, Anglo-South American all-party Parliamentary Group, 1947-51. Member, Parliamentary delegations to Hungary, 1946, South America, 1947, and Africa, 1951. Mr. Henry Wilkins contested the division in 1950. He is a managing director. Aged 35; educated at Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall, Bromsgrove School, and Wednesbury Technical College. He is associated with the National Union of Manufacturers. Served in the Army during the war. He has travelled extensively. WEMBLEY North Electorate : 49,481 *Bullus, Wg. Cdr. E. E. (C.) ...... 24,112 Lewis, B. (Lab. & Co-op.) . . 15,394 Winch, R. A. (L.)..... 3,607 C. majority 8,718 NO CHANGE 1950:—C., 22,430; Lab. & Co-op., 14,987; L., 5,770.—C. maj., 7,443. Wg. Cdr. Eric Bullus won the division in 1950. | Journalist. Born 1906 ; educated at Leeds Modern School and Leeds University. Elected to the Leeds City Council at the age of 23, he was a member from . 1930-40 ; and was on the Harrow Urban District Council 1947-50. He served in the R.A.F. at the Air ' Ministry and in South-East Asia during the war. He is a Church of England lay reader, holding a diocesan commission. After the war he became secretary to the London Municipal Society. Mr. Bernard Lewis contested the division in 1950. He is a company secretary. Born October, 1908; educated at L.C.C. central school. He has been a member of Wembley Borough Council since 1938, and a member of Middlesex County Council, 1946-49. During the war he served with the R.A.O.C. in Sicily and North Africa. Mr. Arden Winch contested King's Lynn in 1950. He is engaged in advertising. Born February, 1926 ; educated at Abbotsholme School and Christ's College, Cambridge. Sergeant in the Intelligence Corps in India, Java, and the Middle East, 1944-48. He is a member of Cambridge University Liberal Club. WEMBLEY South Electorate : 48,769 ?Russell, R. S. (C.) ...... 23,380 Clark, D. (Lab.) ...... 18,546 C. majority ....... 4,834 NO CHANGE 1950:—C., 20,920; Lab., 17,251 ; L., 4,366; Coram., 430.—C. maj., 3,669. Mr. Ronald Russell won South Wembley, 1950 ; contested Shettle-ston in 1935 and Coat-bridge, 1945. An author and journalist, he is research secretary of the Empire Economic Union. Born 1904; educated Haileybury and Gonville an'd Caius College, Cambridge. • He has represented Norwood on the L.C.C. since 1946. Served with the Royal Artillery, 1939-45, in the South-Eastern and Eastern commands. Has attended international conference on trade and employment. Mr. Douglas Clark, teacher, has held various offices in Tottenham Divisional Labour Party, and since 1946 has been a member of Middlesex County Council, which he has represented on the London Traffic Advisory Committee. Born March, 1919; educated at Tottenham County School. A governor of the Royal Cancer Hospital, and member of the National Union of Teachers. WEST BROMWICH Electorate : 59,656 *Dugdale, J. (Lab.) .. .. 30,845 Johnstone, G. D. (C.) .. 17,186 Lab. majority .. .. 13,659 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 31,564; C, 16,697.—Lab. maj. 14,867. Mr. John Dugdale. who had been Financial Secretary to the Admiralty in the 1945 Administration, became Minister of State for Colonial Affairs in 1950. Born in 1905, he was educated at Wellington College and Christ Church, Oxford. For a time he was an attache at the British Legation, Peking, . and from 1931 to 1939 was private secretary to Mr. Attlee. After serving in the Army during the war he was returned unopposed for West Bromwich in 1941, and was re-elected in 1945 and 1950. Mr. Gordon Johnstone is a chartered accountant and company director. He was general manager of three electricity companies in Gloucestershire, and became a sub-area manager after nationalization, but later resigned in opposition to State control. Born 1908; educated at Rose's Academy, Nairn, Carlisle Grammar School, and London School of Economics. Formerly a Liberal; became Conservative in 1939. A Fellow of the Royal Economic Society. WEST HAM North Electorate : 63,318 *Lewis, A. W. J. (Lab.) ..... 34,156 Erskine-Shaw, J. A. (C.) .... 14,328 Lab. majority .. .. 19,828, NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 33,782; C, 12,623; L., 2,349; Christian Democrat, 503.—Lab. maj., 21,159. Mr. Arthur Lewis won Upton in 1945 and West .Ham North in 1950. He is a trade union organizer. Born 1917 ; educated at elementary school and the Borough Polytechnic. He is vice-chairman City of London branch of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers, and was a full-time official of the union, 1938-48. Negotiated the first trade the catering industry, many joint industrial bodies. Mr. James Erskine-Shaw, a production engineer, is a descendant of a former Lord Chancellor, and of Dr. John Shaw, preacher of 'he sermon at St. Paul's Cross, referred to in Shakespeare's Richard III. Born January, 1898; educated at St. Michael's College, Ten-hury, and Trent College, Nottinghamshire. A founder and past chairman of the Hampton Hill Conservative Association; member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. WEST HAM South Electorate : 56,627 * Jones, F.'e. (Lab.) ....... 37,195 de la Motte, Mrs. M. L. (C.) .... 6,586 Lab. majority . . 30,609 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 36,754; C, 5,422; L., 1,686; Comm., 730.—Lab. maj., 31,332. Mr. Elwyn Jones was elected M.P. for Plaistow "* 1945 and West Ham ^Puth.in 1950. ' Abar-Pjter; Recorder of Merthyr Tydfil. Born J909 ; educated at L'anelly County School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge ; President of the Union, •*?>«• He was prosecuting counsel in the Nuremberg trials and the trial of Field-Marshal von Manstein. Served in tne Royal Artillery during the war. Mrs. Mabel de la Motte contested the divi-eri,? '" 195°- Born June, 1912, in South Africa; seated privately. Wife of Mr. E. de la Motte, mountaineer and explorer. Formerly assistant secretary of the Shropshire and Herefordshire National Fitness Council; London regional organizer for Women's Voluntary Services during the war; member of the National Association for Maternity and Child Welfare; a governor of Poplar Secondary School. WIGAN Electorate : 59,318 ?Williams, R. W. (Lab.) ..... 34,530 Walls, D. C. (C.) .... 17,078 Lab. majority .... 17,452 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 32,746 ; C, 15,733 ; L., 2,651 ; Comm., 1,243.—Lab. maj., 17,013. Mr. Ronald Williams won the division at a by-election in 1948 and again in 1950. Born 1907, son of a miner; educated at council and commercial schools. He was solicitor to the Durham Miners' Association 1936-45, and to the National Union of Mine-workers 1945-48, and subsequently legal adviser. A member of the commission of inquiry into the Nigerian disorders 1949, and of Parliamentary delegations to Nice 1949, Stockholm 1949, and Malaya 1950. Mr. Dennis Walls is a member of Cheadle and Gatley Urban District Council. He is a cinema proprietor. Born December, 1904; educated at Ashley Down council school, Bristol. He acted as agent for the Conservative candidate at Salford West in the 1945 election. WILLESDEN East Electorate : 62,962 *Orbach, M. (Lab.) .. .. 26,695 Simms, R. E. (C.) . . . . 24,827 Lab. majority .. .. 1,868 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 24,345 ; C, 21,004; L., 6,310.— Lab. maj., 3,341. Mr.. Maurice Orbach, who won the division in 1945 and 1950, had previously contested it in 1935 and at a by-election in 1938. Formerly an engineer, he became a trade association secretary. Born 1902 ; educated at primary school and technical college in Wales, and Columbia and New York Universi ties. A member of the L.C.C. 1937-45. He has served as general secretary of the Trades Advisory Council, chairman of St. Olave's Hospital, London, and a governor of the Central Foundation Schools. Mr. Ronald Simms contested South-East Bristol in 1950. He is an advertising executive. Born July, 1913; educated at Emanuel School. He is a Conservative Political Centre lecturer and a church and youth welfare worker. He served in the Royal Artillery during the war in India and Burma. WILLESDEN West Electorate : 66,417 *Viant, S. P. (Lab.) ..... 35,296 Bott, J. L. (C.) ...... 19,632 Lab. majority .... 15,664 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 33,963 ; C, 17,848 ; L., 2,853 ; Comm., 938.—Lab. maj., 16,115. Mr. Samuel Viant was M.P. for West Willesden from 1923 until 1931, and since 1935. He was Assistant Postmaster-General 1929-31. A foreman joiner. Born 1882 ; educated at Devonport Higher Grade School and Ruskin College. He is a member of the Willesden Urban District Council and of the general council of the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, and is a former vice-chairman of the National Conciliation Board for the Building Industry. Mr. John Bott is a journalist. Born August, 1899; educated at Alleyn's School, Dulwich. A member of Surrey County Council, Carshalton Urban District Council, the Kent River Board, and the National Association of Hospital Management Committees executive council, and chairman of the South-West Metropolitan region. Chairman of the Surrey Conservative Association and a member of the Conservative Party advisory committee on local government. WIMBLEDON Electorate : 77,067 *Black, C. W. (C.) ...... 42,218 Ford, C. H. (Lab.) . . 21,424 C. majority . ... 20,794 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 40,339 ; Lab., 20,296 ; L., 5,136.— C. maj., 20,043. Mr. Cyril Black won Wimbledon in 1950. He is a chartered surveyor and chairman of several companies. Born 1902; educated at King's College School, Wimbledon, of which he is a governor. He was elected to Wimbledon Borough Council 1942, was mayor 1945-47, and became an alderman 1949, and is also a member of Surrey County Council. He was an officer of Wimbledon Air Training Corps 1941-45. Chairman of the North-East Surrey Divisional Executive for Education. Mr. Charles Ford is a research worker in economics and politics. Born November, 1923 ; educated at the School of Arts and Crafts and the London School of Economics. He was employed during the war in the Foreign Office of the Czechoslovak provisional Government and is a W.E.A. lecturer. WOLVERHAMPTON North-East Electorate : 60,808 *Baird, J. (Lab.) .. .. 30,643 Ellis, J. P. j. (C. & Nat. L.) . . 18,563 Lab. majority .. .. 12,080 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 29,235 ; C, 14,592 ; L.. 5.482 — Lab. maj., 14,643. Mr. John Baird won East Wolverhampton from the Liberals in 1945 and was returned for North-East Wolverhampton in 1950. Dental surgeon ; born September, 1906 ; educated at Glasgow University and St. Mungo's Medical College. During the war he was a captain in the Army Dental Corps. Mr. John Ellis, as a Liberal, contested Dulwich in 1945 and Wood Green in 1950. He is a company director and engineer. Born 1914 ; educated at Grocers' Company's School. He was formerly a member of the Liberal Party Council and a signatory of the Liberal " Design for Freedom." He is an organist and composer, and was formerly a member of Bethnal Green Hospital Committee. WOLVERHAMPTON South-West Electorate : 51,124 *Powell, J. E. (C.) ...... 23,660 Davies, Mrs. P. L. (Lab.) ..... 20,464 C. majority ..... 3,196 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 20,239 ; Lab., 19,548 ; L 4,229. -C. maj., 691. Mr. Enoch Powell won the division in 1950 ; contested the Norman-ton by-election, 1947. «?rn 1912 ; educated at J^ng Edward's High school, Birmingham, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Professor of Greek at y University 1937- and is the author of a number of books. Joined the Army in 1939 as a private and rose to brigadier. He after-yards entered the Conservative Party secretariat and was joint head of home affairs section. Mrs. Llewellyn Davies was a temporary administrative Civil servant in the Ministry of War Transport, Foreign Office, Air Ministry, and Commonwealth Relations Office, jnd attended three assemblies of the United Nations and other international conferences as an official. She was private secretary to Mr. Ihilip Noel-Baker for 12 years. Born July, '"15 ; educated at Liverpool College, Huyton,and Cirton College, Cambridge. WOODFORD Electorate : 77,975 *Churchill, W. S. (C.) . . . . 40,938 Archer, W. A. (Lab.) . . 22,359 Campbell, J. R. (Comm.) .. 871 Hancock, A. (Ind.) .. . . 851 C. majority . . .. 18,579 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 37,239 ; Lab., 18,740; L., 5,664 ; Comm., 827.—C. maj., 18,499. Mr. Winston Churchill, as Prime Minister and Minister of Defence yom May, 1940, to July, .ly45, was the leader and nspiration of the county s war effort. He was Reader of the Opposition ? Ur|ng the two succeed-'?« Labour administrations. During his long ' wliamentary career he 'Ws held more ministerial Posts than any other Politician. He was First Lord of the Admiralty call h outbreak of the first world war, and was out V0 ttle same task in 1939 after some years Wai ,ofnce> during which he had repeatedly warned the country of the growing Nazi menace. He entered Parliament as Conserva-Lih in for OWham in 1900, but joined the liberal party and successfully contested North-he Manchester in 1906. From 1908 to 1922 for F tor Dundee and in 1924 became member p PP'ng. Soon afterwards he returned to the WT?servatlve Party. In 1945 when the division Hp ^econstituted, he was elected for Woodford. ecW tj born in November, 1874, and was erne? r>at Harrow and Sandhurst. Before ln8 Parliament he was commissioned in the 4th Hussars and served with the Spanish forces in Cuba, and in the South African war. In 1916 he was with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in France. In recent years he has played a leading part in the movement for a united Europe. An author and historian, he has also achieved fame as an amateur artist and was elected Honorary Academician Extraordinary. Mr. William Archer, a travel clerk, was the Labour Party agent for Woodford, 1949-51. Born November, 1900; educated at Parmiter's Foundation School. He is a branch chairman of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association, and has been chairman of Epping and secretary of Loughton Labour Parties. Served in R.A.S.C. during the war. Mr. John Campbell contested Greenock in 1945 and 1950. Editor of the Daily Worker. Born 1894. He was directly involved in the overthrow of the Labour Government in 1924, and in 1925 was arrested, with other members of the Communist Party, and sentenced to a year's imprisonment. Won the Military Medal with the Royal Naval Division in the first world war. He has been a member of the executive committee of the Communist Party since 1923. Mr. Alexander Hancock, as an Independent, polled 10,000 votes against Mr. Churchill at Woodford in 1945 and, as an Independent Liberal, contested Hexham, the Speaker's division, in 1950. He is a Northamptonshire farmer who was formerly a shoe manufacturer. He is 53. WOOD GREEN Electorate : 66,586 ?Irving, W. J. (Lab. & Co-op.) . . 30,360 Irvine, B. G. (C.) .. . . 24,060 Lab. & Co-op, majority 6,300 NO CHANGE 1950:— -Lab. & Co-op., 28,480; C, 20,013; L., 5,875.—Lab. & Co-op, maj., 8,467. Mr. William Irving won North Tottenham in 1945 and Wood Green in 1950 ; a trade union organizer. Born 1892; educated at a secondary school and Workers' Educational Association courses. He began work as stevedore at Wprk-ington Docks. He was a member of the committee responsible for merging 13 unions into the Transport and General Workers' Union. Entered local government work on the Work-ington Borough Council, 1921-27. He is an alderman of the Middlesex County Council, and was chairman, 1946-47 ; and was chairman of the Lee Conservancy Catchment Board in the same year. Mr. Bryant Irvine, a barrister, farms 300 acres in Sussex and has had many show successes. Born July, 1909; educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto, and Magdalen College, Oxford;- was secretary of the Oxford Union Society. Served in R.N.V.R. as lieutenant-commander during the war. Chairman of the Young Conservatives' Union, 1946-47. An associate, Institution of Civil Engineers. WORCESTER Electorate : 57,192 *Ward, G. R. (C.) ..... .. 26,060 Pike, L. V. (Lab.) .... . . 20,909 C. majority ..... 5,151 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 24,147; Co-op & Lab., 19,807; L., 4,786.—C. maj., 4,340. Mr. George Ward won the division by four votes in 1945 and increased his majority to over 4,000 in 1950. He is the brother of the Earl of Dudley. Born 1907 ; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He joined the R.A.F. when he was 21. He was engaged on operational flights during the first three years of the war, and was afterwards a lecturer at a R.A.F. staff college. Mr. Leonard Pike is organizer of the National Union of Agricultural Workers for Worcestershire, and member of Worcestershire Agricultural Executive Committee and Agricultural Wages Committee, and the West Midland T.U.C. Advisory Council. Was formerly secretary of Buckinghamshire branch, of National Union of Agricultural Workers, and chairman of the South Oxfordshire divisional Labour Party. Member of the Fabian Society. WORTHING Electorate : 54,125 *Prior-Palmer, Brig. O. L. (C.).. 32,302 Reynolds, G. W. (Lab.) ... 10,978 C. majority .. .. 21,324 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 29,475 ; Lab., 10,028 ; L., 4,647.— C. maj., 19,447. Brig. Otho Prior-Palmer, D.S.O., has represented the division since 1945. He is a retired Army officer. Born 1897 ; educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned in the 9th Lancers in 1916. He served in the last war commanding the 30th Armoured Brigade 1942, the 29th Armoured Brigade, 1942-43, and the 7th Armoured Brigade 1943-45 during the Italian campaign. He is a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. Mr. Gerald Reynolds is a local government officer. Born 1927; educated at Acton County School and Ealing Technical College. He has been a member of Acton Borough Council since 1949. He is a member of the Transport and General Workers' Union. YORK Electorate : 74,829 *Hylton-Foster, H. B. H. (C.) .. 32,777 Skeffington-Lodge. T. C. (Lab.) 31,856 C. majority .. .. 921 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 29,421; Lab., 29,344 ; L., 4,760.— C. maj., 77. Mr. Harry Hylton-Foster, K.C., won York in 1950 ; contested Shipley in 1945. He is Recorder of Hull. Born 1905 ; educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. He is Chancellor of the dioceses of Durham and Ripon, and was legal secretary to Lord Finlay at the Permanent Court of International Justice 1928. He joined the R.A.F. intelligence branch in 1940, and was Deputy Judge Advocate in North Africa and Italy 1941-45. Mr. Thomas Skeffington-Lodge was the member for Bedford from 1945 until 1950. He has been an executive with the Colonial Development Corporation. Born January, 1905 ; educated at Giggleswick and Westminster Schools. Chairman Socialist Christian League; ex-chairman Parliamentary Socialist Christian Group; chairman German-British Christian Fellowship ; member of the Georgian Group and Council for Preservation of Rural England. Served in R.N.V.R. during the war. BEDFORDSHIRE Bedford Electorate : 54,047 *Soames, Capt. A. C. J. (C.) ....... 23,278 Parker, P. (Lab.) ........ . 20,492 Philpott, F. H. (L.) ....... 3,323 C. majority ..... 2,786 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 21,942; Lab., 19,834; L., 4,060 ; Comm., 207.—C. maj., 2,108. Capt. Christopher Soames won Bedford from Labour in 1950. Born 1920; educated Eton and Sandhurst. Farms 500 acres at Chartwell next to Mr. Churchill's home. Served lr> Coldstream Guards, 1939-47. Was at El Alamein (awardedFrench Croix de Guerre) ; was wounded at El Agheila ; later went on secret work m Italy and France. Mr. Peter Parker, who is engaged in personnel management, has carried out research jnto human relations in industry in the United States under the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship. Born August, 1924; educated at Bedford School and London and Oxford Universities. He Was chairman of Oxford University Labonr Club. He was a major in the Intelligence Corps during the war. Mr. F. H. Philpott contested Guildford in W50, Private tutor; born 1897; educated at iankerton College and Pembroke College, uxtord. President of Walton Liberal Association and vice-president of Guildford Liberal association. Founded St. Martin's School, ^-rewkerne, and St. Martin's School, Walton-"n-lhames. He served in the R.N.A.S. BEDFORDSHIRE Mid Electorate : 50,811 Lennox-Boyd, A. T. (C.) .. 19,681 Taylor, T. L. Addy (Lab.) .. 17,818 Tweddle, D. (L.) . . .. 5,863 C. majority. .. 1,863 NO CHANGE 1950 :-C., 17, 671; Lab., 15,512; L., 9,511 -C. maj., 2,159 Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd has been member for the division since 1931 ; contested Gower in 1929 ; was Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Labour, and during the war was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministries of Home Security, Food, and Aircraft Production, except for two years in the R.N.V.R. Born November, 1904 ; educated at Sherborne School and Christ Church, Oxford ; was president of the Oxford Union in 1926. Mr. Addy Taylor contested the Haltemprice division of Hull in 1950. Timber merchant; formerly a steel worker. Born 1894; educated St. Michael's School, Highgate, and the City of London School. Member National Union of General and Municipal Workers; formerly chairman of the Joint Industrial Council for the box-making industry. Served in the Tank Corps. Mr. Donald Tweddle, who contested Oxford in 1950, is a United Nations Association organizer. Born March, 1910 ; educated privately and at Aylesbury Grammar School. Member of Liberal Party executive and foreign affairs committee, and Home Counties Liberal Federation executive. Served in the R.A.F. Regiment in Burma, India, and Malaya. BEDFORDSHIRE South Electorate : 51,887 Cole, N. J. (L. & C.) ..... 22,917 *Moeran, E. W. (Lab.) ..... 22,068 L. & C. majority ..... 849 L. & C. GAIN 1950;—Lab., 20,070; C. & Nat. L., 18,546; L., 5,725.—Lab. maj., 1,524. Mr. Norman Cole contested Southall in 1950. He has held a permanent commission in the R.N.V.R. since 1934. Born 1909 ; educated at St. John's College, South-sea. Served abroad during the war. Member of Potters Bar urban district council, 1947-48, and served on numerous youth, health, welfare, and church committees during the last twenty years. Formerly held offices in Barnet Vale and Potters Bar Conservative Associations. Mr. Edward Moeran won the division in 1950; contested Newark by-election 1943 and Thirsk and Malton 1945 as Common Wealth candidate. Solicitor. Born November, 1903; educated Christ's College, Finchley, and London University. Member Soil Association, associate member Atomic Scientists' Association. He served in the R.A.F. radar branch, 1940-46. BERKSHIRE Abingdon Electorate : 55,856 *Glyn, SirR. G. C. (C.)....... 24,774 Curthoys, J. E. G. (Lab.) .... 19,891 C. majority ...... 4,883 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 20,595 ; Lab., 16,733 ; L., 6,612 ; Comm., 396.—C. maj., 3,862. Sir Ralph Glyn has sat continuously for Abingdon from 1924. He was formerly M.P. for Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire from 1918 to 1922. Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Ramsay Mac-Donald as Prime Minister and Lord President of the Council. Contested Moray and Nairn, South Edinburgh, and the College Division of Glasgow during 1910. Born 1885, a grandson of the eighth Duke of Argyll, he was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, joined the Rifle Brigade in 1904, served in the 1914-18 war. Former director of the L.M.S. Railway. Mr. John Curthoys, educational film producer, contested the Cities of London and Westminster division in 1950. Born March, 1907; educated at City of London School. Leader of Labour Party on Chelsea Borough Council and chairman of the Westminster and district advisory committee to the Ministry of National Insurance. BERKSHIRE Newbury Electorate : 42,728 *Hurd, A. R. (C.) ....... 20,102 Jackson, G. C (Lab.) ......... 13,507 C. majority..... 6,595 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 18,150 ; Lab., 11,914 ; L., 4,284 — C. maj., 6,236. Mr. Anthony Hurd, son of the late Sir Percy Hurd, M.P. for Devizes, 1924-45, has represented Newbury since 1945. Farmer. Born May, 1901 ; educated Marl-borough and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Has farmed in Wiltshire for over 20 years, and writes on agricultural subjects. President, Farmers' Club ; member, Council of Royal Agricultural Society of England. An assistant agricultural adviser to Ministry of Agriculture, 1939-45. Mr. Colin Jackson, barrister, broadcaster, and lecturer, contested Newbury in 1950. Born December, 1921 ; educated at Tewkesbury Grammar School and St. John's College, Oxford ; was treasurer Oxford Union and chairman of Labour Party Group. Served in The Royal Fusiliers during the war. Lectured in the United States and Canada, 1949-51 BERKSHIRE Windsor Electorate : 52,640 Mott-Radclyffe, C. E. (C) .. 25,612 Nicholson, Miss M. (Lab.) .. 15,977 C. majority . . .. 9,635 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,512 ; Lab., 14,300; L,, 4,495.— C. maj., 9,212. Mr. Charles Mott-Radclyffe has been M.P. for Windsor since 1942 ; he was appointed a Junior Lord of the Treasury in " caretaker" Government, 1945, and was a Conservative whip, 1945-46. Born December, 1911 ; educated Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He has been joint hon. secretary, Conservative Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee since 1946. Served with Rifle Brigade in Middle East and Italy during the war. Miss Marjorie Nicholson, secretary of the Fabian Colonial Bureau, contested the division in 1945 and 1950. Born December, 1914; educated at Harrow Girls' County School and St. Hilda's College, Oxford. Was organizing tutor for East Berks and South Bucks under the Oxford University Delegacy for extra-mural studies, 1941-45. Member of the Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union. BERKSHIRE Wokingham Electorate : 45,239 *Remnant, P. F. (C.) ..... 21,652 Hubble, E. A. (Lab.)...... 10,606 McQuade, J. (L.) ..... 3,233 C. majority.. 11,046 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 20,612; Lab., 10,296 ; L., 4,793.— C. maj., 10,316. Mr. Peter Remnant won Wokingham in 1950. Company director. Born September, 1897 ; educated Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. Son of the late Lord Remnant, who was M.P. for Holborn for 28 years. For nearly 30 years he has taken part as a Conservative speaker in election campaigns. Contested L.C.C. elections (West Fulham), 1946. He has travelled widely in Europe, the Middle East, and India. Mr. Eric Hubble, company director, contested the division in 1950. Born February, 1906; educated at Dulwich College. Was squadron leader in R.A.F.. during the war. Is a lecturer at Reading prison. Mr. John McQuade, who contested the division in 1950, is an architect and quantity surveyor. Born 1903 ; educated at St. Philomenas School and St. Mary's College, Middlesbrough. Is Fellow of Faculty of Architects and Surveyors and Faculty of Surveyors (Quantities). Travelled in the Near and Far East and in the United States. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Aylesbury Electorate : 48,181 *Summers, G. S. (C.) . . .. 22,455 Harman, A. S. (Lab.) .. 17,605 C. majority .. .. 4,850 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 17,623 ; Lab., 14,262 ; L., 7,547.— C. maj., 3,361. Mr. Spencer Summers was M.P. for Northampton from 1940 to 1945, when he was defeated, and won Ayles-in 1950. He was :tary for Overseas ^ de in " caretaker" Government. Company director. Born October, 1902 ; educated Wellington, Trinity College, Cambridge, and Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne. Vice-president British Iron and Steel Federation, 1939, and Director-general Regional Organization, Ministry of nUPPly, during the war. Chairman of Outward Bound Trust. Mr. Anthony Harman, a local farmer, contested the division in 1950. Born 1912; read JgiTcuiture at Cambridge. Is member of Rational Farmers' Union and Transport and general Workers' Union; treasurer of British gOciahst Agricultural Society; member of Buckinghamshire Agricultural Executive Com-™ttee. Was chairman of Buckinghamshire Labour Party 1946. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Buckingham Electorate : 52,310 Markham, Maj. S. F. (C.)..... 22,688 *Crawley, A. M. (Lab.) ... 22,634 C. majority .. .. 54 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950 :—Lab., 20,782; C, 19,128; L., 4,196.— Lab. maj., 1,654. Maj. Sidney Markham was Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald while Labour M.P. for Chatham, 1929-31 ; contested Guildford in 1924 and North Lambeth as a National in 1934 ; was National Labour M.P. for South Nottingham, 1935 to 1945, when as a National he was defeated ; contested Buckingham as Conservative in 1950. Is a company director and author. Born October, 1897 ; educated at elementary school and Wadham College, Oxford. Is an expert on museums. Mr. Aidan Crawley, who won the first Labour victory in Buckingham in 1945, was appointed Under-Secretary of State for Air in 1950. Delegate to the Council of Europe at Strasburg. Born in 1908 ; educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Oxford, and has played cricket for Harrow, Oxford University, and Kent. Formerly a journalist and producer of educational films. Joined the Auxiliary Air Force before the war. He was shot down and taken prisoner in 1941. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE South Electorate : 56,373 Bell, R . M. (C.).. . 30,976 Dee, C. A. (Lab.) ... 14,170 c. majority..... . 16,806 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 26.865 ; Lab., 11,389; L., 7,559.— C. maj., 15,476. Mr. Ronald Bell won the division in 1950. Won Newport by-election in May, 1945, but was defeated at General Election two months later. Contested Caerphilly by-election, 1939. Barrister. Born April, 1914 ; educated at Cardiff High School and Magdalen College, Oxford, Secretary and treasurer Oxford Union, 1935-36. Lieutenant-commander, R.N.V.R.,during the war. Mr. Cyril Dee contested the division in 1950. He is a commercial manager and draughtsman. Born September, 1903 ; educated at elementary and L.C.C. technical schools. He is past-president of the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen and a member of the Council of Industrial Design and the regional advisory council for higher technological education. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Wycombe Electorate : 60,799 Astor, W. W. (C.) .. .. 27,084 *Haire, J. E. (Lab.) .. .. 25,331 C. majority .. .. 1,753 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950 :—Lab., 21,491 ; C, 21,015; L., 8,354 ; Comm., 199.—Lab. maj., 476. Mr. William Astor, eldest son of Viscount Astor, was M.P. for East Fulham, 1935-45 ; contested East Fulham in 1945 and Wycombe, 1950. Born 1907 ; educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He travelled in the Far East for the Institute of Public Relations, worked with the Pilgrim Trust, was secretary to Lord Lytton on the League of Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Manchurian dispute, and was afterwards on the staff of the National Council of Social Service'. He served with the R.N.V.R. in the Middle East during the war. Mr. John Haire won Wycombe in 1945 and 1950. Journalist; formerly schoolmaster. Born November, 1908 ; educated at Bangor Grammar School and Queen's University, Belfast. A member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union executive committee; secretary House of Commons branch British Legion; and chairman, Parliamentary Labour Party trade and industry group, 1950-51. Served R.A.F., 1941-46. Played lead in Servant of the People, a film depicting the activities of an M.P. CAMBRIDGESHIRE Electorate : 57,430 . *Howard, S. G. (C.) .. .25 095 Walston, H. D. L. G. (Lab.) 21,558 C. majority .. .. 3,537 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 21,846; Lab., 19,046; L., 6,338.— C. maj., 2,800. Mr. Gerald Howard. K.C., elected for Cambridgeshire in 1950, first contested the seat in 1945 when he lost by 44 votes to the Labour candidate in a three-cornered fight. Born 1896 ; educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford ; called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn ; Recorder of Ipswich 1947 ; chairman, Cambridgeshire Quarter Sessions 1947-50. Served with R.F.C. as a flight commander in the 1914-18 war. Farms in Cambridgeshire. Mr. Henry Walston contested Huntingdon as a Liberal in 1945. He is a farmer. Born in June, 1912; educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. A Research Fellow in bacteriology at Harvard University. He was Director of Agriculture in Germany, 1946-47, and agricultural adviser for Germany to the Foreign Office, 1947-48. A councillor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He has served on Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire agricultural executive committees. He is interested in home and foreign agriculture, cattle breeding, and land tenure.- CHESHIRE Cheadle Electorate : 60,266 *Shepherd, W. S. (C.) 32,369 Jones, Rev. G. H. (Lab.) .. 12,910 Samways, G. E. (L.) 6,388 C. majority . . ... 19,459 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 30,740 ; Lab., 13,389 ; L 8 801 — C. maj., 17,351. Mr. William Shepherd, elected for Cheadle in 1950, represented the former Bucklow division 1945-50. Joint honorary secretary of the Conservative committee on trade and industry. A company director. Born in 1912. His special interests are industrial and social affairs. Served with the Army in the war. The Rev. Hatton Jones contested the division in 1950. He is a Baptist minister. Educated at New Mills Grammar School and the Bible College, Norwood, London. He is chairman of Mellor Labour Party, and was secretary of the High Peak Divisional Labour Party, 1943-44. Before entering the ministry he was a textile representative. Served in the Royal Scots Highlanders in the 1914-18 war. Mr. George Samways contested the division in 1950. He is . an electrical engineer. Born December, 1910; received a general and technical education at several schools. A former member of Cheadle and Gatley Urban District Council. He enlisted in the R.AIF. during the- 1939-45 war, and was seconded to the Admiralty to train men in radar. CHESHIRE City of Chester Electorate : 55,346 *Nield, B. E. (C.) ..... 26,743 Hughes, J. G. (Lab.) .... 18,958 C. majority ..... 7,785 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,660 ; Lab., 16,021 ; L., 6,342.— C. maj., 7,639. Mr. Basil Nield, K.C., has represented Chester since 1940. Born 1903 ; educated at Har-•row and Magdalen College, Oxford. During the war he served in the Middle East and Europe with the Judge Advocate's Department, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. Called to the Bar, 1925. Recorder of Salford ; Chancellor of the Diocese of Liverpool. Mr. John Hughes contested the Denbigh division unsuccessfully in 1950. He is a lecturer. Born January, 1924; educated at Denbigh Grammar School and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. He was employed in the district courts in Southern Rhodesia, 1946-49. CHESHIRE Crewe Electorate : 63,011. *Allen, S. S. (Lab.) ... 28,488 Turner, Dr. J. R. T. (C.) ... 26,045 Lab. majority .. .. 2,443 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 28,981 ; C, 25,355.—Lab. maj., 3,626. Mr. Scholefield Allen, K.C., won Crewe from the Conservatives in 1945 ; re-elected, 1950. Born 1898 ; educated at Birkenhead Institute and Liverpool University. Called to the Bar, 1923. Practises on the Northern Circuit and in North Wales, and is also a member of the Manx Bar. Served with R.F.A., 1915-18. Recorder of Blackburn. Elected chairman of the Merseyside Fabian Society, 1934, and president since 1945. Dr. John Turner contested the division unsuccessfully in 1950. He is a medical practitioner |n Nantwich. Born 1912; educated at Shrewsbury, Pembroke College, Cambridge, and St. George's Hospital. He served on the Nantwich Urban District Council, 1945-50,- and has been vice-chairman of the council and chairman of the finance Committee. He is a trustee of several ancient local charities and a director of Crewe Alexandra Football Club. CHESHIRE Knutsford Electorate : 58,725 Bromley-Davenport, Lt. - Col.W. H. (C.) .. .. 34,114 Hamnett, C. (Lab.) .. .. 14,640 C. majority .. 19,474 NO CHANGE 1950 :—c., 29,707 ; Lab., 12,794; L., 7,703.— C. maj., 6,562. Lieut.-Col. Walter Bromley - Davenport, who has represented the' division since 1945, was appointed a Conservative whip in 1948. Born 1903 ; educated at Mal-vern. His family has been linked with the House of Commons since the reign of Queen Anne, and one ancestor, William Bromley, was Speaker. Joined Grenadier Guards, 1922 ; raised and commanded Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment, and lieutenant-colonel in 1939. Appointed Lieutenant of Cheshire, 1949. Mr. Cyril Hamnett contested Knutsford in 1950. He is a journalist. Born in May, 1906; educated at the College of Technology, Manchester. Editor and publicity officer for the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers; a member of the central executive of the Co-operative Union and of the Parliamentary Committee, and vice-chairman of the Co-operative Press. He was hon. secretary of the Manchester I.L.P. Federation until 1933. CHESHIRE Macclesfield Electorate : 57,134 *Harvey, Air Cdre. A. V. (C.) ..... 29,434 Taylor, Mrs. A. E. (Lab.) ...... 20,428 C. majority . . .. 9,006 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 25,781 ; Lab., 19,219 ; L., 5,621.— C. maj., 6,562. Air Cdre. Arthur Harvey was elected for Macclesfield in 1945 and re-elected, 1950. Vice-chairman of the Conservative committee on civil aviation; formed an all-party committee concerned with the silk industry in 1949. Born 1906 ; educated at Fram-lingham College, Suffolk. Served in the R.A.F., 1925-30 and 1939-45. Squadron leader in Auxiliary Air Force, 1937, he founded 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron, which he commanded in France, 1939-40. A governor of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Mrs. Agnes Taylor is a local authority housing manager. Born in July, 1889; educated at Halton Bank Higher Grade School, Pendleton, Salford, and National Council of Labour Colleges. She is hon. secretary of the Cheadle Labour Party and on the executive of the Lancashire and Cheshire Regional Council of Labour. She was a member of Cheshire County Council, 1946. and of the Cheadle Urban District Council, 1946-50. A past president of the Manchester and District Association of Chief Housing Officers; she was a billeting and rehousing officer in Manchester during the war. CHESHIRE Northwich Electorate : 61,750 *Foster, J. G. (C.) . 29,375 Walsh, R. P. (Lab.) .. . 22,300 C. majority 7,075 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 25,144 ; Lab., 19,866 ; L., 6,989.—C. maj., 5,278. Mr. John Foster, K.C., the member since 1945, was educated at Eton, and New College, Oxford ; Fellow of All Souls, 1924. Recorder of Dudley, 1936; Recorder of Oxford, 1938 ; joint secretary, Royal Commission on Despatch of Business at Common Law, 1935 ; lecturer in Private International Law, Oxford, 1934-39; First Secretary, British Embassy, Washington, 1939; member of committee on Procedure in Matrimonial Causes, 1946. Brigadier on General Eisenhower's staff in Normandy, 1944. Mr. Robert Walsh, a publisher, born in 1911 and educated at an elementery school, was Labour Party agent in the Morecambe and Lonsdale division in 1950. A Lancashire county councillor, member of Standish Urban District Council. Served with the Royal Armoured Corps, 1939-45. CHESHIRE Runcorn Electorate : 46,699 *Vosper, D. F. (C.) ..... . . 24,821 Hindle, J. L. (Lab.) .... . . 14,980 C. majority .... 9,841 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 22,145 ; Lab., 14,063 ; L., 4,768.— C. maj., 8,082. Mr. Dennis Vosper, elected for Runcorn in 1950, was appointed a Conservative Whip. Member of the Parliamentary delegation to Israel in April, 1951. Born 1916; educated at Marl borough College, and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He is a ships' store and export merchant. Served with the Cheshire Regiment, 1939-46, and was promoted to major. Mr. John Hindle contested Wallasey in 1950. A schoolmaster. Born November, 1920 ; educated at Boteler Grammar School, Warrington, and Chester Diocesan Training College. Editor of a local Labour journal. Served as a pilot in the war. CHESHIRE Stalybridge and Hyde Electorate : 57,751 Blackburn, F. (Lab.)...... 25,402 Glover, Col. D. (C.) . .... 25,104 Lab. majority .. 298 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 23,462 ; C, 21.619; L., 4,930; Comm., 389.—Lab. maj., 1,843. Mr. Fred Blackburn opposed Air Cdre. Harvey at Macclesfield in 1950. He is a teacher of modern languages and careers master at North Manchester High School. Born 1902; educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn. ; St. John's College, Battersea ; and Manchester University. He was a member of Middle-ton Town Council for 10 years. Has published books on local government reform. Col. Douglas Glover contested Blackburn in 1945 and Stalybridge and Hyde in 1950. Director of a textile distributing company. Born in February, 1908; educated at Giggleswick School. Toured Canada and the United States in 1946 as member of Wholesale Textile Association delegation. Also visited France and Holland to study trade problems. Served in 1939-45 war and with Territoral Army, 1947-50. CHESHIRE Wirral Electorate : 61,197 *Lloyd, J. S. B. (C.) ...... 32,631 Chrimes, R. B. (Lab.) .... 17,392 C. majority .. 15,239 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 29,232 ; Lab., 15,993 ; L., 6,018.— C. maj., 13,239. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, K.C., first elected for Wirral in 1945 and re-elected in 1950, was the author of a minority report on the B.B.C. published with the report of the Broadcasting Committee in January, 1950. Born 1904; educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh and Magdalene College, Cambridge. Recorder of Wigan. Member, Hoylake Urban District Council, 1932-40. Served in the Army throughout the war ; brigadier on the General Staff, Second Army, 1944. President of the Cambridge Union, 1927. Mr. Reginald Chrimes, a schoolmaster, was born December, 1924, and educated at Calday Grange Grammar School, West Kirby, and Sefton Park Training College, Liverpool. Chairman, Wirral Constituency Labour Party. An urban district councillor. Served in R.A.F. in the war. CORNWALL Bodmin Electorate : 46,673 *Marshall, D. (C.) .... 20,086 Roseveare, T. S. (L.) .... 10,088 Royle, W. (Lab.)...... 9,244 C. majority.... 9,998 NO CHANGE 1950 :-C, 19,441 ; L., 11,649 ; Lab., 8,434.—C maj., 7,792. Mr. Douglas Marshall, member for Bodmin since 1945, is an insurance company director. He was banking and financial adviser to shipping companies until September, 1939, when he joined the trade division of the Admiralty. Born 1906 ; educated at Plymouth College. Served in the R.N.V.R. 1939-45, being promoted commander, 1944. A member of the Royal Society of International Affairs, his special Parliamentary interests are foreign affairs, finance, and fisheries. Mr. Stuart Roseveare is a farmer and director of an agricultural engineering business. Born April, 1905; educated at Hoe grammar school, Plymouth. Has a long connexion with Bodmin Liberal Association. Member of St. German's Rural District Council. Mr. William Royle, a horticulturist, contested the division in 1950. Born in April, 1921, he received a secondary, technical, and university education. He was a Labour agent in Plymouth in 1945 and is a rural district councillor. Specially mterested in marketing problems. CORNWALL Falmouth and Camborne Electorate : 53,870 *Haymari, F. H. (Lab.) . . 20,850 Nicolson, N. (C.) .. .. 19,847 Townend, Lt.-Col. S. (L.) . . 4,343 Lab. majority . . . . 1,003 NO CHANGE 1950 :-Lab., 18,988 ; C, 16,997 ; L., 8,013.— Lab. maj., 1,991. Mr. Harold Hayman, nrst elected 1950, contested the former Cam-Dome division unsuccessfully in 1945. A former chairman for several years of the Cornwall federation of Divisional Labour Parties. Born !8?4; educated at Pnmary and technical schools at Truro. He was wstrict education officer tor Redruth. A member ot the Cornwall branch executive of the National Association of Local Government Officers for many years, and a former chairman of the management committee of the Redruth St. John Ambulance divisions. Mr. Nigel Nicolson, a publisher, contested Leicester North-West in 1950. Born January, 1917; educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. Son of Mr. Harold Nicolson, who was National Labour Member for the former West Leicester division for 10 years. Captain in the Grenadier Guards in the last war. Specially interested in horticulture, metal mining, and foreign affairs. Lt.-Col. Stuart Townend contested the division in 1950. He is a director of an international publishing company. Educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, and St. Gallen University, Switzerland. He is an English international and Empire Games athletics champion ; former president, Oxford Athletics Club ; captain of the joint Oxford-Cambridge athletics team, 1931. Director and founder, Anglo-Swiss Society of Great Britain; former director-general Hotels and Restaurants Association. Commissioned in Royal Artillery 1933 ; served in north-west Europe and Tndia, and was A.Q.M.G. CORNWALL Falmouth and Camborne North Electorate : 43,084 *Roper, Sir H. (C.) ..... .. 18,009 Foot, D. M. (L.) ....... 12,869 Ferman, W. (Lab.) . . . . 6,049 C. majority..... 5,140 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 17,059; L., 13,987; Lab., 5,521.—C. maj., 3,072. Sir Harold Roper, elected in 1950, was formerly general manager of an oil company in Burma. Although a civilian he was awarded the 1939-45 war medal and mentioned in dispatches for his work in the Burma oilfields. Born 1891 ; educated at Blundells and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he was a rowing Blue. He was knighted in 1945. Mr. Dingle Foot was member for Dundee, 1931-45; Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare, 1940-45 ; contested Tlver-ton division of Devon 1929. Born August, 1905 ; educated at Bembridge School and Balliol College, Oxford. President, Oxford University Liberal Club, 1927; president, Oxford Union Society, 1928. Called to the Bar, 1930. A vice-president of the Liberal Party. Mr. William Ferman is a farmer, born in 1904; educated at elementary and central schools. Candidate for Carmarthen County Council, 1946. Member of various trades councils since 1920. CORNWALL St. Ives Electorate : 44,885 *Howard, G. R. (C. & Nat. L.)..... 18,828 Maddison, A. (Lab. & Co-op.) ..... 11,216 Kellock, J. D. G. (L.) ... 5,273 C. & Nat. L. majority.. 7,612 NO CHANGE 1950:—C. & Nat. L., 16,653 ; Lab., 11,118 ; L., 8,241.—C. and Nat. L. maj., 5,535. Mr. Greville Howard became member for the division in 1950 ; contested Portsmouth North unsuccessfully in 1945. He was London manager of a Liverpool firm of cotton merchants and brokers, 1935-39. Born September, 1909 ; educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Mayor of Westminster, 1946-47. Commissioned in The King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 1930-35 ; served in the Royal Navy, 1939-45, as lieutenant-commander in command of destroyers. Mr. Arthur Maddison is political secretary to Bristol Co-operative Society and on the staff of political committee of London Co-operative Society. Born in 1914; educated at elementary school, evening classes, and Birmingham University. Executive member, South-West Regional Council of Labour Party; member Bristol City Council. Served in the Royal Engineers. Mr. John Kellock contested Buckingham in 1950. He is a bill broker and director of a publishing company. Born 1906; educated at Shrewsbury School and St. John's College, Cambridge. He has served as chairman of the Cambridge University Settlement, Camberwell. A member of the Oxford Diocesan Board of Finance. Squadron leader, R.A.F.V.R., during the war. Owns a market garden near Aylesbury. CORNWALL Truro Electorate : 54,935 *Wilson, H. G. B. (C.) .. .. 24,883 Newby, J. N. (Lab.) . . .. 19,752 C. majority .... 5,131 NO CHANGE 1950 :-—C, 18,910; Lab., 15,617; L., 10,746.—C. maj., 3,293. Mr . Geoffrey Wilson, elected in 1950, was honorary secretary of the Conservative committee on transport in the 1950 Parliament. He is a solicitor and was senior assistant in the Parliamentary and general section of the Great Western Railway and assistant solicitor to the Railway Executive, Western Region, until he resigned for political reasons in 1949 Born 1903 ; educated at Clifton College' Bristol, and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Mr. John Newby is a schoolmaster Born April, 1917; educated at an llford school and Leavesden Training College, Watford He is secretary of the Cornwall Federation of Labour Parties and chairman, St. Agnes Labour Party Member of the National Union of Teachers Served in the Royal Air Force 1935-46. CUMBERLAND Penrith and the Border Electorate : 51,575 *Scott, R. D. (C.) ..... . 23,274 Rafferty, J. (Lab.) ..... 10,759 Howard, S. V. S. (L.) ...... 8,857 Brownrigg, W. (Ind.) ..... 158 C. majority ... 12,515 NO CHANGE 1950:-C., 21,214; L., 12,333; Lab., 10,441.-C., maj., 8,881. Mr. Donald Scott, elected for Penrith and the Border in 1950, represented the Wansbeck division of Northumberland, 1940-45. He was a member of the Speaker's conference on electoral reform, 1944, and Joint Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, ? May-July, 1945 ; chairman of the Hill Sheep AdvisoryCommittee, 1945-46. He rs a farmer. Born May, 1901 ; educated at Mill Hill and Magdalene College, Cambridge. Chairman of the Conservative Political Education Committee 1949-50. Mr. John Rafferty is an insurance agent Born October, 1898; educated at St. Joseph's School, Otley. A member for 18 years of Leeds Clty Council. He was appointed by the Minister ot Transport as local authority representative on the Transport Users' Consultative Committee for Yorkshire. Mr. Stafford Howard contested Gloucestershire South in 1950. Engaged in market gardening and forestry work. Born in 1915- son of SeT>late §1 E' Stafford Howard, a former Liberal M.P. Educated at Eton; Magdalen College, Oxford; and in France and Austria. Enlisted as private in 1939 ; commissioned in the Coldstream Guards; served in North Africa and Italy, and was A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Land Forces, South-East Asia. Mr. William Brownrigg is a 54-year-old farmer. Unmarried, he farms, with his bachelor brother, 145 acres at The Flatts, Kirkbampton, where he has been owner-occupier for 30 years. His programme gave prominence to " legalized cock-fighting, sweepstakes, card-playing, and gambling." CUMBERLAND Whitehaven Electorate : 45,963 *Anderson, F. (Lab.) .. .. 23,190 Iredell, G. W. (C.) .. .. 15,990 Lab. majority .. .. 7,200 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 22,850; C, 15,233.—Lab. maj., 7,617. Mr. Frank Anderson first entered Parliament for Whitehaven in 1935. and was re-elected in 1945 and 1950; a Labour whip, 1937-40. Born November, 1889. He was a railway clerk and has held many offices in the Railway Clerks' Association and served on the national executive committee for seven years. He took a prominent part in the early work of the Cumberland Development Council, and is a director of several industrial enterprises introduced into the area. Mr. Godfrey Iredell was the unsuccessful Liberal candidate for Carlisle in 1945 and 1950. He resigned from the Liberal Party in August, 1950. He is a solicitor. Born August, 1915 ; educated at St. Bees and London University. Lecturer in English land law at the Law Society's School, London, 1946-50. Commissioned in the Royal Artillery, 1940, and served throughout the war. CUMBERLAND Workington Electorate : 49,291 *Peart, T. F. (Lab.) ...... .. 25,893 Fox, Mrs. H. (C.) . . .... 17,249 Lab. majority . . . 8,644 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 25,104; C, 14,009 ; L., 4,460.— Lao- maj., 11,095. Mr. Frederick Peart, fn ?q 194°; invalided out 1943. interested in social welfare and ifl the HAMPSHIRE New Forest Electorate : 63,545 *Crosthwaite-Eyre, Col. O. E. (C.)........ 31,574 White, A. W. (Lab.)....... 17,537 C. majority 14,037 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 28,427 ; Lab., 15,986; L., 6,380.—C. maj., 12,441. Col. Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre represented the old New Forest and Chtistchurch Division, 1945-50, and was elected for New Forest in 1950. He is chairman of a printing company and director of two publishing companies. Born in October, 1913 ; educated at Downside and Trinity College, Cambridge. He rose from the ranks to become a colonel in the Royal Marines during the war. One of his ancestors sat in Parliament in Elizabeth's reign. Mr. Aubrey White contested the division in 1950. A teacher, born in March, 1909, he was educated at an elementary school and by private study. He was a member of the F.A. group of referees operating in Argentina, Div. I., 1948-49 ; and is a free-lance sporting journalist. His special interests are education and health. HAMPSHIRE Petersfield Electorate : 65,259 Legh, P. R. (C.).......... 29,845 Preidel, E. E. (Lab.) ..... 15,770 Dickson, Cmdr. H. H. L. (L.) .... 5,182 C. majority .'. .. 14,075 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 27,401; Lab., 15,472; L., 6,813.—C. maj., 11,929. Mr. Peter Legh was chairman of the East Hampshire Young Conservatives, 1948-50. He is the elder son of Lord Newton, was born in April, 1915, and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He is a member of Hampshire County Council, of the Park Prewett Group Hospital Management Committee, and of Southampton Local Valuation Panel. He served in the Grenadier Guards, 1939-46, and became a major. Mr. Edward Preidel is a university lecturer. Born February, 1912; educated at an L.C.C. elementary school and at Imperial College, London University, to which he won a scholarship. Specially interested in university and technological education and old people's welfare. Cmdr. H. H. L. Dickson contested the division in 1950. He retired from the Royal Navy in 1933 and bought a farm near Fareham. Aged 48. Educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne; went to sea in 1919. Recalled at the outbreak of war, was gunnery commander in H.M.S. Excellent. HAMPSHIRE Winchester Electorate : 67,080 *Smithers, P. H. B. O. (C.) ..... . 31,700 Neate, E. C. (Lab.) ...... . 24,418 C. majority ..... 7,282 NO CHANGE 1950 :-—C, 31,462 ; Lab. and Co-op., 23,955.— C. maj., 7,507. Mr. Peter Smithers, elected in 1950, was chairman of the West I Indies sub-committee of the Conservative Party in the 1950-51 Parliament. I He is a barrister, born i December, 1913 ; educated at Harrow and Magdalen College, Oxford. A member of Winchester Rural District Council, 1946-50. He was in the London Division R.N.V.R., before the war, served throughout 1939-45, and was Assistant Naval Attache in Washington and acting Naval Attache in Mexico. Mr. Eric Neate, company director, contested the Farnham division of Surrey in 1950. Born in 1905 ; educated at Southgate County School and University College, London. Member of Association of Scientific Workers and Co-operative Party. Engaged during war at home and oversea on radio, radar, and power line work. HEREFORDSHIRE Hereford Electorate : 44,579 *Thomas, J. P. L. (C.) .... 21,204 Pigott, W. (Lab.).... .. 13,396 C. majority...... 7,808 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 18,314; Lab., 11,185 ; L., 5.965.— C. maj., 7,129. Mr. James P. L. Thomas became vice-chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Party in 1945. He was Financial Secretary to the Admiralty in 1943 and again in 1945, and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in 1940. He has represented Hereford since 1931. Born in 1903, he was educated at Rugby — of which he later became a governor—and at Oriel College, Oxford. Was assistant private secretary to Mr. Baldwin in 1931. Mr. William Pigott contested Cheltenham in 1931 and Hereford in 1945 and 1950. He is a secretary. Born May, 1900; an alderman of Hereford City Council and chairman of the housing committee ; mayor, 1949-50 ; a member of Herefordshire County Council. He is secretary of the divisional Labour Party. HEREFORDSHIRE Leominster Electorate : 40,306 *Baldwin, A. E. (C.) ..... 19,952 Jones, E. J. M. (Lab.) ..... 9,939 C. majority.. 10,013 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 18,036; Lab., 8,402; L., 5 850 — C. maj., 9,634. Mr. Archer Baldwin has represented Leominster since 1945. He is a farmer, auctioneer, and land agent. Born 1883 ; educated at Lucton School, Herefordshire. He was one of the founders of the National Farmers' Union in the West of England. He is chairman of the Livestock Export Group ; a member of the councils of the Royal Agricultural Society, the Three Counties Show, and Smithfield Club, and a past president of the Hereford Herd Book Society and Ryeland Flock Book Society. Served 1914-18 war with Royal Horse Artillery. Mr. Edmund Jones contested the division in 1950. He is a roadman. Born June, 1901; educated at Garnvach Boys' School, Nantyglo, Mon., Abertillery County School and Technical School, and Coleg Harlech, Merioneth. Secretary of the Monmouthshire Federation of Trades and Labour Council. He is interested in rural education, agriculture, and industry. HERTFORDSHIRE Barnet Electorate : 72,608 *Maudling, R. (C.) . . . . 35,527 Fenton, C. R. (Lab. & Co-op.) ....... 22,375 Jones, W. H. (L.) .. .. 4,463 C. majority . . .. 13,152 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 32,953 ; Lab., 22,419 ; L., 6,441.— C. maj., 10,534. Mr. Reginald Maudling, elected in 1950, unsuccessfully contested Heston and Isleworth in 1945. He has been head of the Conservative Parliamentary secretariat responsible for economic and financial matters. A barrister. Born March, 1917 ; educated at Merchant Taylors' School and Merton College, Oxford. Served in the R.A.F. and at the Air Ministry as private secretary to Sir Archibald Sinclair. Mr. Cyril Fenton contested Banbury in 1950. He is a schoolmaster. Born October, 1904; educated at the Merchant Venturers' School, Bristol, Pengam Grammar School, Monmouthshire, and Caerleon College. A member of the Society of Friends. On the board of management of Croxley Co-operative Society. Interested in social welfare and problems of juvenile delinquency. Mr. William Jones, who contested the division in 1950, was born July, 1887, and educated at Harringay board school. He is chairman of a shipping and exporting business which he established in 1939. Member of Liberal Party Council, of Home Counties Liberal Federation executive committee, and of the Institute of Export. Served in the first world war. HERTFORDSHIRE Hemel Hempstead Electorate : 52,313 *Davidson, Viscountess (C.) ...... 25,620 MacKenzie, N. I. (Lab.) . ... 18,220 C. majority .... 7,400 NO CHANGE 1950.—C, 22,022; Lab., 15,165; L,, 6,696.-C maj., 6,857. Viscountess Davidson was elected to succeed her husband as M.P. 'or the division on his elevation to the peerage ln 1937. She was the °nly Conservative woman candidate to be returned in the 1945 General Election, and *as again elected in 1950. Born May, 1894; educated at Kensington High school ; Northfieids, ?^nglefield Green ; and abroad. Awarded H:B-E. for her work in the Red Cross Prisoner of War Department during the 1914-18 war. Mr. Norman MacKenzie is a journalist. Born August, 1921; educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School, Hatcham, and London School of Economics. Visited United States, 1947-48, on Rockefeller travelling scholarship, and was lecturer on British politics and labour history at Sarah Lawrence College, New York. Made lecture tours in Canada and the United States in 1950, and has travelled widely in Western Europe. Served R.A.F. 1941-42 ; invalided out. HERTFORDSHIRE Hertford Electorate: 67,110 *Walker-Smith, D. C. (C.) .. 30,519 Marsh, R, W. (Lab. & Co-op.) 23,708 C. majority .. . . 6,811 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 25,074; Lab., 19,324; L., 10,234. —C. maj., 5,750. Mr. Derek Walker-Smith was elected for Hertford in 1945, and again in 1950. He has been vice-chairman of the Conservative housing and local government committee, and is a member of the executive committee of the Conservative Parliamentary Party. He is a barrister and the son of a former M.P. Born April, 1910 ;educated at Rossall School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was commissioned in the Royal Artillery (T.A.), served throughout 1939-45 war, was an instructor at the Staff College, and a lieutenant-colonel on General Eisenhower's, staff. Mr. Richard Marsh is a trade union official. Born March, 1928; educated at Ruskin College, Oxford. Held offices in the Dartford divisional Labour Party. A member of the Fabian International Bureau. He won the Labour Party national speaking contest at Filey in 1948. Served in Royal Army Medical Corps for two and a half years during the war. HERTFORDSHIRE Hitchin Electorate : 61,966 *Fisher, N. T. L. (C.) .. 27,719 Benenson, P. J. H. (Lab.) .. . 24,941 C. majority .... 2,778 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,580 ; Lab., 21,829; L., 6,863. -C. maj., 1,751. Mr. Nigel Fisher, elected for Hitchin in 1950, unsuccessfully contested Chislehurst in 1945. He was a member of the Parliamentary delegation to Sweden in 1950. A company director, he was born in July, 1913, and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He is a former member of the executive committee of the Conservative Party. Served with the Welsh Guards 1939-45, and, a major, was given the immediate award of M.C. in the field in 1945. Mr. Peto Benenson contested Streatham in 1950. He is a barrister. Born July, 1921 ; educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. An alderman of Bethnal Green Borough Council. Served in the Intelligence Corps in the 1939-45 war. He is interested in the reform of mental deficiency law, the amalgamation of legal professions, slum clearance and rural housing, youth clubs, old people's clubs, and schools for backward children. HERTFORDSHIRE St. Albans Electorate : 62,431 *Grimston, J. (C.) . 28,602 McKnight, J. (Lab.) .. . 23,911 C. majority.... 4,691 NO CHANGE 1950 :—G, 24,733 ; Lab., 22,351 ; L., 5,280.— C. maj., 2,382. Mr. John Grimston represented St. Albans, 1943-45, and won the division again in 1950. He became a director and general manager of a rolling mills firm in 1938. Born July, 1912; brother of the Earl of Verulam. Educated at Oundle and Christ Church, Oxford. Spent two years tobacco farming in Southern Rhodesia. He was in the Reserve of Air Force Officers, 1930-36, and the Auxiliary Air Force, 1937. Mr. John McKnight, an educational administrator, resigned on the Dissolution from the post of assistant secretary (administration) to the B.B.C. School Broadcasting Council. Born November, 1913 ; educated at Willesden County School and the London School of Economics. He is a member of Welwyn Garden City Urban District Council and of the Mid-Herts divisional executive for education. He has held various local offices in the Labour Party. He worked as a volunteer coal miner during the war. HERTFORDSHIRE South-West Electorate: 54,153 *Longden, G. J. M. (C.) ...... 27,049 Allaker, L. (Lab.) ... 18,991 C. majority ..... 8,058 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23.,608 ; Lab., 14,913 ; L., 4,114.— C. maj., 8,695. Mr. Gilbert Longden, elected in 1950, unsuccessfully contested Morpeth in 1945. A solicitor, born in April, 1902, he was educated at Haileybury and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was a company secretary in India from 1930 to 1936. During the war he served with 2nd and 36th Divisions in the Burma campaign. Author of A Conservative Philosophy. Mr. Lawrence Allaker contested the division in 1950. He is a teacher. Born in County Durham, May, 1904; educated at Spennymoor Grammar School and City of Leeds College. A former urban district councillor of Bushey ; member of South-West Herts divisional executive for education ; founder and vice-chairman Bushey Community Association and chairman of the old people's welfare committee; member of National Union of Teachers. HUNTINGDONSHIRE Electorate : 44,925 *Renton, D. L.-M. (Nat. L. & C.) 20,845 MacDonald, F. R. (Lab.) .. 15,487 Nat. L. & C. majority.... 5,358 NO CHANGE 1950:—Nat. L. & C, 18,551 ; Lab., 13,096; L., 4,442.—Nat. L. & C. maj., 5,455. Mr. David Renton was elected for Huntingdonshire as a Liberal-National in 1945 and re-elected in 1950 as a National Liberal and Conservative. He has been a member of the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments since 1949 and is specially interested in transport, agriculture, and Middle East affairs. He is a barrister. Born August, 1908 ; educated at Oundle School, and University College, Oxford. Commissioned in the Territorial Army, 1938 ; served 1939-45 with Royal Artillery ; president of the British Military Court, Tripolitania, 1944. Mr. Frank MacDonald contested the division in 1950. He is a farmer and butcher. Born August, 1912; educated at King Edward VI Grammar School. A member of Louth Borough Council and of Lindsey County Council, and manager of primary and grammar schools ; member of National Farmers' Union. KENT Ashford Electorate : 49,715 *Deedes, W. F. (C.)........ 24,093 Sandelson, N. D. (Lab. ) ... 16,645 C. majority ...... 7,448 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 21,095 ; Lab., 14,948 ; L., 4,828.-C. maj., 6,147. Mr. William Deedes, elected in 1950, is a journalist. Born June, 1913 ; educated at Wellington House, Westgate-on-Sea, and Harrow. He was a war correspondent in Abyssinia in 1935. Served with the 2nd Queen's Westminsters, 1939-45, and won the M.C. His family has been established as farmers in the Romney Marsh district for 450 years. His grandfather and great-grandfather represented the division, then known as East Kent, as Conservative M.P.s. Mr. Neville Sandelson, a barrister, contested the division in 1950. Born November, 1923 ; educated at Westminster School, and Trinity Col-(eSe, Cambridge, and was chaiiman of debates lr> the Union Society, 1942. A member of the "aldane Society committee on High Court procedure, a lecturer for the Fabian Society and neLondon Labour Party, and a member of Flying Club. KENT Canterbury Electorate : 58,546 *White, J. Baker (C.) .... . . 28,632 Jones, J. A. E. (Lab.) ...... 14,543 payne, T. H. (L.) . . ..... 3,695 C. majority ...... 14,089 NO CHANGE 1950:-C., 26,491 ; Lab., 14,563 ; L., 6,296.—C. maj., 11,928. Mr. John Baker White has represented Canterbury since 1945. He is secretary of the Conservative sub-committee on horticulture. A publicist, economist, and writer. Born August, 1902 ; educated at Stub-bington House, Fare-ham, and Malvern College. Worked as a farm labourer, circus hand, and volunteer helper in canteens for the unemployed in the early twenties. Director of the Economic League, 1926. Served 1939-45 as a regimental soldier and with the Foreign Office Political Intelligence Department and the Political Warfare Executive; made lieutenant-colonel 1941. Mr. John Jones is a school teacher. Born December, 1920; educated at selective central schools in Chesterfield, Nottingham, and Liverpool, and at Folkestone Training College. A member of Faversham Borough Council; prison visitor. Served in R.A.F., 1939-46. Mr. Thomas Payne, watch-maker and engineer, was born in October, 1897; educated at Borough Polytechnic and Artillery School. Served as Sussex delegate to National Federation of Grocers' and Provision Dealers' Association, and member of council of Brighton Grocers' Association. A pilot in the 1914-18 war, and observer in Royal Flying Corps. KENT Chiselhurst Electorate : 70,906 *Hornsby-Smith, Miss M. P. (C.) 31,679 Wallace, G. D. (Lab.) . . 30,699 C. majority .. .. 980 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 25,215 ; Lab., 25,048 ; L., 6,039.— C. maj., 167. Miss Patricia Hornsby-Smith was elected in 1950. She is a member of the Conservative Party executive, a member of the Conservative Films Association, and a former chairman of Surrey County Young Conservatives. Born March, 1914 ; educated at Richmond County School. She was principal private secretary to the Minister of Economic Warfare, 1941-45, and previously spent eight years in commerce! A member of Barnes Borough Council, 1945-49. Mr. George Wallace, member for the division, 1945-50, was a Government whip for three years. He is a stock clerk employed in the wholesale meat trade. Born April, 1906; educated at the Central School, Cheltenham. Member Chislehurst-Sidcup Urban District Council, 1937-46; member Sidcup and Swanley Hospital Management Committee; chairman of the Hospital Visiting Committee and of the Joint Consultative Committee. Served as a sergeant in R.A.F. Fighter Command. He went with the British delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union conference at Stockholm in 1949. KENT Dover Electorate : 62,402 *Arbuthnot, J. S.-W. (C.) ....... 28,511 Owen, W. J. (Lab. & Co-op.) ..... 24,995 C. majority . . . . 3,516 NO CHANGE 1950:—C., 25,640; Lab. & Co-op., 23,331 ; L., 2,873 ; Comm., 474.—C. maj., 2,309. Mr. John Arbuthnot, first elected for Dover in 1950, unsuccessfully contested Don Valley in 1935 and Dover in 1945. Born February, 1912 ; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He is a director of tea and other companies, is interested in the Boy Scout movement, and was District Commissioner for Dover, 1946-49. He is a member of the Ross Institute industrial advisory committee on tropical diseases. Served with 66th Medium Regt., R.A., and in Inspector-General of Armaments Department. Mr. William Owen contested the division in 1950. He is secretary of the Master Ladies' Tailors' Organization. Born February, 1901 ; educated at an elementary school and Central Labour College, London. A former miner; has been organizing tutor for the National Council of Labour Colleges, a Co-operative education officer, and community welfare officer for the National Coal Board. He has served on Blaina (Mon.) Urban District Council and Leicester City Council. KENT Faversham Electorate : 57,193 *Wells, P. L. (Lab.) ..... 24,884 Bossom, Maj. C. (C.) .... 24,322 Lab. majority .... . 562 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 23,620; C, 21,381 ; L., 3,486.— Lab. maj., 2,239. Mr. Percy Wells won the seat in 1945 and was re-elected in 1950. He was Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Ernest Bevin, and has been a member of several Parliamentary delegations abroad. Organizer for Transport and General Workers' Union. Born in June, 1891 ; elementary education. Joined the Royal Navy at 16 years of age. Afterwards lived in Canada, the United States, the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, and Australia. Member of the Central Agricultural Wages Board, and Kent Agricultural Wages Committee ; former member of Sittingbourne Urban District Council. and of Kent County Council. Major Clive Bossom is an underwriting member of Lloyd's. He is the son of Mr. A. C. Bossom, M.P. for Maidstone since 1931. Born February, 1918; educated at Eton and abroad. A member of Kent County Council; chairman of the Kent Council of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem; and a liveryman of the Grocers', Paviours' and Needlemakers' Companies. Served 1937-48 in The Buffs, retiring with the rank of major. Subsequently became secretary to his father. Travelled extenly in Europe, America, and Asia. KENT Folkestone and Hythe Electorate : 50,358 *Mackeson, Brig. H. R. (C.) ........ 25,792 Jones, I. R. (Lab.) ....... 13,968 C. majority.. 11,824 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,767 ; Lab., 13,885 ; L., 3,168.— C. maj., 9,882. Brig. Harry Mackeson was elected for Hythe in 1945 and for the new Folkestone and Hythe division in 1950. He was the Conservative deputy chief whip in the 1950-51 Parliament, A farmer, company director, and retired Army officer, he was born in May, 1905, and educated at Rugby and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He is president of Kent Cricket Club and Kent Football Association. Served 20 years in Royal Scots Greys ; was the youngest brigade major in the army (Egypt, 1938-40) ; commanded an armoured brigade in France and Belgium, 1944. Mr. Rhys Jones was a member of the Indian Civil Service (1941-47), and also worked in the Cabinet Office, .(1948-49). Born April, 191,6; educated at Stratford Grammar School; Brase-nose College, Oxford, where he took a degree in atomic physics; Clare College, Cambridge. As joint secretary and later secretary of the Madras Government Civil Supplies Department, 1944-47, he devised and largely ran the food-rationing system for a population of 52 millions. Former member of the Oxford University Labour Club; member of the Society of Labour Lawyers, and of the Association of Atomic Scientists; Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and member Herts-Essex Aeroplane Club. KENT Gravesend Electorate : 63,393 *Acland, Sir R. T. D. (Lab.) .. 30,055 Burke, C. P. T. (C.) . . 24,300 Lab. majority .. . . 5,755 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 28,297 ; C, 22,726 ; L., 2,298.— Lab. maj., 5,571. Sir Richard Acland Was Liberal member for Barnstaple 1933-45. One of the founders of the Common Wealth Party, he was defeated as their candidate at Putney in 1945. He joined the Labour Party and was elected for Gravesend in the 1947 by-election. Born November, 1906 ; educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford. He was Second Church Estates Commissioner "n the 1950-51 Parliament. Mr. Charles Burke is a barrister. Born 1905 lrJ Malaya ; educated in Australia, Singapore, and yray's Inn, London. He practised for 14 years w Singapore and Malaya; served 17 years in Singapore Volunteer Corps, and for four years was honorary A.D.C. to the Governor. Member of Holborn Borough Council; London County ^ouncil nominated governor of St. Aloysius Convent, St. Pancras, and of the Princeton Street College of Languages and Commerce, Holborn. Has travelled widely in the British Empire, the United States, and Europe. Served in The Hampshire Regiment, and was deputy chief legal orncer for Westphalia; retired with rank of ueutenant-colonel. KENT Isle of Thanet Electorate : 69,782 *Carson, E. (C.)......33,551 Shaw, O. L. (Lab.) . . .. 20,892 C. majority.. 12,659 NO CHANGE 1950:—C., 31,345; Lab., 20,522; L., 4,561.— C. maj., 10,823. Mr. Edward Carson, member for the division since 1945, is a son of the late Lord Carson. Born February, 1920. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. After passing through Sandhurst, he obtained a commission in the Life Guards. Served in Syria, Italy, and Germany. Mr. Otto Shaw contested Maidstone in 1945. Psychologist, and head master of a special school for maladjusted boys. Born in 1908; educated at a public school and university. Chairman of Maidstone Divisional Labour Party; a member of the Association of Scientific Workers ; and a member of Kent County Council, 1946-49. KENT Maidstone Electorate : 60,549 *Bossom, A. C. (C.) . . .. 27,606 White, H. A. (Lab.) .. .. 21,159 C. majority ..... 6,447 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 25,008 ; Lab., 18,377 ; L. 5 546 — C. maj., 6,631. Mr. Alfred Bossom has represented Maidstone since 1931. Chairman of the Select Committee of National Expenditure, 1939. An architect, he was born in October,' 1881, and educated at several schools, including Royal Academy of Arts. He went to the United States in 1903, built up a large practice, and retired in 1926. In 1943 he accompanied a British building mission to America. He was an alderman of London County Council 1930-34. Mr. Henry White contested the division in 1950. He is the organizer of the Transport and General Workers' Union in the Maidstone district. Born May, 1897; educated at tutorial classes of the Workers' Educational Association. Chairman of the Kent county committee of the Regional Board for Industry; vice-chairman, Medway and Swale Dock Labour Board ; a member of joint industrial councils in the quarrying, electricity supply, gas, and cement industries. KENT Orpington Electorate : 53,023 *Smithers, Sir W. (C.) .. .. 27,244 Vaughan Williams, R. D. (Lab.) .. .. .. 16,241 C. majority .. .. 11,003 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 24,450 ; Lab., 14,161 • L 4 523 — C. maj., 10,289. Sir Waldron Smithers represented Chislehurst from 1924 to 1945 and has been elected for Orpington since. He is a member of the London Stock Exchange. Born October, 1880, educated at Arlington House, Brighton, Charterhouse, and the Lycee d'Angers. He is a member of the board of Reedham Orphanage and a governor of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Since 1900 he has been organist at Knockholt parish church. Mr. David Vaughan Williams is a journalist. Born April, 1927; educated at Wellington College, and Wadham College, Oxford. A relative of Dr. R. Vaughan Williams, the composer. Served in the Royal Navy, 1945-48; commissioned 1946. KENT Sevenoaks Electorate : 58,299 *Rodgers, J. C. (C.) .. .. 28,668 Powrie, J. N. (Lab.) .. .. 18,823 C. majority . . .. 9,845 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 25,292 ; Lab., 17,610 ; L., 5,969.— C. maj., 7,682. Mr. John Rodgers was elected in 1950. He is a company director and author. Born October, 1906 ; educated at St. Peter's, York, Ecole des Roches, France, and Keble College, Oxford. He was director of the commercial relations division, Ministry of Information, 1939-41 ; director of post-war export trade development at the Board . of Trade, 1941-43 ; and deputy head of the industrial information division, Ministry of Production, 1943-44. He is a member of the B.B.C. general advisory council, and honorary secretary of the Smuts Memorial Fund. Mr. John Powrie is an engineer's millwright. Born May, 1898; educated at Grove Academy, Broughty Ferry, and Dundee Technical College. Chairman of Dartford divisional Labour Party for seven years; a member of Erith Borough Council since 1938, and mayor; and a member of Kent County Council since 1949. He is chairman of Dartford Assessment Committee; and a member of the English Council of Development Committees; and was a shop steward at Woolwich Arsenal for 12 years. Served in Royal Engineers, 1916-19. KENT Tonbridge Electorate : 65,097 *Williams, G. W. (C.) .. .. 31,377 Bagnari, A. B. (Lab.) .. 21,109 C. majority .. .. 10,268 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 27,893; Lab., 19,525; L., 5,634; Ind. C, 739.—C. maj., 8,368. Mr. Gerald Williams, first elected in 1945, is a company director and farmer. Born August, 1903 ; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He joined the R.N.V.R. in 1939 from the Supplementary Reserve, was promoted lieutenant - commander 1942, and served on the staff of Admiral Mount-batten (Combined Operations) and Admiral Ramsey in Normandy. His special interests are farming, finance, and horticulture. Mr. Bernard Bagnari is a member of London County Council and Islington Borough Council. Aged 49; educated in London and Rome. During the war he was vice-chairman of the T.U.C. committee for mobilization of emergency labour in southern and London areas; worked at Ministry of Information and broadcast to occupied countries. Former vice-chairman of the Northern Area Road-Safety Committee; chairman of the governors, Princetown College of Language, Law and Commerce. LANCASHIRE Chorley Electorate : 55,603 *Kenyon, C. (Lab.) . 24,771 Hall-Davies, A. G. F. (C.) . . 24,188 Lab. majority ... 583 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 23,233 ; C, 22,872 ; L., 2,706.— Lab. maj., 361. Mr. Clifford Kenyon won Chorley from the Conservatives in 1945 and was re-elected in 1950. He is a farmer, born in August, 1896, and educated at Good-shaw Council School, Rossendale ; the Baptist College, Brighton Grove, Manchester ; and Manchester University. He was a member of Rawten-stall Borough Council 1923-45, and was mayor 1938-42. Specially interested in agriculture and colonial affairs, and has travelled widely. Mr. Alfred Hall-Davies opposed Sir Hartley Shawcross at St. Helen's in 1950. He is a member of the executive of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations; chairman, North-West of England Area Young Conservatives Committee, and was vice-chairman of the Young Conservatives national committee, 1946-48. He is assistant managing director of a brewery company in Burnley. Born June, 1924; educated at Terra Nova School, Birkdale, and Clifton College, Bristol. Served in the Royal Artillery in the war. LANCASHIRE Clitheroe Electorate : 46,150 *Fort, R. (C.) ..... . . 23,007 Bradley, H. (Lab.) ..... .. 18,582 C. majority .... 4,425 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 20,814 ; Lab., 18,359 ; L., 2,765.—C. maj., 2,455. Mr. Richard Fort, elected in 1950, unsuccessfully contested the division in 1945. A chemist, whose grandfather and uncle were M.P.s for the division, he was born in August, 1907 and educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He joined Imperial Chemical Industries in 1932, and was president of I.C.I. (New York) Limited, 1938-40. He was a member of a British supply mission to the United States, 1940-41, and employed at the Ministry of Supply, 1942-45. Mr. Harold Bradley is a trade union secretary. Born in 1895; educated at an elementary school and evening classes. A member Lancashire County Council, 1946-49. Chairman of the Flospital Group Finance Committee and of local employment committee. He is a member of the Northern Counties Textile Trades' Federation Central Board, the National Advisory Council on Education for Industry and Commerce, and of the North Lancashire and Westmorland Advisory Committee on Education. He also serves on the Amalgamated Weavers' central committee and the United Textile Factory Workers' legislative council. Served in the Coldstream Guards, 1914-18. LANCASHIRE Darwen Electorate : 41,321 Fletcher-Cooke, C. (C.) .. .. 17,785 Haines, R. (Lab.) . . .. 14,605 Leslie, R. F. (L.) ..... 4,236 C. majority .. .. 3,180 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 17,903 ; Lab., 13,334; L., 5,656.--C. maj., 4,569. Mr. Charles Fletcher-Cooke is a barrister. He was born in May, 1914, and educated at Malvern College and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was legal adviser to the British Government at the Danube Conference in 1948. He served in 1939-45 in the R.N.V.R. and became a lieutenant-commander. He is interested in commerce leasehold reform. Mr. Ronald Haines contested the division in 1945 and 1950. He is a journalist. Born October, 1910; educated at elementary and central schools. Served with the Royal Engineers, 1940-46, and was demobilized with rank of major. He was seconded to the psychological warfare section with the Allied Forces in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, and served with Anglo-Greek information services during Greek civil war. Mr. Roy Leslie, a university lecturer, contested Colne Valley in 1950. Born in May, 1922; educated at the Academy, Larkhall, Lanarkshire, and Manchester University. Chairman, Manchester University Liberal Society, 1948-49. Served on North-West Liberal Federation executive. Wireless operator in R.A.F., 1940-46. LANCASHIRE Farnworth Electorate : 51,189 *Tomlinson, G. (Lab.) ..... 26,297 Seddon, J. (C.) ...... 18,112 Lab. majority ...... 8,185 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 25,375 ; C, 14,266 ; L., 5,189.— Lab. maj., 11,109. Mr. George Tomlinson had been in charge of the Labour Government's educational policy since he succeeded the late Miss Ellen Wilkinson in that Ministry in 1947. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour during the war and Minister of Works 1945 to 1947. He won Farnworth at a by-election in 1938, and has held the seat since. Born in 1890, and educated at a Wesleyan day school, he worked as a cotton weaver from the age of 12 to 25 years, when he went into business. Mr. Jesse Seddon, a corn miller, is former president, chairman, and secretary of Farnworth Area Conservative Association. Born January, 1893; educated at Farnworth Grammar School. Member of Farnworth Town Council; mayor, 1944-45. Served in 4th Lancashire Fusiliers and Machine Gun Corps in first world war. LANCASHIRE Heywood and Royton Electorate : 61,320 *Sutcliffe, H. (C.)...... 28,086 Hurley, C. J. (Lab.) .... 24,083 C. majority ... 4,003 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,518 ; Lab., 21,482 ; L., 8,404.— C. maj., 2,036. Mr. Harold Sutcliffe represented Roy-ton from 1931 to 1950 and was then elected for the re-formed constituency. A barrister, born in December, 1897, he was educated at Harrow and Oriel College, Oxford. He is deputy chairman of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Served in France with the Royal Field Artillery, 1917-18. He has interested himself specially in the problems of the cotton trade. Mr. Charles Hurley, an electrical engineer, contested the division in 1950. Born in 1896; educated at Dublin Technical College. He became chairman of Hull Labour Party and member of executive of Yorkshire Labour Regional Council. Member of Hull City Council, 1925-38, and since 1949. LANCASHIRE Huyton Electorate : 54,230 *Wi1son, J. H. (Lab.) ..... .. 23,582 Neep, F. L. (C.) .... .. 22,389 Lab. majority ..... 1,193 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 21,536; C, 20,702; L., 1,905; Comm., 387.—Lab. maj., 834. Mr. Harold Wilson was President of the Board of Trade from 1947 until he resigned in April, 1951, over a difference of view with the Labour Government on budgetary policy. He had previously been Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Secretary for Overseas Trade. From 1945 to 1950 he represented Ormskirk, and since then has been M.P. for Huyton. Before entering Parliament was successively Economic Assistant to the War Cabinet Secretariat, a member of the staffs of the Ministries of Supply and Labour, and Director of Economics and Statistics at the Ministry of Fuel and Power. Born in 1916 ; educated at council and grammar schools and at Jesus College, Oxford, won first-class honours in philosophy, politics, and economics. Mr. Francis Neep, sand merchant, contested Warrington in 1950. Chairman of Formby Conservative and Unionist Association. Born June, 1905; left school at 13 and attended technical and university courses in his spare time. Has worked as underground mining engineer, in building trade, and steel and allied industries, and as managing director of London publishing house. Member, Lancashire County Council; governor, Formby and Knowsley Longview County Schools. LANCASHIRE Ince Electorate : 51,121 *Brown, T. J. (Lab.) .... . . 32,148 Porter, J. A. (C.) ... . . 12,305 Lab. majority.. 19,843 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 32,145 ; C, 12,612.—Lab. maj., 19,533. Mr. Thomas Brown has represented Ince since he was returned unopposed at a by-election in 1942. He was a coal miner for 35 years. Born August, 1886; educated at Brunswick School, Hindley Green, and Leigh Technical School. He has been a member of the executive committee of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, a miners' agent, and vice-president of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation. He was a member of Hindley Urban District Council for over 25 years, and chairman of Hindley Education Committee. Mr. James Porter, who has been a schoolmaster in Liverpool for over 30 years, is vice-chairman of West Derby Division Conservative Party. Born September, 1893 ; educated at Liverpool Collegiate School and Liverpool University. Member, Conservative Teachers' Central Council. LANCASHIRE Lancaster Electorate ; 44,917 *Maclean, F. H. (C.). . 20,555 Lees, Miss D. (Lab.). . 18,099 C. majority ....... 2,456 NO CHANGE 1950 :—G, 18,437 ; Lab., 15,341 ; L., 4,416.— C. maj., 3,096. Mr. Fitzroy Maclean was Brigadier Commanding the British Military Mission to Marshal Tito's headquarters in Yugoslavia—an enterprise which involved him in a series of adventures from the moment he was dropped by parachute into the partisan territory. He had resigned from the diplomatic service to enlist as a private in the Cameron Highlanders and was a second lieutenant when he won the Lancaster division in 1941. Later he joined the 1st Special Air Service Regt. and gained the French Croix de Guerre, the Soviet Order of Kutusov, and the Partisan Star (first-class). Born in 1911, educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. Miss Dodo Lees, a journalist, contested Bournemouth East and Christchurch in 1950. Born April, 1920; educated in Brussels, Munich, and Paris. Served for six years as nurse with First French Army, French Maquis, and the British Army in the war. Awarded Croix de Guerre. LANCASHIRE Middleton and Prestwich Electorate : 56,657 Barlow, Sir J. D. (C.) ...... 26,073 Knight, A. (Lab.) ....... 16,323 Harrison, E. (L.) ...... 5,757 C. majority ..... 9,750 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C., 24,521 ; Lab., 16,716 ; L., 7,564.— C. maj., 7,805. Sir John Barlow, Liberal National member for the Eddisbury division of Cheshire, 1945-50, contested Walsall as National Liberal and Conservative 1950 ; contested North-wich as Liberal in 1929, and withdrew in support of Conservative candidate 1931. Is a merchant and farmer, bank director, and chairman of rubber plantation companies. Born June, 1898 ; educated at Leighton Park School, Reading, and Haverford College, Pennsylvania. Director of Manchester Park School, Reading, and Haverford College, Chamber of Commerce ; member of council of Royal Agricultural Society. Mr. Albert Knight unsuccessfully contested Rusholme in 1935. He is an officer of the National Union of Public Employees, born in- October, 1903, and educated at an elementary school and the Labour College, London. He is a director or Chester Co-operative Soceity, a member of Chester Hospital Management Committee, and chairman of the Ministry of National Insurance local advisory committee. Mr. Ernest Harrison, a retired bank manager, contested the division in 1950. Born in March, 1886; educated at Royal Grammar School, Whalley, and Manchester University. Executive member of National Union of Bank Employees for 15 years. Chairman Bacup Local Savings committee for eight years. LANCASHIRE Morecambe and Lonsdale Electorate : 55,913 *Fraser, Sir W. J. I. (C.) .. 31,211 Gardner, E. (Lab.) ... 13,732 C. majority .. 17,479 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 28,041 ; Lab., 12,768; L., 5,723.-C. maj., 15,273. Sir Ian Fraser represented St. Pancras, North, from 1924 to 1929 and from 1931 to 1937, when he resigned on being appointed a governor of the B.B.C. He was M.P. for the old Lonsdale division from 1940, and re-elected for the new Morecambeand Lonsdale division in 1950. He is a company director, and a South African citizen and head of a family business there. Born in 1897 ; educated at Marlborough and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was shot through the eyes in France in 1916. He is chairman of the executive council of St. Dunstan's ; national president of the British Legion ; and a member of the council of the National Institute for the Blind. Called to the Bar by the Inner Temple, 1943. Mr. Ernest Gardner is an operative dyer. Born May, 1902 ; educated at elementary school and continuation classes of National Council of Labour Colleges and Workers' Educational Association. Vice-president, Lancaster Labour Party, for 10 years; member Lancaster Cily Council; president Lancaster Trades Council. LANCASHIRE Newton Electorate : 61,727 * Lee, F. (Lab.)......31,374 Jones, H. W. (C.) . . . . 22,476 Lab.majority.. .. 8,898 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 31,832; C, 22,068.—Lab. maj. 9,764. Mr. Frederick Lee, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour in the 1950 Administration, was formerly Parliamentary private secretary to Sir Stafford Cripps. Elected for the Hulme division of Manchester in 1945, he was selected to succeed Sir Robert Young at Newton in 1950. Born in 1906, he received an elementary school education. Became a member of the national committee of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. Mr. Herbert Jones is a trade union organizer for the Conservative Party and was formerly a metal caster and cupolaman at an iron foundry in Crewe. Born 1914; educated at Church of England School, Nantwich. Vice-chairman, Nantwich Urban District Council. Served with Royal Engineers in Europe and Middle East. LANCASHIRE North Fylde Electorate : 47,309 *Stanley, R. O. (C.) .... 25,419 Morris, J. B. (Lab.) .... 11,284 C, majority .. 14,135 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,538 ; Lab., 10,515 ; L., 4,631.— C. maj., 13,023. Mr. Richard Stanley, elected in 1950, is the son of the late Lord Stanley, who sat for the Fylde division from 1922 to 1938. Born January, 1920 ; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined the staff of the Conservative Central Office after the 1939-45 war, in which he served as a captain in the Grenadier Guards. He is chairman, Lancashire and Cheshire Federation of Boys' Clubs, and of the Lancashire Playing Fields Association, and president of the Royal Lancashire Show. Mr. John Morris is a pharmacist. Born March, 1910; educated at Ashton Grammar School and Liverpool College of Pharmacy. Member of the Lancashire education and health committees, and a governor of Ashton-in-Makerfield Grammar School. LANCASHIRE Ormskirk Electorate : 50,379 *Salter, Sir J. A. (C.) ....... 26,729 Kavanagh, E. (Lab.) .... 12,908 C. majority. . .. 13,821 NO CHANGE 1951 by-election :—C., 24,190; Lab., 8,969; Ind. Lab. Party, 686.—C. maj., 15,221. 1950:—C, 28,654; Lab., 14,583.—C. maj., 14,071. Sir Arthur Salter was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping from 1939 to 1941, and Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport, 1941-43. After a period as Deputy Director - General . of Unrra he was Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1945. From 1937 to 1950 he was Independent M.P. for Oxford University, and after the disappearance of the university franchise he was out of Parliament until a by-election at Ormskirk in April, 1951. Born 1881 ; educated at Oxford High School and Brasenose; later elected Fellow of All Souls. He served in the Transport Department of the Admiralty, and during the 1914-18 war became Director of Ship Requisitioning. He was successively director of the Economic and Finance Section of the League of Nations, and Secretary-General of the Reparation Commission. From 1934 to 1944 he was Gladstone Professor of Political Theory and Institutions at Oxford. In 1947 he was chairman, Advisory Council of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Mr. Ernest Kavanagh contested Hexham in 1945. President of the City of Leeds Labour Party. He is a railway clerk. Born September, 1908; educated at elementary school and Cock-burn High School. Secretary and past-president of the Leeds Trades Council; member Leeds and York District Council of National Union of Rail-waymen. Served in National Fire Service, 1939-45. Voluntary tutor and lecturer for National Council of Labour Colleges. LANCASHIRE South Fylde Electorate : 60,206 *Lancaster, Col. C. G. (C.) .. 35,726 Burgess, L. H. (Lab.) .. 12,408 C. majority ,. .. 23,318 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 33,619; Lab., 11,341 ; L., 5,402.-C. maj., 22,278. Col. Claude Lancaster represented the former Fylde division, 1938-50, and was elected for South Fylde in 1950. He is a company chairman and managing director, and was a prominent colliery owner until nationalization. Born in 1899 ; educated at Eton and the Royal Military College. Served in the Royal Horse Guards, 1918, and in the last war commanded the 9th Sherwood Foresters, one of the last units to leave Dunkirk. Mr. Lewis Burgess, a journalist, born June, 1922, was educated at Bolton County Grammar School and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He is on the committee of the Bolton Labour Party and is an executive member of Bolton Fabian Society and vice-president of Bolton Co-operative Party. He served with the Royal Corps of Signals during the war. Has travelled widely in Europe on voluntary reconstruction work and helped to build the Yugoslavia Youth Railway in 1947. LANCASHIRE Westhoughton Electorate : 55,375 *Price, J. T. (Lab.) .. . . 29,319 Land, F. J. (C.) .. .. 18,644 Lab. majority . . .. 10,675 NO CHANGE 1951 by-election :—Lab., 25,368 ; C, 16,614 — Lab. maj., 8,754. 1950 :—Lab., 30,117; C, 18,259.—Lab. maj., 11,858. Mr. Thomas Price was returned at the last by-election of the former Parliament (in June), after the retirement of Mr. Rhys Davies, who had been M.P. for the diyision since 1921. He is chief legal officer of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers. Born October, 1902 ; educated at Salford Grammar School. A member of the Labour Party since 1919, he Has taken an active part in national and local elections for nearly 30 years. Mr. Frank Land contested the division in a by-election in June, 1951. He is a master baker. Born May, 1913. Past-president of Westhoughton Conservative Party. A member of Bolton Town Council and chairman of the housing committee ; member of the executive of Bolton Chamber of Trade; and a former member of the Westhoughton Urban District Council. He is a Sunday school superintendent and church worker. Served in the South Lancashire Regiment, 1940-46. LANCASHIRE Widnes Electorate : 45,761 *MacColl, J. E. (Lab.) .. .. 21,688 Wilson, F.' H. (C.) .. .. 18,315 Lab. majority .. .. 3,373 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 21,253; C, 18,033.—Lab. maj., 3,220. Mr. James MacColl, elected in 1950, was chairman of South Pad-dington Labour Party, 1932-39. He is a barrister. Born June, 1908 ; educated at Sedbergh School, Balliol College, Oxford, and the University of Chicago. Elected to Paddington Borough Council in 1934, he was mayor, 1947-49. Co-opted member L.C.C. Education Committee, 1936-46, and a member of Hemel Hempstead New Town Corporation, 1946-50. He is a member of the Chairmen's Panel, London Juvenile Courts. Mr. Francis Wilson contested Burnley in 1950. Born 1897; educated privately and at the Technical College, Loughborough. Chairman of five industrial companies, two chain stores, and an air charter company. A member of Liverpool City Council. Chairman of the " Liverpool-can-make-it " exhibition, 1948, and of the Liverpool industrial exhibition, 1949. A committee member of the Leather Clothing Manufacturers' Association. Served in Royal Flying Corps, 1914-18. LEICESTERSHIRE Bosworth Electorate : 63,084 *Alien, A. C. (Lab.) ....,. . . 30,767 Bray, D. C. (C.) ........ .. 23,122 Lab. majority .......... 7,645 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 29,282 ; C, 15,988; L., 9,315. Lab. maj., 13,294. Mr. Arthur Allen was elected in 1945 and again in 1950. He is an official of the Boot and Shoe Operatives' Union. Born January, 1887 ; educated at an elementary school and at Ruskin College. He is a fornier chairman of Irthling-borough Urban District Council and an alderman of Northamptonshire County Council. He served in the 1914-18 war in Salonika and France. Mr. Donald Bray is principal of Mill Hill School, Leicester. Born September, 1908; educated at Truro School and the University College of the South West, Exeter. He is chairman of the Leicestershire Conservative Teachers' Association; vice-chairman Leicestershire Conservative Political Education Committee, and a member of the East Midlands area committee. Served as temporary lieutenant, R.N.V.R., 1939-46. LEICESTERSHIRE Harborough Electorate : 64,285 *Baldock, J. M. (C.) . . .. 29,395 Boyd, T. C. (Lab.) . . .. 21,648 Bazeley, Lt.-Col. H. C. (L.). . 5,258 C. majority .. . . 7,747 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 27,842; Lab., 21,381 ; L., 6,467; Ind., 273.-—C. maj., 6,461. Mr. John Baldock was elected in 1950. He is a manufacturer, and was born in November, 1915. He was educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford, where he obtained a diploma in agriculture, and at Freiburg University. A lieutenant-commander in the R.N.V.R., he served with the Royal Navy throughout the 1939-45 war. Mr. Christopher Boyd contested the Isle of Thanet division in 1945 and 1950. He was formerly Under-Secretary to the Government of India and secretary to the all-party delegation to India, 1946. Born August, 1916, in Canada; educated at Marlborough and Hertford College, Oxford. Has served on the central economic planning staff in the Cabinet Office; worked for the Building Apprenticeship and Training Council and British Iron and Steel Federation. Served 1940-44, reaching rank of major. Lt.-Col. Charles Bazeley contested the division in 1950. Regular soldier 1927-48. Born in June, 1907 ; educated at Blundell's School, Tiver-ton; and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Member of Melton and Belvoir Rural District Council. Raised original Air Observation Post Squadron, R.A.F., to which he was seconded from 1938 to 1943. Awarded D.S.O. and American D.S.C. LEICESTERSHIRE Loughborough Electorate : 52,914 *Follick, M. (Lab.) .. .. 25,894 Spencer, Mrs. P. G. (C.) .. 19,571 Lab. majority .. .: 6,323 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 25,921 ; C, 19,196.—Lab. maj., 6,725. Mr. Mont Follick was elected in 1945 and again in 1950. He contested Ashford in 1929, East Surrey in 1931, and West Fulham in 1935. Born in 1887 ; educated at the Sorbonne, Paris, and the Universities of Halle and Padua. An advocate of spelling reform ; speaks seven languages and has a working knowledge of 14. Founded a school of languages in London. Former Professor of English at Madrid University ; onetime secretary to the Aga Khan, Sir Robert Philip (Premier of Queensland), and the Sultan of Morocco. A governor of Uppingham and of Nottingham University. Mrs. Phylis Spencer contested Nuneaton in 1950. She is the wife of the Conservative candidate for Bilston. Born in 1911; educated at Clapham High School and the London School of Economics. Former secretary, Women's Branch, City of London Conservative Association and former chairman of the Junior Women's branch. Member Women's Advisory Committee in the West Midlands Area. Active worker in several Red Cross services during the war; ran mobile canteen on R.A.F. station. LEICESTERSHIRE Melton Electorate : 59,671 *Nutting, H. A. (C.) ........ 28,689 Urwin, K. F. (Lab.) . ..... 22,308 C. majority ...... 6,381 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C., 26,177 ; Lab., 19,621 ; L., 5,518.— C. maj., 6,556. Mr. Anthony Nutting is chairman of the national executive of the Conservative Party and chairman of the Conservative Overseas Bureau. He is a publisher. Born January, 1920; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was chairman of the Young Conservatives movement, 1946-47 ; vice-chairman, 1947-50, and chairman, 1950-51, of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations. He joined The Leicestershire Yeomanry 1939 ; was invalided in 1940. He was an attache at the British Embassy in Paris until the fall of France, and was later attached to the embassies in Madrid and Rome. Mr. Kenneth Urwin is resident tutor in North Leicestershire for the extra-mural department of Nottingham University. Born in 1920; educated at Leeds Grammar School; Whitgift School; and Worcester College, Oxford. Member of National Union of General and Municipal Workers and National Association of Labour Teachers. A Methodist lay preacher. LINCOLNSHIRE Parts of Holland, Holland with Boston Electorate : 69,453 *Butcher, H. W. (Nat. L. & C.) ..... 31,683 Walters, Miss J. A. (Lab.) ...... 22,994 Nat. L. & C. majority. . 8,689 NO CHANGE 1950:-—Nat. L. & C. 30,336; Lab. 22 374; L., 3,500.—Nat. L. & C. maj., 7,962. Mr. Herbert Butcher has represented the division since 1937 and was National Liberal chief whip from 1945. He went with a Parliamentary delegation to Australia and New Zealand in 1944, and was appointed to the chairmen's panel, House of Commons, in 1945. He is a surveyor and land agent. Born June, 1901 ; educated at Hastings Grammar School and the College of Estate Management. He was a member of the Soke of Peterborough County Council, 1931-37. Miss Janet Walters, whose married name is Mrs. J. Ken", is a housewife and lecturer for the Workers' Educational Association. Born in 1922; educated at Portsmouth High School and St. Hilda's College, Oxford. LINCOLNSHIRE Parts of Kesteven and Rutlandshire Grantham Electorate : 56,671 Godber, J. B. (C.) . . . . 20,712 Millett, A. E. (Lab.) .. .. 18,540 Kendall, W. D. (L.) .. 8,396 C. majority .. .. 2,172 NO CHANGE 19.50 :—C, 19,195 ; Lab., 14,457 ; Ind., 12,792. —C. maj., 4,738. Mr. Joseph Godber is a nurseryman. Born '^14; educated at Bedford School Chairman of Mid-Bedfordshire Division Conservative Association. A member of Bedfordshire County Council; chairman of the county glasshouse section of the National Farmers' Union and of the publicity and parliamentary committee. He 'sa member of the Tomato and Cucumber Marketing Board. Mr. Albert Millett contested by-elections at Weston-super-Mare, 1934, and East Grinstead, 1936, and was also defeated at the general elections in Yeovil, 1935, and Grantham, 1950. Surveyor and builder. Born November, 1890; educated at St. Alban's School, Holborn, and Northampton Polytechnic Institute. Member Kesteven County Council; member Midland Federation of Building Trades Employers and Federation of Registered Housebuilders. Mr. Denis Kendall was Independent M.P. for Grantham from 1942 to 1950, when he was defeated. Chartered engineer. Born 1903 ; educated at Trinity School and the Technical College, Halifax, and Pennsylvania State University. He was works manager of a motor company 1931-1938, and during the war managing director of the British Manufacture and Research Company, Limited, makers of high-speed cannon. He later became managing director of Grantham Productions, Limited, which sponsored the "people's car " project. LINCOLNSHIRE Rutland and Stamford Electorate : 40,087 *Conant, Maj. R. J. E. (C.) . . 17,850 Bradley, T. G. (Lab.) .. 15,127 C. majority ...... 2,723 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 16,498; Lab.,13,712; L., 3,024.— C. maj., 2,786. Maj. Roger Conant, i elected for the constitu- I ency in 1950, represented I Chesterfield from 1931 to 1935 and the former I Bewdley division from 1937 to 1950. Born May, 1899 ; educated at Eton and the Royal Military ? College, Sandhurst, he I held a commission in the I Grenadier Guards and I served with them in both the 1914-18 and 1939-45 wars. He is a farmer, and deputy lieutenant of Rutland. Mr. Thomas Bradley contested the division in 1950. Railway clerk. Born April, 1926; educated at Kettering Central School. Secretary, Kettering branch, Transport Salaried Staff's Association ; former secretary, Kettering Borough Labour Party; past president, Kettering Trades Council. Worked in coalmining under the Bevin scheme during the war. LINCOLNSHIRE Parts of Lindsey Brigg Electorate : 65,775 *Mallalieu, E. L. (Lab.)... 31,151 Lawson, C. P. (C.) 23,062 Lab. majority .. .. 8,089 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 28,934 ; C, 18,521 ; L., 7,438.— Lab. maj., 10,413. Mr. Edward Mallalieu, K.C., was Liberal M.P. for Colne Valley 1931-35 (a seat previously held by his father) and won Brigg as Labour in 1948 and 1950. Born 1905; educated at Dragon School, Oxford, Cheltenham College, and Trinity College, Oxford. He farmed in County Wicklow from 1937 to 1946, and was director of farming, St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham, Dublin, 1945-46. He is a governor of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Mr. Charles Lawson has had a long association with India. He represented the Bengal (European) Constituency in the Indian Central Assembly for 10 years and was deputy leader of the European Party. President of the European Association of India for seven years and leader of European delegation during Sir Stafford Cripps's visit to India in 1942. Born December, 1897; educated at Christ's Hospital. Served in France with The Essex Regiment, 1914-18. LINCOLNSHIRE Gainsborough Electorate : 50,672 *Crookshank, Capt. H. F. C. (C.)... 19,915 Hawkins, G. R. S. (Lab.) . . 16,074 Gregory, J. (L.) . . .. 4,580 C. majority ...... 3,841 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 17,066 ; Lab., 14,890 ; L., 9,276.— C. maj., 2,176. Captain Harry CroOkshank was in turn Under-Secretary, Home Office, 1934-35, Secretary for Mines, 1935 - 39, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1939-43, and Postmaster-General until 1945. He has been M.P. for Gainsborough since 1924. Born in 1893 in Cairo, he was a King's Scholar at Eton, and graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford. He served in the 1914-18 war in The Hampshire Regiment and the Grenadier Guards, and was twice wounded. He entered the diplomatic service and was on the Embassy staffs in Constantinople and Washington. Mr. Gordon Hawkins is an adult education lecturer for the Workers' Educational Association and university extra-mural classes. Born December, 1921; educated at Thames Valley Grammar School, Twickenham, and London University. A member of the Fabian Society. Served 1942-46 as lieutenant, R.N.V.R., and was also an interrogator of Japanese prisoners of war and an intelligence officer in the Far East. Mr. John Gregory has taught in Paris, Switzerland, and Turkey. Born in 1917. Educated at Bishopsholt and the Sorbonne, Paris. Engaged on radar work during the war. LINCOLNSHIRE Horncastle Electorate : 43,285 *Maitland, Cmdr. J. F. W. (C.) 22,043 Clark, F. H. (Lab.) .. .. 11,143 C. majority .... . . 10,900 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 22,329; Lab.,11,671.—C. maj.,10,658. Cmdr. John Maitland has represented Horncastle since 1945. Born 1903 ; educated at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He retired from the Royal Navy in 1934 after being injured, but rejoined in 1939 and served during the war as a gunnery officer on the submarine staff. He has been chairman of the Conservative sub-committee on education, Deputy Lieutenant Essex 1934-46, member Chigwell Urban District Council 1935-40, and a Verderer of Epping Forest 1936-45. Mr. Francis Clark contested the division in 1950. He is a language teacher. Born July, 1893 ; educated at University College, Nottingham, and London University. A member of the Lindsey County Council since 1946. Served with 7th Sherwood Foresters, 1915-19. LINCOLNSHIRE Louth Electorate : 49,995 *Osborne, C. (C.)....... 21,587 Dyer, H. J. H. (Lab.) ..... 15,819 Gaul, Rev. R. C. (L.) ...... 2,822 C. majority ...... 5,768 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 19,647 ; Lab., 15,063 ; L. 5 817.— C. maj., 4,584. Mr. Cyril Osborne was elected in 1945 and 1950. He is a stockbroker and director of several companies in the textile industry and grocery trade. Born 1898 ; educated at University College, Nottingham. He is a past master of the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters, and . a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Bakers. He served in the Royal Artillery in France, Italy, and Egypt in the 1914-18 war. Mr. Henry Dyer contested Erdington as a Liberal in 1929 and Louth for Labour in 1950. Headmaster of Queen. Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford, Lincolnshire, and a barrister. Born April, 1902; educated Leamington College and Keble College, Oxford. Member of Lindsey County Education Committee; chairman of Alford Urban District Council, 1946-48; and a member of the Church Assembly representing Lincoln diocese, 1945-50. He is chairman of the legal and financial committee of the Headmasters' Association. The Rev. Reginald Gaul is rector of Rand and Goltho-cum-Bullington, Lincolnshire. Born in July, 1912; educated at Hulme Grammar School, Manchester University, and Lichfield Theological College. Chaplain to Royal Society of the Deaf and Dumb; member of Transport and General Workers' Union. MIDDLESEX Spelthorne Electorate : 72,599 *Craddock, G. B. (C.).... 31,031 Hunter, A. E. (Lab.).... 29,908 C. majority .. . . 1,123 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 26,177 ; Lab., 26,146 ; L., 5,048.— C. maj., 31. Mr. Beresford Craddock, who won Spelthorne in 1950, had contested Lichfield in 1938 and 1945 as a National Government candidate. He is a barrister. Born 1898 ; educated at Harris Academy, Dundee, and St. Andrews University. He has travelled extensively, and before being called to the Bar held executive posts in industry and commerce in Britain, India, and Africa. Served with the Royal Garrison Artillery and on the chemical warfare staff in the 1914-18 war. Mr. Albert Hunter is a sales representative. Born April, 1900. Member of St. Pancras Borough Council and an alderman; member Holborn Board of Guardians, 1925-30; member Holborn Borough Council, 1928-34. National president, 1937-38, and national treasurer, 1939-44, of National Union of Shop Assistants. Served with the Forces in first war. MIDDLESEX Uxbridge Electorate : 51,022 *Beswick, F. (Lab. & Co-op.) . . 21,249 Curran. C. (C.) ..... 19,701 Fior, L. (L.)...... 2,289 Lab. & Co-op, majority ...... 1,548 NO CHANGE 1950:-Lab. & Co.-op., 20,139; C, 17,741 ; L., 3,933.—Lab. & Co.-op. maj., 2,398. Mr. Frank Beswick was appointed Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, in 1950, after his re-election for Uxbridge, which he had won in 1945. He is the son of a Nottinghamshire miner, and fought his first election, at 22, as Labour candidate for a seat on the London County Council. Served in R.A.F. Transport Command during the war. He was one of the two M.P.s who witnessed the atom bomb explosion at Bikini. Mr. Charles Curran, a journalist and barrister, contested West Walthamstow in 1945. Born 1903 ; educated at Cardiff High School and Stonyhurst. Called to the Bar by Gray's-Inn. Has been a journalist in London for over 20 years and has also worked in Wales and Lancashire. Fellow and vice-president, Institute of Journalists; chairman of London district, 1950. Widely travelled in Europe and the United States. Mr. L. Fior is a solicitor and formerly a barrister Born in 1896; educated at King's College, London University, and Gray's Inn. Former member of London County Council and Middlesex county council. Served with The Middlesex Regiment, 1916-19. NORFOLK Central Electorate : 47,923 *Medlicott, Brig. F. (Nat. L. & C.) 21,909 Lambley, J. R. (Lab.). . . . 17,270 Nat. L. & C. majority ......... 4,639 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Nat. L. and C, 20,407 ; Lab., 16,516 ; L., 2,859.—Nat. L. and C. maj., 3,891. Brig. Frank Medlicott was first elected for East Norfolk in 1939 at a by-election, re-elected 1945, and won Central Norfolk in 1950 and 1951. He contested Acton as Liberal, 1929. He is a solicitor. Born 1903 ; educated at Huish's Grammar School, Taun-ton. A member of Norfolk County Council. He was a Territorial lance-bombardier in the Royal Artillery, 1939 ', became a brigadier in 21st Army Group. Holds American Bronze Star. Mr. John Lambley is district organizer for National Union of Agricultural Workers. Born in 1896 received an elementary school education. Former urban district councillor, and county councillor. Has been active in the Labour Party for 30 years. Served in the first world war. NORFOLK King's Lynn Electorate : 51,914 Scott-Miller, Cmdr. R. (C.) . . 21,954 *Wise, F. J. (Lab.) .. .. 21,017 C. majority .. .. 937 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950 :—Lab., 19,399 ; C, 19,129 ; L., 4,266.— Lab. maj., 270. Cmdr. Ronald Scott-Miller contested the ?division in 1950. He is managing director of a uniform manufacturing firm. Born 1904 ; educated at Aldro School, Eastbourne, and Upping-ham. He served in the R.N.V.R. on the Northern Patrol in Russian convoy duties, and in Combinsd Operations in the Mediterranean and north-west Europe, and United States Legion of Merit. He is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Butchers ; on the executive committee of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain, and Cattle Trough Association. Mr. Frederick Wise was elected for the division in 1945 and re-elected in 1950. He is a retired chartered surveyor and farmer. Born in 1887 ; educated at King Edward's School, Bury St. Edmunds. Worked in King's Lynn valuation office of Inland Revenue Department. Former member Oxfordshire County Council and Ban-bury Urban District Council. Served with The Suffolk Regiment and in the air in first world ?war, and in the last war was a land officer on the Air Ministry staff. NORFOLK North Electorate : 50,032 *Gooch, E. G. (Lab.) .. .. 21,067 Reid, Col. D. M. (C. & Nat. L.) 20,788 Lab. majority ..... 279 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 19,790; C. & Nat. L., 17,741 ; L., 3,703.—Lab. maj., 2,049. Mr. Edwin Gooch was elected for North Norfolk in 1945 and again in 1950. He is a journalist. Born 1889; secondary education. He is a member of the Labour Party national executive, and president of the National Union of Agricultural Workers and the International Land workers' Federation. He has served on United Kingdom delegations to Food and Agriculture Organization conferences. An alderman of Norfolk County Council. Col. Douglas Reid contested North Norfolk in 1950. Journalist; born September, 1894; educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he was president of the Union in 1920. Spent 20 years in India, where he was director of a Madras firm. Member of Madras Legislative Assembly, 1934-36; former chairman, Madias Chamber of Commerce, and former member Railway Rates Committee (India); trustee of Madras Port Trust, 1933-40. Served in both wars, won M.C. Member Norfolk County Council. NORFOLK South Electorate : 43,668 *Baker, P. A. D. (C.) .. ... 19,610 Scutts, L. (Lab.) ....... 16,371 C. majority ...... 3,239 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 18,143 ; Lab., 15,714 ; L., 2,097.— C. maj., 2,429. Mr. Peter Baker, who was elected in 1950, is a publisher. Born April, 1921 ; educated at Eastbourne College. He served in the 1939-45 war with airborne formations in Europe and Africa and won the M.C. While working with the resistance movement in Holland he was taken prisoner, escaped twice, and was recaptured on both occasions. He is specially interested in agriculture. Mr. Lynton Scutts contested Hertford in 1945 and 1950. An ophthalmic optician; born July, 1915; educated at Gravesend Technical School. Former chairman Hertfordshire Labour Party. Member Bishop's Stortfqrd Urban District Council for seven years; chairman, 1948-49. NORFOLK South-West Electorate : 40,552 Bullard, D. G. (C.).. .. 16,970 *Dye, S. (Lab.) . . .. 16,528 C. majority . . . . 442 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950 :—Lab., 15,649 ; C, 15,389 ; L, 2,009.— Lab. maj., 260. Mr. Denys Bullard contested the division in 1950. He is a former vice-chairman of the Isle of Ely Conservative Association. A farmer ; born 1912 ; educated Wisbech Grammar School, Cambridge University, and Cambridge School • of Agriculture. Was technical adviser to Huntingdonshire War Agricultural Executive Committee ; former chairman Wisbech branch National Farmers' Union. Mr. Sidney Dye unsuccessfully contested the division in 1935, won it from the Conservatives by 53 votes in 1945 and was re-elected in 1950. He has been chairrhan of the Labour Parliamentary group on food and agricultural matters since 1947. He was Labour Party agent at Dover, 1924-26, and Cambridge, 1926-32. Born August, 1900; educated at Wells, Norfolk, elementary school, and Ruskin College, Oxford. He is a farmer and an alderman of Norfolk County Council. NORFOLK Yarmouth Electorate : 52,060 Fell, A. (C.)..... 22,180 *Kinghorn, E. (Lab.) . . 21,165 C. majority .. .. 1,025 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950 :—Lab., 19,131 ; C, 17,969 ; L., 5,854.— Lab. maj., 1,162. Mr. Anthony Fell contested Brigg in 1948 and South Hammersmith in 1949 and 1950. He is an engineer, and a member of the Institute of Industrial Administration. Born 1914 ; educated at Bedford Grammar School and state schools in New Zealand. He was formerly engaged in sheep farming. Mr. Ernest Kinghorn represented the old Great Yarmouth division, 1945-50, and was elected for Yarmouth in 1950. He contested Hexham in 1935. Former languages master and lecturer on economics; born in November, 1907; educated at Leeds, Basle, and Lille Universities. Served as squadron leader in R.A.F. Intelligence Branch; British officer for control of man-power attached to General Eisenhower's headquarters staff; staff officer on the Control Commission in Germany. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE IN THE SOKE OF PETERBOROUGH Kettering Electorate : 66,981 *Mitchison, G. R. (Lab.) .. 32,604 Bailey, C. P. B. (C.) . . .. 25,777 Lab. majority ......... 6,827 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 30,423; C, 22,169; L., 4,692; Comm., 368.—Lab. maj., 8,254. Mr. Gilbert Mitchison, K.C., has represented Kettering since 1945, and unsuccessfully contested King's Norton in 1931 and 1935. In 1951 he sponsored, as a private member's Bill, the New Streets Act. Born March, 1890 ; educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He has given much attention to the restoration of iron ore workings in Northamptonshire. During the war he worked on the Beveridge man-power survey, and was in charge of the Nuffield College social reconstruction survey in London. Mr. Peter Bailey contested the Broxtowe division in 1950. He is an engineer. Born December, 1923 ; educated at Oakham School, Rutland. A member of local, area, and national councils of the Conservative Party; chairman East Midlands Young Conservatives. Served in the ranks and as a commissioned air-gunner in Bomber Command ; severely wounded in April, 1944. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE IN THE SOKE OF PETERBOROUGH Peterborough Electorate : 58,831 *Nicholls, H. (C.) . . . . 24,536 Farrer, A. E. V. A. (Lab.) . . 24 163 Akst, W. I. (L.) .. .. 2,367 C. majority . . . . 373 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 22,815 ; Lab. and Co-op., 22 671 ; L., 4,180.—C. maj., 144. Mr. Harmar Nicholls was elected for Peterborough in 1950, after unsuccessfully contesting Nelson and Colne in 1945 and Preston, South, in 1946. He was a member of the Conservative committee on housing in the last Parliament, joint secretary of the all-party Empire Migration Committee, and secretary of the Conservative road safety committee. He is a surveyor, and managing director of a Walsall firm. Born November, 1912; educated at Darlaston elementary school and Queen Mary's Grammar School, Walsall. Chairman of Darlaston Urban District Council, 1949-50 ; a governor of Wednesbury Technical College. Served in the Royal Engineers 1939-45. Mr. Albert Farrer contested the Lancaster division in 1945 and 1950. He is an engineering works manager. Born August, 1896; educated at an elementary school, evening classes, and London School of Economics. Former secretary of the Paddington Trades Council and Labour Party; member National Industrial Council (Engineering) of the Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives, and Technicians. Served with The Somerset Light Infantry, 1914-16. Lectures on economics. Mr. W. I. Akst contested the division in 1950. He is an accountant and income-tax consultant practising in London and eastern counties. Born in 1903 ; educated at Shoreham Grammar School. Actively associated with Eastern Counties Liberal Federation. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE IN THE SOKE OF PETERBOROUGH South Northants Electorate : 46,234 *Manningham-Buller, R. E. (C.) 21,282 Webb, D. G. (Lab.) .. 18,434 C. majority ...... 2,848 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 18,612 ; Lab., 16,852 ; L., 3,620.— C. maj., 1,760. Mr. Reginald Manningham-Buller, K.C., represented the former Daventry division from 1943 until 1950, when he was returned for South Northamptonshire. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, May-August, 1945 ; a member of the Parliamentary delegation to Russia in 1945, and of the Anglo-American Committee on Palestine, 1946. Son of a former M.P. for Kettering and Northampton. Born August, 1905 ; educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. Called to the Bar, Inner Temple, ? 1927 ; became K.C. 1946. Served in the Judge Advocate-General's department during the 1939-45 war. Mr. Dennis Webb contested the division in 1950. He fought a by-election in the division in 1943 as a Common Wealth candidate. He is director of a boot and shoe manufacturing company. Born in September, 1901 ; educated at grammar and technical schools. Member of the Fabian Society; member, National Institute of Industrial Psychology. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE IN THE SOKE OF PETERBOROUGH Wellingborough Electorate : 52,077 *Lindgren, G. S. (Lab.) .. .. 24,113 Parsons, F. R. (C.) .. .. 21,912 Lab. majority ....... 2,201 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 21,640 ; C, 13,075 ; L., 11,227.— Lab. maj., 8,565. Mr. George Lindgren was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Local Government and Planning in the 1950 Parliament. He had previously been Parliamentary Secretary successively to the Ministries of National Insurance and Civil Aviation since his election for Wellingborough in 1945. Born in 1900, he was educated at an L.C.C. elementary school and became a railway clerk. For many years he was on the executive of the Railway Clerks' Association. A former chairman of the London Trades Council, he was the first Labour member of the Hertfordshire County Council and was an alderman for 10 years. During the war he was Deputy Regional Commissioner for the West Midlands. Mr. Richard Parsons is a director of a family business engaged in food manufacture. Born September, 1920; educated at Leys School, Cambridge, and Cambridge University. Chairman of the Wellingborough Divisional Conservative Association, 1947-49; chairman East Midlands Area Young Conservatives, 1947. Enlisted in the Royal Artillery; served as air observation pilot, was promoted captain, and won D.F.C. A Territorial captain 661 Air Observation Post Squadron. NORTHUMBERLAND Berwick upon Tweed Electorate : 42,438 Lambton, Viscount (C.) .. . 17,632 Jones, T. H. (Lab. & Co-op.) 11,069 Frankenburg, J. B. (L.) .. 4,759 C. majority ........ 6,563 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C., 14,804 ; L., 10,260 ; Lab., 8,651.— C. maj., 4,544. Viscount Lambton contested Chester - le -Street in 1945 and Bishop Auckland in 1950. Landowner ; heir to the Earl of Durham. Born July, 1922; educated at Harrow. President, Northern Area Young Conservatives, and vice-chairman, Northern Counties Provincial Area Council. Member, Durham City Council; member, Durham County Council, 1947-49. Joined The Hampshire Regiment, 1941, but was invalided out the following year and took up war work at a munitions factory. Mr. Thomas Jones, a company accountant, is secretary of a Co-operative society. Born September, 1896; educated at secondary and technical schools. Holds a teacher's diploma of the London Chamber of Commerce. Has held many national positions in the Co-operative movement. Helped to form Middlesbrough Civil Defence organization in 1938 and served in it throughout the war. Mr. John Frankenburg, a barrister, contested Kensington South in 1950. Born in 1921; educated at Stowe and Balliol College, Oxford. Chairman, National League of Young Liberals; treasurer, World Assembly of Youth. Was president of Oxford University Liberal Club and chairman, Union of University Liberal Societies. Served in The Cheshire Regiment, 1940-45. NORTHUMBERLAND Hexham Electorate : 47:363 Speir, R. M. (C.) ........ 23,267 MacDonald, T. L. (Lab. and Co-op.) ..... 15,768 C. majority .... 7,499 NO CHANGE ""•"This seat was formerly held by the Speaker. 1950 :— The Speaker, 24,703 ; Ind. L., 4,154.— The Speaker's maj., 20,549. Mr. Rupert Speir contested Linlithgow in 1945 and Leek in 1950. He is a solicitor. Born September, 1910; educated at Eton and Pembroke College, Cambridge, and was chairman of the University Conservative Association in 1931, chairman of the Chelsea Junior Imperial League 1932. He acted as honorary secretary to Sir Samuel Hoare when Secretary of State for India. He served in the Army throughout the war and became a lieutenant-colonel. Mr. Thomas MacDonald is a printer and stationer. Born November, 1900; educated at Glasgow Academy, Glasgow University, and London University. Treasurer of Carlisle Labour Party ; member, Carlisle City Council; chairman, Carlisle general branch, Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union. NORTHUMBERLAND Morpeth Electorate : 45,117 *Taylor, R. J. (Lab.) ..... 27,718 Colvin-Smith, P. M. (C.) .... 10,843 Lab. Majority ... . 16,875 NO CHANGE 1950.:—Lab., 27,548; C, 10,973.—Lab. maj., 16,575. Mr. Robert Taylor, member for the division since 1935, has been deputy Chief Whip and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury since 1945. Miner and checkweigh-man ; born in 1881 ; educated at elementary school and evening classes. Member, Northumberland Miners' Union ; former member, Northumberland County Council and BIyth Borough Council. Mr. Peter Colvin-Smith is a chartered electrical engineer and managing director of three businesses built up since 1945. Born April, 1909; educated at Eastbourne College and Faraday House, London. He was elected to the Melrose Town Council in 1935. He served with the Territorial Army, 1939-45, becoming a major. NOTTINGHAM Bassetlaw Electorate : 64,139 *Bellenger, F. J. (Lab.)...... 32,850 Sime, W. A. (C.)..... 21,257 Lab. majority .. .. 11,593 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 31,589 ; C, 17,622 ; L., 5,590.— Lab. maj., 13,967. Mr. Frederick Bellenger, member for the division since 1935, was Financial Secretary to the War Office, 1945-46, and Secretary of State for War, 1946-47. Past chairman, Parliamentary Labour Party Services Committee ; vice-president, Labour Parliamentary Association. Surveyor and journalist; received elementary education and attended university lectures. Served as lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in the first war and was a captain in the second world war. Mr. William Sime is a barrister, farmer, and race-horse owner, and was captain of Notts County Cricket Club for four years up to the end of the 1950 season. He was educated at Bedford College and Oxford University. He played Rugby football for Bedford College and in the English trials, and won the Prince of Wales golf trophy in Canada. Served with the Royal Air Force as a squadron leader. NOTTINGHAM Broxtowe Electorate : 57,785 *Cocks, F. S . (Lab.) ..... 35,317 Gorman, A. J. (C.) .... 13,274 Lab. majority .. . . 22,043 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 35,471 ; C, 13,445.—Lab. maj. 22,026. Mr. Seymour Cocks contested Maidstone in 1923 and 1924 and has represented Broxtowe since 1929. He is a former journalist. Born October, 1882 ; educated at Plymouth College. He was a member of the Joint Select Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform, 1933-34, and of the Select Committee on Parliamentary Procedure, 1945-46, and led the all-party Parliamentary delegation to Greece, 1946. He was chairman of the external affairs group of the Labour Party, 1945-47. Mr. Anthony Gorman, who conducts an advertising business, is former chairman of Nottingham Central Young Conservatives, and vice-chairman, East Midlands Area Young Conservatives, 1948. Born January, 1922; educated at St. Illtyd's College, Cardiff, and Beckett Secondary School, Nottingham. Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., took part in assault landings, Salerno and Normandy ; invalided out 1945. NOTTINGHAM Carlton Electorate : 56,362 *Pickthorn, K. W. M. (C.) . .... 24,429 Paton, Mrs. F. (Lab.) . 20,685 Parker, G. W. H. (L.) 3,930 C. majority 3,744 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 19,585 ; Lab., 19,190 ; L., 9,176.-C. maj., 395. Mr. Kenneth Pickthorn represented Cambridge University from 1935 until 1950. when the university seats were abolished, and was then elected for Carlton. He is a lecturer in history and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College. Born April, 1892 ; educated at Aldenham School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was dean of Corpus 1919-27, tutor 1927-35, and president 1937-44. He served with the 15th London Regiment and the Royal Flying Corps in the 1914-18 war. He is the author of several historical works. Mrs. Florence Paton, wife of Mr. J. Paton, Labour member for Norwich North, was member for RushclifEe division of Nottinghamshire, 1945-50, and was the first woman M.P. to be appointed to the Speaker's panel of chairmen of the House of Commons and is the only woman to have presided over the whole House in Committee. Contested Cheltenham at a by-election in 1928, RushclifEe in 1929 and 1931, and Carlton in 1950. A former teacher; educated at secondary school and privately. Member of National Union of Teachers. Interested in problems of juvenile delinquency, child welfare, and education. Mr. Gerald Parker is a schoolmaster, born in April, 1913 ; educated at St. John's School, Colwick, Nottingham, Manchester High School of Commerce, and Lancashire Independent College, Manchester. Hon. secretary, East Midlands Liberal Federation; member, Carlton Division Liberal Executive; chairman, Colwick Ward Liberal Association. Spent 25 years in the Boy Scout movement. Served abroad in Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. NOTTINGHAM Mansfield Electorate : 63,662 *Taylor, H. B. (Lab.) ... 37,097 Williamson, Mrs. M. E. (C.) 15,961 Lab. majority .. . 21,136 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 36,224; C, 12,495; L., 5 145; Comm., 482.—Lab. maj., 23,729. Mr. Bernard Taylor became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Insurance in 1950 after five years as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister. He was first elected for Mansfield, his native town, at a by-election in 1941. He was born in 1895, educated at council schools, and began work as a miner at the age of 14 at Sherwood Colliery, where in January, 1947, he unveiled the plaque recording nationalization. He is a former vice-president of the Nottinghamshire Miners' Federation. Mrs. Muriel Williamson is a member of East Retford Town Council. Born 1904; educated at Royal Holloway College, London University. Formerly a schoolmistress. A member of Retford education committee, governor and manager of several schools, and former chairman of Retford Conservative Women's Advisory Committee, and president of Retford Young Conservative Association. NOTTINGHAM Newark Electorate : 62,353 *Deer, G. (Lab.)..... . 30,476 Watson, R. H. (C.) .. . 22,817 Lab. majority .. 7,659 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 28,959 ; C, 21,522; L., 2,950.-Lab. maj., 7,437. Mr. George Deer represented Lincoln from 1935 to 1950, when he was elected member for Newark. He had contested the Gainsborough division unsuccessfully in 1929 and 1931. He was a trade union official for 30 years ; he was an area organizer for the Transport and General Workers' Union until 1945. Born March, 1890; educated at an elementary school. He was mayor of Lincoln in 1933-34 and sheriff of the city, 1943-44. Mr. Ronald Watson is a university extramural lecturer. Born January, 1920; educated at Harrow, Zuoz College, Switzerland, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Eastern area representative on Conservative Central Board of Finance, 1947-48; treasurer of Canning Town Women's Settlement, 1946-47. Served 1940-46 in The Derbyshire Yeomanry (T.A.) and won the M.C. NOTTINGHAM Rushcliffe Electorate : 62,218 *Redmayne, M. (C.) .... 30,972 Ledger, R. J. (Lab.) .... 22,506 C. majority. . 8,466 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 27,497 ; Lab., 20,860 ; L.,5,064 — C. maj., 6,637. Mr. Martin Redmayne was elected in 1950. He is managing director of a Nottingham firm. Born November, 1910; educated at Radley. During the war he commanded the 14th Battalion of The Sherwood Foresters in Italy, and in 1944 he formed and commanded the 66th 1 nfantry Brigade ; awarded the D.S.O. Mr. Ronald Ledger, who is engaged in staff management, was born 1920; educated at Skinners' Grammar School and Nottingham University. Founded Nottingham University Labour Club and was its first chairman, 1948-49. Is member of Union of Shop, Distributive, and Allied Workers. OXFORDSHIRE Banbury Electorate : 59,897 *Dodds-Parker, A. D. (C.) 23,246 Bird, W. J. (Lab.) 19,672 Robson, L. W. (L.) . . 6,706 C. majority.... 3,574 NO CHANGE 1950 :C., 21,365 ; Lab., & Co-op. 19,408 ; L., 8,392.—C. maj., 1,957. Mr. Douglas Dodds-Parker was elected in 1945 and re-elected in 1950. He is a company director. Born July, 1909 ; educated at Winchester and Magdalen College, Oxford. He was chairman, 1947-50, of the British Empire Producers' Organization and of the Joint East and Central African Board. He entered the Sudan Political Service in 1930, and in 1939 joined the Grenadier Guards. He served in East Africa, North Africa, Italy, and France, and was promoted colonel in 1944. Mr. Lawrence Robson contested the seat in 1950. Is senior partner in two firms of chartered accountants. Born in August, 1904; educated at Stockton Grammar School. Member of council of Liberal Party Organization ; chairman, Liberal Candidates' Association. Immediate past president, Institute of Costs and Works Accountants. Farms extensively in Banbury. Mr. William Bird is a trade union official. Born February, 1905 ; educated at an elementary school. Member, Essex County Council, 1937-42; president, Walthamstow Trades Council for 11 years; vice-chairman, Eastern Regional Board for Industry. OXFORDSHIRE Henley Electorate : 51,972 *Hay, J. A. (C.) .. . . 23,621 Gallop, C. (Lab.) ...... .. 17,090 C. majority ..... 6,531 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 20,488; Lab., 14,709; L, 6,255. —C. maj., 5,779. Mr. John Hay, elected in 1950, was national chairman of the Young Conservatives in 1947-49 and is a member of the executive committee of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations. He is a solicitor. Born November, 1919 ; educated at Brighton, Hove, and Sussex Grammar School. He served in the 1939-45 war as a lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. Mr. Constantine Gallop, K.C., contested Hythe division of Kent in 1924. Born October, 1892; educated at University College, London, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was president of the Union in 1919. Inns of Court scholar in international and constitutional law; became K.C. in 1946. Served in the Army Service Corps from 1915-18 as acting paymaster. SHROPSHIRE Ludlow Electorate : 47,168 Holland-Martin, C. J. (C.)..... 22,073 Barker, R. J. (Lab.) . . . 14,596 C. majority .... 7,477 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 22,340; Lab., 14,573.—C. maj.,7,767. Mr. Christopher Holland-Martin, who is a banker and company i director, has been joint I hon. treasurer of the | Conservative Party since | 1947. Born November, 1910; educated at Eton and Balliol College Oxford. Secretary to the Governor of Kenya, 1945 ; member, Joint East Africa Board ; hon. treasurer, Children's Country Holiday Fund. Commissioned Royal Fusiliers (T.A.), 1939, and invalided out ; was A.D.C. and military secretary to Governor-General of New Zealand, 1941-44; staff officer at War Office, 1944. Mr. Reginald Barker has been a Methodist minister for 27 years and is now working with the Community House Fellowship. Born 1890 ; educated at Ludlow British School, Ludlow Grammar School, and Handsworth College. Was member of Glamorgan County Council, 1929-32, and served as Army chaplain, 1917-19. SHROPSHIRE Oswestry Electorate : 49,830 *Ormsby-Gore, W. D. (C.) . 23,843 Wait, A. (Lab.) . .... 14,471 C. majority .... 9,372 NO CHANGE 1950:—C., 23,562; Lab., 14,556.—C. maj., 9,006. Mr. David Ormsby-Gore, elected in 1950, is the son and heir of Lord Harlech. He is a landowner and farms 400 acres in Shropshire. Born May, 1918 ; educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He joined the Berkshire Yeomanry in 1939, became adjutant in 1942, served with reconnaissance and airborne units, and was a major on the General Staff at the War Office, 1945. He is specially interested in economics and agriculture. Mr. Arthur Wait, a farmer and corn merchant, contested the division in 1950. Born February, 1914; received grammar school education. Founder and secretary, British Socialist Agricultural Society ; member of Monmouthshire agricultural executive committee. SHROPSHIRE Shrewsbury Electorate : 44,891 *Langford-Holt, J. A. (C.) ...... 21,503 Cant, R. B. (Lab.) ...... 14,735 C. majority . . .. 6,768 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 18,470; Lab., 12,542; L., 6,126.— C. maj., 5,928. Mr. John Langford-Holt was elected in 1945 and re-elected in 1950. He is secretary of the Conservative 1 abou r committee and joint secretary of the House of Commons branch of the British Legion. Born June, 1916 ; educated at Shrewsbury School. He joined the Royal Navy in 1936 and served until he retired as a lieutenant-commander in the Fleet Air Arm in 1946. Mr. Robert Cant, a lecturer, contested the division in 1950. Born July, 1915; educated at Middlesbrough High School and London School of Economics. Served with Royal Corps of Signals, 1939-42. SHROPSHIRE The Wrekin Electorate : 46,254 *Thomas, I. O. (Lab.) ... 20,109 Cordle, J. H. (C.) . 18,305 Lab. majority . . 1,804 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 19,730; C, 17,039.—Lab. maj., 2,691. Mr. Ivor Owen Thomas was elected for The Wrekin in 1945. Born 1898, went to an elementary school and started work as a barber's lather boy at the age of 10. At one time an engine cleaner and won National Union of Rail-waymen scholarship to London Labour College. Joined N.U.R. head office staff in 1925, where he worked until election to Parliament. Member of Battersea Borough Council, 1929-45. Mr. John Cordle is a company director. Born October, 1912; educated privately and at City of London School. Member of House of Laity for Chichester; honorary treasurer, World's Evangelical Alliance; also connected with other religious societies ; governor of several public schools; vice-chairman of National Club. Flight lieutenant in R.A.F. during the war. SOMERSET Bridgwater Electorate : 53,198 Wills, G. (C.)..... . 25,365 Carr, N. (Lab. & Co-op.) . . 19,656 C. majority... 5,709 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 21,732; Lab. & Co-op., 16,053; Ind., 6,708.—C. maj., 5,679. Mr. Gerald Wills, elected in 1950, contested the division unsuccessfully in 1945. He is a director of a private, company, an underwriting member of Lloyd's, and a barrister. Born October, 1905 ; educated privately and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He served throughout the 1939-45 war with the Royal Artillery and on the Staff, and was Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at Southern Command headquarters, 1942-45. Mr. Norman Carr, an audit clerk, contested the seat in 1950. Born 1893 ; educated at West-cliffe High School. Lecturer for Co-operative education departments and Fabian Society. Member of Guild of Insurance Officials. Served with the R.A.F. in the war. SOMERSET North Electorate : 59,167 *Leather, E. H. C. (C.) . 27,465 Hurst, R. J. (Lab.) . 24,917 C. majority ........ 2,548 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,953 ; Lab., 23,050 ; L., 5,573 — C. maj., 903. Mr. Edwin Leather, elected in 1950, un-successfully contested South Bristol in 1945. He is an insurance broker. Born May, 1919, in Toronto ; educated at Trinity College School, Port Hope, and the R.oyal Military College, Kingston, Ontario. An officer of the Central London branch of the Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives, and Technicians. A founder and member of the council of the International Sports Fellowship, he trained and managed several Canadian Army athletic teams. Served in Europe with the Toronto Scottish and Royal Canadian Artillery, 1940-45. Mr. Robert Hurst contested Leeds North in 1950. He is a lecturer in economics and an incorporated broker. Born in 1906; educated at a grammar school. Former member, Salford City Council. Has been chairman Salford Grammar School governors and governor of three other schools. He has been closely associated with the hospital service, and is a former member, Northern Counties Association for the Deaf. Travelled widely in Europe and the Middle East. Appointed commandant, Salford City auxiliary fire service, 1939. SOMERSET Taunton Electorate : 51,313 *Hopkinson, H. L. d'A. (C.) ..... 24,826 Collins, V. J. (Lab.) . ..... 20,845 C. majority .... 3,981 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C., 20,724 ; Lab., 19,352 ; L., 4,561.— C. maj. 1,372. Mr. Henry Hopkinson, who was returned for Taunton in 1950, resigned from the Diplomatic Service in 1946 to enter politics. Born January, 1902; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was private secretary to Permanent Under - Secretary for Foreign Affairs 1940, diplomatic adviser to the Minister of State in the Middle East 1941-43, and Minister Plenipotentiary at Lisbon 1943-44. He was British Deputy High Commissioner in Italy 1944-46, with the rank of Minister. From 1946 to 1950 he was head of the Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat. Mr. Victor Collins won Taunton from the Conservatives in 1945 but was defeated in 1950. He is a basket manufacturer and farmer. Born July, 1903 ; educated at London Polytechnic and London School of Economics. Member, South-West Regional Hospital Board ; chairman, British Socialist Agricultural Society; president, Employers' Federation of Cane and Willow Workers' Associations; chairman, National Basket and Willow Trades Advisory Committee; president, National Willow Growers' Association. SOMERSET Wells Electorate : 57,028 Maydon, Lt.-Cmdr. S. L. C. (C.) 26,524 Llewellyn, D. R. (Lab.) .. 21,481 C. majority .. . . 5,043 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 20,613 ; Lab., 17,987 ; L., 9,771.— C. maj., 2,626. Lt.-Cmdr. Stephen Maydon contested South Bristol in 1950. He is an industrial consultant. Born in South Africa December, 1913; educated at Twyford, Winchester, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He served in the Royal Navy 1931-49, and has the D.S.O. (and bar) and D.S.C. Specially interested in industrial organization. Mr. David Llewellyn is a miners' agent; born June, 1907; educated at a secondary school. Started work in the mines at age of 16. Led " hunger march " from South Wales to London, 1936. Member, National Union of Mineworkers national executive; official of the union for 15 years; member, Somerset County Council. Served with the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. SOMERSET Weston-super-Mare Electorate : 58,241 *Orr-Ewing, I. L. (C.) .. .. 30,485 Andrews, R. G. (Lab.) .. 15,942 C. majority .. .. 14,543 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 26,767 ; Lab., 13,294 ; L., 7,394.— C. maj., 13,473. Mr. Ian Orr-Ewing has represented Weston-super-Mare since 1934. In 1929 he. contested Gateshead. Born June, 1893 ; educated at Harrow and Oxford. Served with The Scots Guards and The Royal Scottish Fusiliers ? in 1914-18 war and was A.D.C. to General Commanding 20th Division in France. Was member of Rhodesia-Nyasa'land Royal Commission, 1938. Has been Parliamentary private secretary to five Ministers. Mr. Robert Andrews is a railway clerk. Born July, 1906; educated at Wallingford Grammar School. He is a member of Berkshire County Council and chairman of the Oxford branch of the Transport Salaried Staff Association, and the Berks, Bucks, and Oxon Workers' Educational Association. He is also member of Oxford and District Hospital Management Committee. SOMERSET Yeovil Electorate : 57,525 Peyton, J. W. W. (C.) ...... 23,701 Murray, M. (Lab.) ....... 20,780 Winsor, Miss M. L. (L.) ... 6,118 C. majority.... 2,921 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 21,145 ; Lab., 19,532 ; L., 8,990.—C. maj., 1,613. Mr. John Peyton unsuccessfully contested Bristol Central in 1950. He is a barrister. Born February, 1919; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford. He visited India twice with Sir Walter Monckton, constitutional adviser to the Nizam of Hyderabad. He served with the 15/19 Hussars in the 1939-45 war and .spent five years in a German prisoner-of-war camp. Mr. Moss Murray contested Folkestone and Hythe in 1950. He is general manager of a wholesale textile business, and was formerly assistant news editor of the Daily Mirror. Born July, 1920; educated at the Haberdashers' School and Pitman's College. A member of the Fabian Society and of the national executive of the Society of Socialist Journalists, and of the Labour Party national advisory committee for publicity. Volunteered as a pilot in 1940 and served five years in the R.A.F. Miss Marguerite Winsor is managing director of two travel companies and director of a firm of exporters. Born in December, 1909 ; educated at the City of London School for Girls, and abroad. Formerly attached to Foreign Office ; served abroad for 12 years. STAFFORDSHIRE Brierley Hill Electorate : 57,322 *Simmons, C. J. (Lab.) .. ... 25,510 Dalley, L(C.)....... 23,212 Lab. majority . . .. 2,298 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 24,302 ; C, 19,665 ; L., 4,329.— Lab. maj., 4,637. Mr. James Simmons was a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1946 until his appointment as Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Pensions, in 1949. He represented the Erdington division of Birmingham from 1929 to 1931, and returned to Parliament as member for West Birmingham in 1945. The constituency disappeared in the redistribution, and he won Brieriey Hill in 1950. A political lecturer, organizer, and journalist, he has served on the Birmingham City Council, and was secretary of the Labour group. He was born in 1893 ; educated at elementary schools, and served in the 1914-18 war, losing a leg at Vimy Ridge. Mr. John Dalley contested Coventry, North, :n 1950. He is chairman and governing director of a firm of seed merchants, which has run a profit-sharing scheme since 1891. Born May, 1908 ; educated at Sebright School, Wolverley, and at Rossall. He is a former member of Worcestershire County Council and of Kidderminster Borough Council. He has served on the Worcestershire county executive of the National Farmers' Union and on the council of the Three Counties Agricultural Society. STAFFORDSHIRE Burton Electorate : 56,813 *Colegate, A. (C.) ........ 24,884 Stonehouse, J. T. (Lab.) .... 24,151 C. majority ....... 733 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 24,903; Lab., 23,418.—C. maj.,1,485. Mr. Arthur Colegate fought Sowerby Bridge in 1929, and was elected for The Wrekin in 1941, was defeated in 1945, and returned for Burton in 1950. A director of companies, he was educated at University College, London. He was chairman of the West Midland Area of the Conservative Association, 1946-49, president of the Industrial Property Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce, 1925-29, and a governor of Harper Adams Agricultural College, 1941-47. He is president of the Rural District Councils Association of England and Wales. Mr. John Stonehouse contested Twickenham in 1950. He is a lecturer in adult education. Born July, 1925; educated at the London School of Economics, where he was chairman of the Labour Society. Elected to the London County Council, 1949. Vice-chairman of the Wood Vale Children's Home, and governor of two schools for the London County Council. Travel director of the International Union of Socialist Youth, he has travelled widely in Europe and the United States. Served three years in the R.A.F. as pilot and education officer. STAFFORDSHIRE Cannock Electorate : 58,254 *Lee, Miss J. (Lab.) ....... 32,379 Farrington, A. (C. & L.) ..... 16,041 Lab. majority ... . 16,338 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 33,476 ; C. and Nat. L., 15,818.— Lab. maj., 17,658. Miss Jennie Lee, who is the wife of Mr. Aneurin Bevan, first entered Parliament for North Lanark in 1929. She was defeated in 1931 and, after contesting the division, again in 1935, and a Bristol by-election in 1943, she returned as member for Cannock in 1945. She is on the editorial board of the Tribune. Born November, 1904 ; educated at Moray House College, Beath High School and Edinburgh University, of which she is M.A. and LL.B. She is the daughter of a Fife miner, and before entering politics was a school teacher and then a journalist. Mr. Alan Farrington is a schoolmaster. Born August, 1922; educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School. Chairman of South Staffordshire Conservative Teachers' Group; has held various offices in Cannock and Wolverhampton Young Conservatives organizations. Enrolled in the Army as a gunner in 1941 at the age of 18; commissioned in the Royal Artillery, 1942, and became a major, 1946. Was commandant at H.Q. Civil Affairs, Hongkong, and commandant of German prisoner-of-war camp, Norwich. STAFFORDSHIRE Leek Electorate : 66,253 *Davies, Harold (Lab.)..... 29,502 Body, R. F. S. (C.) . . . . 27,592 Lab. majority ... .. 1,910 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab.. 30,044; C, 25,820.—Lab. maj., 4,224. Mr. Harold Davies was first returned to Parliament in 1945. He is a teacher and lecturer. Born 1904 ; educated at Lewis Grammar School, Pengam, Glamorgan, and London University. From 1945 to 1950 he was secretary.of the divisional Labour Party, and is chairman of the West Midlands M.P.s' group. During the war he was a lecturer to the forces at home and oversea. Mr. Richard Body, a barrister, contested Rotherham in 1950 and Abertillery at a by-election in December, 1950. Born May, 1927: educated at Reading School. Member of the Association of Scientific Workers. Began public speaking in Hyde Park at age of 15; founded one of the first Young Conservatives branches in 1945. Served in R.A.F., 1945-48. STAFFORDSHIRE Lichfield and Tamworth Electorate : 64,045 *Snow, J. W. (Lab.) . . .. 28,826 Hampson, G. (C.) ,. .. 25,941 Lab. majority ....... 2,885 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 29,199; C, 24,681.—Lab. maj., 4,518. Mr. Julian Snow represented Portsmouth Centra] 1945-50, and Lichfield and Tamworth in the last Parliament. He was Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, 1945-46, and a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury 1946-50. Before the war he was employed in an executive position in the John Lewis partnership. Born February, 1910 ; educated at Haileybury College. Between 1932 and 1937 he served in the Southern Provinces Mounted Rifles and the Calcutta Light Horse. He served in the Royal Artillery during the war and became a captain. Mr. George Hampson contested Belper in 1945. Born 1897, and when 13 started work in mines. Obtained diploma at Wigan Mining and Technical College, passed Home Office examination for colliery managers, and later studied at Manchester University. Was engaged for several years as colliery manager and engineer in India. From 1946 to 1948 was an airport manager. STAFFORDSHIRE Stafford and Stone Electorate : 54,123 Fraser, H. C. P. J. (C.).. 25,795 Grant, G. P. (Lab.) ... 19,749 C. majority .... 6,046 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 24.046 ; Lab., 19,008 ; L., 2,617.-C. maj., 5,038. Mr. Hugh Fraser sat for Stone in the 1945-50 Parliament, and Stafford and Stone in the last Parliament. Born January, 1919; educated at Ampleforth College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was president of the Union, and the Sorbonne, Paris. From 1939 to 1945 he served as a major with the Lovat Scouts, raised by his father, the fourteenth Lord Lovat. He is specially interested in foreign affairs and agriculture. Mr. Ghriam Grant is editor of a technical journal; born October, 1924; educated abroad and at Bedales School, Petersfield, London School of Economics, and Edinburgh University. Was R.A.F. pilot on flying duties wilh rank of flying officer. Widely travelled and specially interested in international affairs. SUFFOLK Bury St. Edmunds Electorate : 56,851 *Aitken, W. T. (C.) ...... 24,679 Stanley, N. (Lab.) ........ 20,690 C. majority . . . . 3,989 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 22,559 ; Lab., 18,430 ; L., 4,780.— C. maj., 4,129. Mr. William Aitken, director, and manager of a news service. Contested the former west division of Derbyshire in 1945 ; elected for Bury St. Edmunds 1950. Born July, 1905 ; educated at Upper Canada College, University of Toronto. A fighter reconnaissance pilot in the R.A.F., he was injured in action in 1942 and invalided out. His special interests include Commonwealth relations and colonial affairs, He is a nephew of Lord Beaverbrook. Mr. Neville Stanley is a farmer; born July, 1892; educated at Cambridge County School. Served on Norfolk County Council and Bury St. Edmunds Urban District Council. Is specially interested in matters relating to agriculture. SUFFOLK Eye Electorate : 58,518 Harrison, J. H. (C.) ..... 19,791 *Granville, E. L. (L.) ..... 17,602 Falconer, H. F. (Lab.).... 11,340 C. majority ......... 2,189 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950:—L., 17,762; C, 17,135; Lab., 12,481 ; Comm., 277.—L. maj., 627. Mr. Harwood Harrison fought the Eye division in 1950. He is a feeding-stuffs manufacturer. Born June, 1907 : educated at Northampton and Trinity College, Oxford. He was a member of Ipswich Borough Council 1935-46. During the war he served with The Suffolk Regiment, commanding the 4th Battn., and was taken prisoner at Singapore. Has lectured in England, Scotland, and the Middle East. Is a director of four private companies. Mr. Edgar Granville represented Eye from 1929. He is an industrialist. Born February, 1899; educated at High Wycombe and in London and Australia. Served with the Australian Imperial Force, 1914-18, and helped to raise 119th Suffolk Battery, R.A., between 1939 and 1945. His special interests are civil aviation and Dominion questions. Mr. Harold Falconer, a civil engineer, contested Bodmin in 1939. Is Master of Arts and Bachelor of Science, and holds diploma in agriculture. Is member of Atom Scientists' Association and Royal Institute of International Affairs. Between the wars was active on behalf of League of Nations Union. In the war was engaged training cadets in science for Royal Corps of Signals, R.A.F., and R.N. SUFFOLK Lowestoft Electorate : 56,582 *Evans, E. (Lab.)..... 23,591 Willetts, A. H. (C.) . .22,744 Lab. majority . . . . 847 NO CHANGE 1950:-Lab., 20,838; C., 17,516; L., 8 132. -Lab. maj., 3,322. Mr. Edward Evans was first elected in 1945. He was headmaster of the East Anglian School for Blind and Deaf, 1928-43 ; and deputy secretary of the National Institute for the Blind, 1943-45. Born January, 1883 ; educated at St. Paul's College, Cheltenham, and London University. A member of the Great Yarmouth Borough Council. He is chairman of the Advisory Council on Welfare of Handicapped Persons, and is associated with many organizations for the deaf and the blind. Mr. Alfred Willetts is an engineer and company managing director. Born May, 1904; educated privately and at R.A.F. College, Cranwell. He was a regular officer in the R.A.F. 1925-46, was promoted to group captain, and holds the D.S.O. He was in the Pathfinder group, was shot down over Berlin, and was senior British officer at Stalag Luft III when the " Wooden Horse " escape took place. SUFFOLK Sudbury and Woodbridge Electorate : 59,163 *Hare, J. H. (C.)......27,262 Lewis, R.J. (Lab. & Co-op.).. 21,310 C. majority . . . . 5,952 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,599 ; Lab., 19,062 ; L., 6,219.— C. maj., 4,537. Mr. John Hare represented the Woodbridge division, 1945-50, and Sudbury and Woodbridge, 1950-51. He is a dairy farmer. Born January, 1911 ; educated at Eton College. An alderman of the London County Council since 1937 and chairman of the London Municipal Society. Served with Suffolk Yeomanry, 1939-45, and was a lieutenant-colonel, Brother of the Earl of Listowel. Mr. Richard Lewis fought the West Derby division of Liverpool in 1945. He is education secretary to Ipswich Co-operative Society. Born October, 1900; educated at elementary and secondary school, and at London Labour College. A member of Ipswich Town Council. For 10 years until 1925 he worked as a miner in South Wales. SURREY Carshalton Electorate : 65,313 *Head, Brig. A. H. (C.) . . 32,634 Davies, C. H. (Lab.) . .... 22,928 C. majority . . .. 9,706 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C., 29,493 ; Lab.. 21,536; L., 5 132. — C. maj., 7,957. Mr. Anthony Head who has represented Carshalton since 1945 was born 1906 ; educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. ' Chairman of Conservative sub-committee on the Army. He joined the Life Guards in 1937, was brigade major, 20th Guards Division, 1940, served on the staff of the Chief of Combined Operations, and later was representative with the Director of Plans for Amphibious Operations. Holds the M.C. His hobbies include sailing and shooting. Mr. Clifford Davies is a schoolmaster. Born June, 1910; educated at Maesteg Grammar School and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. He is a member of Carshalton Urban Council. Served in the Army 1941-46, and was a captain in the R.A.M.C. SURREY Chertsey Electorate : 47,307 *Heald, L. F. (C.)....... 20,539 Gordon, D. (Lab. & Co-op.) ... 14,849 Owen, G. E. (L.).... 2,961 C. majority .... 5,690 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 19,326 ; Lab., 14,090 ; L., 3,969.— C. maj., 5,236. Mr. Lionel Heald, K.C., was elected in 1950; contested St. Pancras, South-West, in 1945. Born August, 1897; educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford. A member of St. Pancras Borough Council, 1934-37. Served with Royal Engineers, 1915-19, and with R.A.F.V.R., 1939-45, becoming air commodore in 1944 on appointment to General Eisenhower's staff. Sponsored a Bill to abolish the common informer procedure, which received the Royal Assent June, 1951. Mr. Dennis Gordon contested ? Chertsey at the 1950 election. He is a solicitor. Born August, 1915 ; educated at Brighton College and London University. An alderman, of Kingston-upon-Thames Borough Council, to which he was elected in 1937. A member of Fabian Society and solicitor to the Southern District of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers. Mr. Gerald Owen contested this seat in 1950. Depot inspector, London Transport Executive. Born April, 1916; educated St. Paul's School, Addlestone. Joined Liberal Party immediately after the war, and was chairman, Walton and Weybridge Association, 1946-49. He formed the Chertsey Liberal Association in 1949. Member of Federal Union since 1938 and of United Europe Movement since its inception. From 1940 to 1946 served in the Royal Artillery and in Germany was attached to Intelligence Section, Control Commission. SURREY Dorking Electorate : 45,969 *Touche, G. C. (C.) ...... 24,416 Richards, J. D. (Lab.) ..... 12,664 C. majority.. 11,752 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 22,096; Lab., 11,114; L., 4,128.— C. maj:, 10,982. Mr. Gordon Touche was a member for Rei-gate, 1931-50, and Dorking, 1950-51. He is a barrister and director of investment trusts. Fought Ashton - under - Lyme by-election, 1928, and North Islington, 1929. Born July, 1895 ; educated at Marlborough and University College, Oxford. One of the panel of chairmen of Standing Committees, and a temporary chairman of the House since 1945. Mr. Julian Richards was unsuccessful at Dorking in 1950. A cinema circuit manager. Born May, 1917 ; educated at Roborough School, Eastbourne. Chairman of the Sussex branch of the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association. Commissioned in the T.A. in July, 1939, he served in France, and from 1942 to 45 was with the Indian Army in Burma. SURREY East Electorate : 63,986 Doughty, C. J. A. (C.) . . 37,966 Whine, N. (Lab.) . .. 14,056 C. majority. . 23,910 NO CHANGE 1950:—-G, 32,711 ; Lab., 12,499; L., 8,484.— C. maj., 20,212. Mr. Charles Doughty was unsuccessful at Aston in 1950. A barrister. Born September, 1902 ; educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. Hon. attache, British Embassy, Berlin, 1920-21. Enlisted in The Coldstream Guards 1940-45, and served in North Africa and Italy; was promoted to major. He practises at the Common Law Bar and is interested in foreign affairs. Mr. Nathan Whine fought this constituency in 1950. A staff manager. Born October, 1910; educated Cqwper Street secondary school and London University. Member of the executive committee, London Labour Party. Served for five and a half years in the Army and was captain in the Education Corps. SURREY Epsom Electorate : 64,594 *McCorquodale, M. S. (C.) ...... 36,333 Hardie, F. M. (Lab.). ...... 16,584 C. majority. . 19,749 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 33,103 ; Lab., 15,256 ; L., 6,153.— C. maj., 17,847. Mr. Malcolm McCorquodale was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour from 1942 to 1945, when he was defeated in the Sowerby division of Yorkshire, which he had represented, since 1931. He returned to Parliament in November, 1947, at a by-election at Epsom and retained the seat in 1950. He is chairman of printing companies. Born 1901 ; educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford (scholar). Served in the war in the R.A.F.V.R. Mr. Frank Hardie contested Epsom in 1950. He is a departmental general manager in the' John Lewis Partnership. Born June, 1911; educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford ; was president of the Union. A member of Pad-dington Borough Council, 1945-48. A former lecturer at London School of Economics. During the war he was employed in the Foreign Office. SURREY Esher Electorate : 64,379 *Robson-Brown, W. (C.) ..... 33,755 McNally, P. C. (Lab.) ..... 15,334 Harvey, Miss H. J. (L.) .... 4,612 C. majority . . 18,421 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 33,094; Lab., 15,514; L 5 704 — C. maj., 17,580. Mr. William Robson-Brown was elected in. 1950. He is a business executive associated with the s'eel industry. Born 1900; educated at Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne. Served for a period on Surrey County Council, and is a member of the national executive of the Conservative Party and chairman of the Surrey Conservative Association. Served with R.F.C. in 1914-18 war. Is a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. Mr. Percy McNally is a tool turner engineer. Born 1903; educated at elementary school. A member of Feltham Urban District Council from 1942; chairman, 1950-31. For 10 years he has been president of Kingston district committee of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. Miss Heather Harvey contested Esher in 1950. Born September, 1899; educated at Prior's Field School, Godalming, and Newnham College, Cambridge, where she graduated in 1921 with first-class honours, economics tripos. Hon. treasurer, Women's Liberal Federation, member of Liberal Party Organization Council and executive committee. Was formerly on staff of Royal Institute of International Affairs and temporary Civil servant in the Foreign Office, 1939-45. SURREY Farnham Electorate : 47,586 *Nicholson, G. (C.) ..... 24,239 James, C. L. (Lab.) ...... 14,041 C. majority .. . . 10,198 NO CHANGE 1950 :—-C, 21,665; Lab., 12,972 ; L., 4,262.— C. maj., 8,693. Mr. Godfrey Nicholson, a member of a firm of distillers, won Morpeth in 1931, but lost it in 1935 ; has represented Farnhamsince 1937. Born December, 1901 ; educated at Winchester arid Christ Church, Oxford. A • member of the Finsbury Borough Council, 1931-34. Served with The Royal Fusiliers, 1938-42. and Commandos, 1940-42. He introduced and secured the passage of the Workmen's Compensation (Coal Mines) Act, 1934. Mr. Leonard James is a publicist. Born February, 1922; educated at Heaton Secondary School, Newcastle upon Tyne. Has served for nine years on. Paddington Borough Council. He is a member of the management committees of approved and special schools, and of the Fabian Society. SURREY Guildford Electorate : 54,858 *Nugent, G. R. H. (C.) .. .. 27,604 Wilkinson, V. G. (Lab.) .. 16,068 C. majority .. .. .11,536 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 24.983; Lab., 15.443 ; L., 4,552.— C.maj., 9,540. Mr. George Nugent was elected in 1950. Born June, 1907; educated at Imperial Service College, Windsor, and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned in the Royal Artillery, but became a farmer in 1928. An alderman of Surrey Council, a member of the Thames Conservancy, of the executive council of the National Farmers' Union, 1945-50, and of the Royal Agricultural Society. Mr. Vernon Wilkinson contested Guildford in 1950. Born 1897; educated at elementary and technical schools. He is a Co-operative Insurance Society agent. A member of Guildford Borough Council for 20 years, and mayor, 1940-42 ; member of Surrey County Council since 1934. During the war he was chairman of Guildford and District Production Committee and chairman of Guildford Emergency Committee. SURREY Reigate Electorate: 51,790 *Vaughan-Morgan, J. K. (C.)... .. 24,137 Garnsworthy, C. J. (Lab & Co-op.) . . . 14,287 Batham, A. S. (L.) ....... 14,740 C. majority ...... 9,850 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 23,027; Lab. & Co-op., 13,931; L., 5,953.—C. maj., 9,096. Mr. John Vaughan-Morgan was elected in 1950. Born February, 1905 ; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Elected to London County Council in 1946 and served on Chelsea Borough Council, 1928-31. He was chairman of East Fulham Conservative Association, 1934-38, and president, 1946. He served in the Welsh Guards during the war and became a I ieutenant-col onel.. Mr. Charles Garnsworthy contested Reigate in 1945 and 1950. He is an insurance agent. Born December, 1906; educated at Wellington School. For nine years he was a member of Banstead Urban District Council. He served for five years in the Royal Corps of Signals. Mr. Allan Batham, a managing director, contested this seat in 1950. Born February, 1917; educated at Aldenham School. Member of Liberal Party council and executive committee and executive of British group, Liberal International. During the war served with R.N.V.R. SURREY Woking Electorate : 51,867 *Watkinson, H. A. (C.) .. .... 26,522 Wolff, W. E. (Lab.) . .... 14,313 C. majority .. 12,209 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 24,454; Lab., 13,157; L., 4,567.— C. maj., 11,297. Mr. Harold Watkinson entered Parliament for Woking in 1950. He is an engineer, company director, and journalist. Born January, 1910; educated at Queen's College, Taunton, and King's College, London. Was with R.N.V.S.R. from 1940 to 1946, rising to lieutenant - commander. He has specialized in industrial and labour problems and is an authority on industrial productivity. Ex-chairman of a machine tool trade production efficiency panel. Mr. Eric Wolff is a solicitor. Born June, 1905; educated at St. Paul's School, and Peter-house, Cambridge. Served with the forces 1939-45. Has travelled widely in south-eastern and central Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. EAST SUSSEX Eastbourne Electorate : 71,398 Taylor, C. S. (C.). ....... 39,278 Attlee, C. (Lab.) ....... 19,217 C. majority . . . . 20,061 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 35,425; Lab., 18,304; L., 5,766.— C. maj., 17,121. Mr. Charles Taylor has represented Eastbourne since March, 1935, when he was elected unopposed at a by-election. Director of public companies, chairman of well-known London hotel, president of the Residential Hotels Association until 1948, and then vice-chairman of the Council of British Hotels and Restaurants Association. Born April, 1910; educated at Epsom College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Served with the Royal Artillery during the war and rose to rank of major. Honorary secretary of the Active Back Benchers' Committee. Mr. Christopher Attlee is a nephew of Mr. C. R. Attlee. A clerk. Born February, 1915; educated at Shrewsbury and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. A member of the Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union, and secretary of the Orpington Labour Party. He was in the Colonial Administrative Service in the Soiomon Islands, 1940-42, and (he Australian Commonwealth Department of Labour, 1942-46. Member of British Institute of Management. EAST SUSSEX East Grinstead Electorate : 67,771 *Clarke, Col. R. S. (C.) . . ... 32,803 Atkinson, H. (Lab.) . . ..... 14,271 McLaughlin, J. C. (L.) ...... 7,375 C. majority. . 18,532 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C. 29,786 ; Lab., 12,983 ; L.. 11,329.-C. maj., 16,803. Colonel Ralph Clarke has represented East Grinstead since 1936. Joint hon. secretary of the Conservative fuel and power committee. AJdirector and landowner. Born August, 1892; educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. A member of East Sussex County Council since 1934. Served in the Middle East in both wars. He is joint master of the Old Surrey and Burstow Hunt and treasurer of the British Field Sports Society. Mr. Herbert Atkinson is an administrator in the National Coal Board, and head of the colliery welfare section. Born July, 1899; educated at elementary and secondary schools in Mex-borough, and Balliol College, Oxford (adult exhibition). Served in Royal Marines, 1915-20. Mr. John McLaughlin contested this division in 1945 and 1950. A company director; born April, 1906 ; educated at Felstead, Essex. Chairman, Home Counties Liberal Federation; member, Liberal Party organization executive. Has a farm near East Grinstead, and has travelled extensively. EAST SUSSEX Lewes Electorate : 65 712 *Beamish, Major T. V. H. (C.).... 34,345 Briggs, A. W. (Lab.) . .... 17,082 C. majority .......... . 17,263 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 30,430; Lab., 15,023 ; L., 6,565.-C. maj.,15,407. Major Tufton Beamish succeeded his father in the representation of Lewes in 1945. Born January, 1917 ; educated at Stowe and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He entered the Army in 1937 and served until 1945 ; won the M.C. at Dunkirk. He is a member of the Church of England Council on Foreign Relations, the Refugees Defence Committee, the council of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and the British Schools Exploring Society ; joint hon. secretary Conservative Foreign Affairs Committee since 1946, and of the Conservative and Unionist Members' Committee, 1947-50. Mr. Albert Briggs contested this seat in 1950. He is proprietor of a printing firm at Brighton. Born 1900; educated at West Ham Central School. A member of Brighton Town Council 1936-49, and chairman of Hove Labour Party, 1946-48. Member of the Brighton and Lewes Hospital Management Committee. WEST SUSSEX Arundel and Shoreham Electorate : 66,515 *Cuthbert, W. N. (C.)... 34,946 Reid, Mrs. M. (Lab.).... 16,923 C. majority..... 18,023 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 30,774 ; Lab., 15,220; L. , 6,879.—C., maj.,15.554. Mr. William Cuthbert was elected for Rye in 1945 and for Arundel and Shoreham in 1950. A retired banker, he has held executive posts in Persia and India. Born August, 1890 ; educated at Watson's College, Edinburgh. A former mayor and alderman of Bexhill. Served with The East Surrey Regiment, 1914-19. Mrs. Margaret Reid is a school teacher. Born June, 1918 ; educated at the Convent of the Cross, Ryde, and Ashburnham Training College, Bedford. A member of Sandown and Shanklin Urban Council, 1945. Member, National Union of Teachers. WEST SUSSEX Chichester Electorate : 59,667 *Joynson-Hicks, L. W. (C.) ..... 32,166 Packham, D. G. (Lab.) ...... 13,971 C. majority ..... .. 18,195 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 29,106 : Lab., 12,614 ; L., 4,911.—C. maj., 16,492. Mr. Lancelot Joynson-Hicks entered Parliament for Chichester at a by-election in 1942, and has held the seat since. He is a solicitor and farmer. Born April, 1902; educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford. Served from 1939 to 1945 with the Royal Navy and became a lieutenant-commander. He is the second son of the first Viscount Brentford, a former Home Secretary. Mr. David Packham fought East Grinstead in 1945 and Chichester in 1950. He is a trade union official. Born August, 1916 ; educated at Uckfield and Lindfield council schools. Member of Middlesex District Whitley Council. Served with the Army, 1939-49, was commissioned in 1945 in The Royal Sussex Regiment, and served with them until 1949, except for 1947-48, when he was in Palestine with the Parachute Regiment. WEST SUSSEX Horsham Electorate : 48,910 Gough, C. F. H. (C.) .. . 25,204 Kerr, R . W. (Lab.) .. . 12,803 C. majority ........ . 12,401 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 21,627; Lab., 11,204; L., 5,539.— C. maj., 10,423. Mr. Frederick Gough opposed Mr. Herbert Morrison in South Lewisham in 1950. He is an insurance broker and company director. Born September, 1901 ; educated at Cheam School, the Royal Naval Colleges, Dartmouth and Osborne. He served with the Royal Navy in the first world war and in France, Italy, and North Africa in the second world war, and was with the Airborne Forces at Arnhem. He is a vice-president of Lloyd's branch of the British Legion, and a trustee of the Airborne Forces' Security Fund. Holds the Military Cross. Mr. Russell Kerr is a director of the Town and Country Planning Association. Born February, 1921; educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School and Sydney University. Member of the Association of Supervisory Staffs Executives and Technicians. Served with the Pathfinder Force, R.A.F., during the war. WARWICKSHIRE Nuneaton Electorate : 69,861 Bowles, F. G. (Lab.) . 35,651 Tippett, J. E. (C.) . 17,356 Middleton, Capt. G. C. (L.) 6,386 Lab. majority . 18,295 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 35,129; C, 16,488 ; L. 8,177.-Lab. maj., 18,641. Mr. Frank Bowles was elected for Nuneaton at a by-election in 1942, and had previously contested North Hackney in 1929, 1931, and 1935, and a Preston by-election in 1936. He is a solicitor. Born May, 1902; educated at High-gate School and London University. He is a former vice-chairman of the Labour Party and was Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means, 1948-50. Mr. James Tippett is a farmer. Born September, 1920; educated at Coalbrook High School, Shropshire. He was chairman, Worcester Young Conservatives, 1946-48; vice-chairman, West Midland Area, Young Conservatives' Federation, 1947-50; and member of the Central Advisory Committee, Young Conservatives, 1947-50. Capt. G. C. Middleton is former member of the Conservative Party. Born 1925 ; educated at King's School, Canterbury, Trinity College, Oxford, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Until recently was captain in The Coldstream Guards and served in Malaya". WARWICKSHIRE Rugby Electorate : 45,392 *Johnson, J. (Lab.) . 19,995 Dance, C. A. G. (C.) . 19,796 Lab. majority . . 199 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 15,983 ; C, 14,947 ; Ind., 8,080. —Lab. maj., 1,036. Mr. James Johnson was elected for Rugby in 1950. He is a schoolmaster. Born September, 1908 ; educated at Duke's School, Alnwick, and Leeds University. Has served on Coventry City Council and is a member of the National Union of Teachers and the Fabian Society. He has played football for the English Universities and the Corinthians. Mr. Cyril Dance was the Conservative candidate in 1950. He is an underwriter at Lloyd's and a farmer. Born April, 1907; educated at Eton. Chairman of the Rugby Conservative Association until 1948; hon. secretary of Conservative and Unionist Adopted Candidates' Association. He served in France, the Middle East, and Italy, and attained the rank of major. Made lecture tour of factories engaged on tank production. WARWICKSHIRE Solihull Electorate : 47,627 *Lindsay, M. A. (C.) .... . 27,871 Johnson, J. (Lab.) .... .. 11,747 C. majority. . 16,124 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 25,758 ; Lab., 11,741 ; L., 3,206.— C. maj., 14,017. Mr. Martin Lindsay was elected for Solihull in 1945. He is an author and company director. Born August, 1906; educated at Wellington College and Sandhurst. He has explored extensively in Central Africa and the Arctic, and was leader of the British Trans-Greenland Expedition, 1934. During the war served on the staff in Norway, and in north-west Europe with the 51st Highland Division. He was wounded, twice mentioned in dispatches, and awarded the D.S.O. as battalion commander. Mr. John Johnson is a schoolmaster. Born March, 1913; educated at Dame Allan's School, Newcastle upon Tync, and King's College, Durham University. He is treasurer of .the Leicester Teachers' Association, a former president of the East Newcastle Labour League of Youth, and president of the Leicester Labour Party, 1951-52. Served in the Army, 1940-46, and was commissioned in the Royal Artillery in 1942. WARWICKSHIRE Stratford Electorate : 46,666 *Profumo, J. D. (C.) ..... 24,041 Hilditch, H. (Lab.) .... 13,246 C. majority . . 10,795 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 21,492; Lab., 12,143 ;L., 4,318.— C. maj., 9,349. Mr. John Profumo was M.P. for Kettering, 1940-45, and was returned for Stratford in 1950.. Born January, 1915 ; educated at Harrow and Brasenose College, Oxford. Has been adviser on broadcasting at Conservative Central Office. He served in North Africa and Italy, and crossed the Alps to bring the German plenipotentiaries to sign the surrender terms in Italy. Later he was chief of staff to the British Military Mission in Japan, with rank of brigadier. Mr. Henry Hilditch, formerly a chemical engineer, farmer, and metal manufacturer, is now retired. Born 1891; secondary school education and private study. He has held office in the divisional Labour Party. Served in the 1914-18 war and won the M.C. WARWICKSHIRE Sutton Coldfleld Electorate : 70,518 *Mellor, Sir J. S. P. (C.) . . 36,628 Allen, D. G. (Lab.) .. .. 20,893 C. majority...' .. 15,735 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 36,017; Lab.,21,364.—C. maj., 14,653. Sir John Mellor represented Tamworth, | 1935 - 45, and subsequently Sutton Cold- Jj field; contested Work- Jj ington in 1929. He barrister of the Inner jj Temple and a company director. Born July, fi 1893 ; educated at Eton and New College, Oxford, jj He is a member of the ? Public Accounts Committee. Served in both wars and was taken prisoner with Kut garrison in the 1914-18 war. Mr. David Allen is a deputy public analyst and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. Born in 1922, and educated at Tiffin School, Kingston-upon-Thames, and London University, he is a member of the Association of Scientific Workers. Formerly a member of the Common Wealth Party, he joined the Labour Party in 1948. He is a member of the National Executive of Federal Union. WARWICKSHIRE Warwick and Leamington Electorate : 56,766 *Eden, R. A. (C.) ...... 28,282 Wilson, W. (Lab.) ...... 18,479 C. majority ... 9,803 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 27,353 ; Lab., 18,400.—C. maj.,8,953. Mr. Anthony Eden became deputy leader of the Opposition when his party was defeated in 1945. In Mr. Churchill's war-time Government he was Secretary of State for War, and from 1940 to 1945 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. This was the office he had first held in 1935 when at the age of 39 he became the youngest Foreign Secretary for more than a century. He resigned in 1938 because of disagreement with Mr. Neville Chamberlain about relations with Italy, and was out of office until September, 1939, when he re-entered the Cabinet as Dominions Secretary. Born in 1897, he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He entered Parliament in 1923 for Warwick and Leamington. In 1931 he was Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, and in 1934 Lord Privy Seal. He became Minister for League of Nations Affairs the next year and on the resignation of Sir Samuel Hoare in 1935 was appointed Foreign Secretary. He led the British delegation to the San Francisco Conference which drew up the United Nations Charter, and from 1942 to 1945 was Leader of the House of Commons. Mr. William Wilson is a solicitor. Born June, 1913 ; educated at Coventry Technical College and Birmingham University. Chairman of the Coventry and Dislrict Rent Tribunal. Served in the Army for five and a half years, and was in Africa and Italy. WESTMORLAND Electorate : 47,697 *Vane, W. M. F. (C.) . . . 23,227 Wilson, P. N. (Lab.) . 9,119 Acland, A. G. D. (L.)... 7,493 C. majority ... . 14,108 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 22,228 ; L., 9,054 ; Lab., 9,031.— C. maj., 13,174. Mr. W. Fletcher Vane was elected for Westmorland in 1945. He is a landowner, chartered surveyor, and land agent. Born 1909 ; educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge, and holds diploma in agriculture. He was commissioned in The Durham Light Infantry in the war, and became a lieutenant-colonel. He is an authority on forestry, and is interested in travel and agriculture. A member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Land Agents' Society. Mr. Paul Wilson was the Labour candidate in 1950. A chartered civil engineer. Born October, 1908; educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, and Clare College, Cambridge. A former member of Kendal Borough Council. Served in the Royal Navy 1939-45, and won the D.S.C. Mr. Geoffrey Acland contested this constituency in 1945 and 1950. Is a member of the well-known Liberal family, and younger brother of Sir R. Acland, Labour M.P. for Gravesend. Joint managing director of paper mills. Born May, 1908 ; educated Rugby, Grenoble University, France, and Trinity College, Cambridge. Member of Liberal Party council and executive committee. Served in the Royal Tank Regiment, and commissioned in The Border Regiment. ISLE OF WIGHT Electorate : 67,501 *Macdonald, Sir P. D. (C.) . . 33,501 Conbeer, S. G. (Lab.) . . 20,712 C. majority.... 12,789 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 32,984; Lab., 21,496.—C., maj 11,488. Sir Peter Macdonald first entered Parliament in 1924. A barrister and company director. Born February, 1895; educated at Dalhousie College, London, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. In the first world war was a captain in the Army ; in the second world war a squadron leader in the R.A.F.V.R. For 20 years a member of Select Committee on Estimates; chairman of the Conservative committee on imperial affairs. He is president of the United Kingdom Pilots' Association. Mr. Sydney Conbeer was Labour candidate in 1950. He is a schoolmaster. Born September, 1905; educated at University College, Exeter. A member of Ventnor Urban District Council. He is a fully trained shipwright. WILTSHIRE Chippenham Electorate : 49,517 *Eccles, D. Me A. (C.) ..... 22,601 Evans, D. R. (Lab.) ...... 17,723 C. majority. ...... 4,878 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 17,845; Lab., 13,748; L., 8,661.— C. maj., 4,097. Mr. David Eccles has been a prominent Opposition back-bench spokesman on economic affairs, and sponsored a pamphlet on some aspects of Conservative policy shortly before the election. He joined the Ministry of Economic Warfare in 1939, and after acting as economic adviser to the British Ambassadors at Madrid and Lisbon worked in the Ministry of Production 1942r43. He has represented Chippenham from 1943. Born 1904; educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. Mr. Dengar Evans is a pharmacist. Born November, 1909; educated at Garw Grammar School and the Welsh College of Pharmacy. An active member of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers. WILTSHIRE Devizes Electorate : 47,981 *Hollis, M. C. (C.).... 20,319 Cave, W . E. (Lab.).... 18,742 C. majority .. .. 1,577 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 17,401 ; Lab., 16,216 ; L., 4,832 — C. maj., 1,185. Mr. Christopher Hollis was first elected in 1945. He is a writer and publisher. Born March, 1902 ; educated at Eton and Baliiol College, Oxford. A former assistant master at Stonyhurst College. Served in Greece as a squadron leader in the R.A.F. Has written many political and religious works and novels. Mr. Wilfred Cave contested Devizes in 1945-and 1950. He is a farmer. Born June, 1907; educated at Magdalen College School, Brackley. A member of Wiltshire County Council 1946-49, and chairman of Pewsey Hospital Management Committee. Member of the British Grassland Society and Agricultural Economics Society. He is head of a firm which farms 2,300 acres on Salisbury Plain, specializing in milk production with a pedigree attested herd, and in grass drying, cereal, and herbage seed production. WILTSHIRE Salisbury Electorate : 47,585 * Morrison, J. G. (C.) ....... 21,798 Thomas, R. R. (Lab.) ....... 16,386 C. majority ...... 5,412 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 17,301 ; Lab., 12,319 ; L., 8,847.— C. maj., 4,982. Mr. John Morrison entered Parliament at a by-election in 1942 and has represented Salisbury since. The son of a former M.P., he was born in December, 1906, and educated at Eton and Magdalene College, Cambridge. From 1939 to 1945 served with the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry and for three years was in Middle East. He has extensive agricultural estates in Wiltshire and Scotland. Mr. Roger Thomas is a schoolmaster. Born September, 1905 ; educated at the county school, Ystalyfera, Glamorgan, and University College of North Wales, Bangor. A member of Dorchester town council 1939-50; past president of mid-Dorset branch of the National Union of Teachers; chairman of Dorchester Labour Party since 1946. WILTSHIRE Westbury Electorate : 52,129 *Grimston, R. V. (C.) . . 19,654 Travess, R. J. (Lab.) ... 17,623 Richardson, H. B. (L.) ..... 7,666 C. majority .. . . 2,031 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 17,455 ; Lab., 15,766; L., 11,031.— C. maj., 1,689. Mr. Robert Grimston has represented Westbury since 1931. A Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1937, and subsequently Vice-Chamberlain and Treasurer of the Household ; Assistant Postmaster-General, 1942-45, Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Supply, 1945. Born June, 1897 ; educated at Repton School, London University, City and Guilds Engineering College. President of the Urban District Councils' Association. Served in Salonika and Palestine from 1916-19. Mr. Reginald Travess contested Exeter in 1945 and Westbury in 1950. Born December, 1900 ; secondary school education. A passenger engine driver, and an active member of the National Union of Railwaymen. Served in the 1914-18 war. Mr. Harold Richardson, a business executive, contested Westmorland as a Labour candidate in 1945 and Westbury as Liberal in 1950. Born September, 1910; educated at Lawrence -ville School, New Jersey, United States, Princeton University, and Cambridge University. Former Minister of Education and Minister of Health and Agriculture, Indore State, Central India. Served in the Indian Army. WORCESTERSHIRE Bromsgrove Electorate : 58,765 *Higgs, J. M. C. (C.) . . . . 26,736 Chesworth, D. (Lab.) .. 24,083 C. majority . . . . 2,653 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 21,674; Lab., 21,484; L., 6,145.— C. maj., 190. Mr. Michael Higgs was first elected in 1950. A solicitor. Born May, 1912; educated at Shrewsbury School and Birmingham University. He was a member of Staffordshire County Council, 1946-49. Served in France early in the war, and in Middle East,-1941-46; on the staff of Judge-Advocate-General, 1942-46. He represents the third generation of the family in legal practice. Mr. Donald Chesworth contested Warwick and Leamington in 1945 and Bromsgrove in 1950. Born 1923; educated at grammar school and London School of Economics. Chairman, National Association of Labour Student Organizations 1947, and since 1948 student secretary and a member of the bureau of the International Union of Socialist Youth. Served in the R.A.F. for three years, and as a fireman during the blitz on Birmingham. Took an active part in forming the Fire Brigades' Union. WORCESTERSHIRE Kidderminster Electorate : 55,179 *Nabarro, G. D. N. (C) .. 25,483 Williams, I. A. J. (Lab.) . . 20,325 C. majority .. . . 5,158 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 22,950 ; Lab., 19,145 ; L., 3,844.— C. maj., 3,805. Mr. Gerald Nabarro contested West Brom-wich in 1945, and was elected for Kidderminster in 1950. He is a company director. Born June, 1914; educated at L.C.C. elementary school. He has been chairman and president of the West Midlands Federation of Young Conservatives. He is a member of River Dee Catchment Board Navigation Committee, on the executive of the National Union of Manufacturers, and a governor of Birmingham University. Served in the Regular Army as ranker 1929-37, and during the 1939-45 war was commissioned. Mr. Jack Williams contested Barnstaple in 1945 and. Ludlow in 1950. Education welfare officer for Monmouthshire. Born November, 1898 ; educated at Caerleon endowed boys' school and St. Woolas School, Newport. For 14 years member of Caerleon urban council and chairman three times. Enlisted in the Army at age of 16 and served for four and a half years. WORCESTERSHIRE South Electorate : 54,883 *De la Bere, R. (C.) . 27,229 Hopwood, J. P. T. (Lab.) . . 14,434 C. majority . 12,795 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 26,948; Lab., 15,668.— C. maj.,11,280. Mr. Rupert De la Bere was M.P. for Evesham, 1935-50, and for South Worcestershire in the last Parliament. He is a director of Hay's Wharf, Limited, and other companies. Born June, 1893 ; educated at Tonbridge School. He is an Alderman of the City of London for the Tower Ward and a former Sheriff. In 1914-18 served with R.F.C. Specially interested in aviation. Mr. Patrick Hopwood fought this constituency in 1950. Horticulturist and farmer. Born 1912; educated at Malvern College. Served on the horticulture sub-committee of the Socialist Agricultural Society. He was in the Royal Navy from 1941 to 1945. YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING Beverley Electorate : 59,067 *Odey, G. W. (C.) .... 27,937 Brennan, T. (Lab.) . . 12,778 Freemantle, H. S. (L.) .... 6,522 C. majority .. .. 15,159 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 26,699; Lab., 12,399; L., 7,719; Ind. C, 1,121.—C. maj., 14,300. Mr. George Odey won the by-election at Howdenshire in 1547 and represented Beverley after the redistribution. He is chairman and managing director of a firm of tanners and leather merchants. Born April, 1900; educated at Faversham Grammar School and University College, London. Served in Royal Artillery, 1918. President of Leather, Footwear and Allied Trades' Export Corporation and president of British Gelatine and Glue Research Association; chairman of governors of National Leathersel lers' College ; chairman, United Tanners' Federation. Mr. Thomas Brennan is a teacher of social studies at a modern secondary school. Born 1925; educated at Thorne Grammar School, London School of Economics, and Sheffield Training College. In 1947-48 was president of the college branch of National Union of Students. Member of National Consultative Committee of the League of Youth. Served in the Royal Navy. Mr. Stewart Freemantle contested North-West Hull in 1945 and Beverley at the last election. A chartered secretary in Bridlington and Hull; educated at Doncaster Grammar School and Sheffield University, where he took an extra-mural course in economics. Was a staff officer during the war, rising to rank of major. YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING Bridlington Electorate : 63,860 *Wood, R. F. (C.)........ 30,576 McQuade, G. (Lab.)....... 12,931 Moore, D. (L.) ...... 6,546 C. majority. 17,645 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 26,124; L., 16,158 ; Lab., 9,013.-C. maj., 9,966. Mr. Richard Wood entered Parliament in 1950. He is the second surviving son of Lord Halifax. Born October, 1920; educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He served in the K.R.R.C. in Middle East and lost both legs, but in spite of this drives a car and rides horseback. A director of the Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper Company, Limited. Hon. Attache, Rome Embassy, 1940. Interested in Limbless Ex-servicemen's Association, for which he toured United States. Mr. Gerard McQuade is a wages clerk. Born November, 1922 ; educated at Scunthorpe Technical High School. Member of Scunthorpe Borough Council, Lindsey County Council, and the National Union of General and Municipal Workers. Served in the Royal Corps of Signals during the war. Mr. Douglas Moore contested Sowerby in 1945 and Richmond (Yorks) in 1950. Manufacturer of cutlery and electro-plate. Born December, 1895; educated at Doncaster. Joint hon secretary of Independent Traders' Alliance, and past president of Sheffield branch of the Workers' Educational Association. Former hon secretary of Yorkshire League of Young Liberals and member of Liberal Party council. Served in the Army, 1914-18. NORTH RIDING Cleveland Electorate : 66,963 *Willey, O. G. (Lab.) ...... . 31,237 Wall, Maj. P. H, B. (C.) ...... 25,756 Lab. majority .. ... 5,481 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 28,940 ; C, 21,332 ; L., 5,996 — Lab. maj., 7,608. Mr. George Willey contested Skipton 1923 and 1924, and West Birmingham against the late Sir Austen Chamberlain in 1929 (when he came within 43 of victory), 1931, and 1935. Entered Parliament for Cleveland 1945. A lecturer in history and social economics. Born January, 1886; educated at a Fulham higher grade school and Fircroft College, Birmingham. He was a deputy regional controller, Civil Defence, in Leeds during the war. Maj. Patrick Wall, born in 1916, and educated at Downside, was commissioned in the Royal Marines, 1936, and rose to rank of major. From 1943 to 1945 served with support craft in Royal Navy and Royal Marine Commandos. Awarded M.C. and American Legion of Merit. Staff instructor at the School of Combined Operations. NORTH RIDING Richmond Electorate : 49,954 *Dugdale, Sir T. L. (C.) ...... 26,231 Hoyle, R. (Lab.) ...... 10,915 C. majority .. 15,316 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 22,999 ; Lab., 8,694 ; L 7 157 — C. maj., 14,305. Sir Thomas Dugdale has represented the division since 1929. He was a Lord of the Treasury, 1937-40 ; deputy Government Chief Whip, 1941-42 ; vice-chairman, Conservative Party organization, 1941-42, and chairman 1942-44. Born July, 1897 ; educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Served in the Army 1916-27 and 1939-41. Yorkshire. Mr. Richard Hoyle is a farmer and a member of the National Farmers' Union. Born August, 1914, and educated at Rochdale Grammar School and Rochdale Technical College He served with R.A.F.V.R. during the war. He is a member of the Royal Meteorological Society and the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, and farms a 240-acre mixed farm and specializes in growing linseed. NORTH RIDING Scarborough and Whitby Electorate : 65,351 *Spearman, A. C. M. (C.) .... 32,988 Brinton, H. (Lab.) . .... 16,621 C. majority. . 16,367 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 28,896 ; Lab., 14,421 ; L. 8 989 — C. maj., 14,475. Mr. Alexander Spearman was elected in 1941 at a by-election. Previously contested Mansfield in 1935 and Gorton (Manchester) 1937. Stockbroker. Born March, 1901 ; educated at Repton and Hertford College, Oxford. Governor of London. School of Economics. Travelled widely and has visited United States both on Parliamentary mission and independently to study economic questions. Mr. Henry Brinton contested Grimsby in 1935, St. Ives in 1945, and Truro in 1950. A publisher, born July, 1901; educated at Hailey-bury. For many years before the war was associated with the League of Nations Union. Author of books on political, religious, and international questions. Hon. editor, Socialist Parliamentary Christian group. NORTH RIDING Thirsk and Malton Electorate : 49,797 *Turton, R. H. (C.) ...... 27,854 Parkinson, A. J. (Lab.) ...... 10,692 C. majority .....17,162 NO CHANGE 1-950:—C, 26,324; Lab., 11,480; L., 2,441.— C. maj., 14,844. Mr. Robert Turton succeeded his uncle, who had been member for this seat from 1914 to 1929, in May, 1929. Farmer and landowner. Born August, 1903 ; educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. Called to the Bar in 1926. Vice-chairman, Conservative Food Committee; treasurer Conservative Agricultural Committee. Served with Green Howards 1939-43. Awarded the Military Cross. Mr. Arnold Parkinson is a lecturer at Darlington technical college. He was educated at an elementary school and went to Durham University by scholarship. Member of the Fabian Society. Was awarded the American Silver Stai for action in the field. WEST RIDING Barkston Ash Electorate: 51,372 *Ropner, Col. L. (C.) .. .. 25,155 Wiseman, H. V. (Lab.) .. 18,537 C. majority ....... 6,618 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 25,199; Lab., 18,626.—C. maj.,6,573. Col. Leonard Ropner sat for Sedgefleld, Durham, 1923-29. Re-entered Parliament as member for Barkston Ash, 1931. Shipowner, senior partner in northeast coast shipping firm. Born February, 1895 ; educated at Harrow and Clare College, Cambridge. Served in both world wars and won M.C. in first war. A temporary chairman of committees in the House of Commons since 1945. Forestry Commissioner 1936-45 ; chairman, Conserva-vative and Ujiionist Film Association. Mr. Victor Wiseman is a lecturer at Leeds University. Born October, 1909; educated at Varndean Secondary School, Brighton, and Balliol College, Oxford. A member of Leeds City Council. He was an education officer in the West Indies, 1943-47. He is a Congregational lay preacher. WEST RIDING Colne Valley Electorate : 58,243 *Hall, W. G. (Lab.) ...... 26,455 Bonham Carter, Lady H. V. (L.).......... 24,266 Lab. majority .. .. 2,189 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 24,910 ; C, 15,826 ; L., 9,654.— Lab. maj., 9,084. Mr. Glenvil Hall entered Parliament in 1939 for Colne Valley, and from 1945 to 1950 was Financial Secretary to the Treasury. In 1950 he was appointed chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party. He had sat in the 1929-31 Parliament for Portsmouth Central. A barrister. Born 1887. Served in 1914-18 war. Made a member of the Privy Council, 1947. A delegate to the United Nations Assembly, 1945, 1946, 1948; the Paris Peace Conference, 1946; and the Consultative Assembly at Strasbourg, 1950-51. Lady Violet Bonham Carter is the elder daughter of the late Earl of Oxford and Asquith. She contested Wells in 1945. Born April, 1887; educated in Dresden and Paris. President, Liberal Party, 1944; president, Women's Liberal Federation, 1923-25, 1939-45. A governor of the B.B.C., 1941-46; hon. president of the United Nations Association since 1945; vice-chairman of the United Europe Movement from 1947; and a governor of the Old Vic. WEST RIDING Dearne Valley Electorate : 58,204 *Paling, W. (Lab.) . 39,782 Sizer, J. (C.)..... . 10,197 Lab. majority .. . 29,585 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 40,420 ; C. & Nat. L., 10,365.-Lab. maj., 30,055. Mr. Wilfred Paling served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Labour whip, 1929-31 and 1940-41 ; Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions, 1941-45. In the Labour Government of 1945 he was first appointed Minister of Pensions, and in 1947 Postmaster-General. He sat for Doncaster, 1922-31, for Wentworth, 1933-50, and for Dearne Valley since the redistribution. Born April, 1883 ; educated at Ripley Elementary School. A miner, he worked at the coal face with his father, and later became a checkweighman. A trustee of the Yorkshire Mineworkers' Association. Mr. Jack Sizer is a baker and caterer. Born June, 1921 ; educated at Leeds College of Technology and Leeds University. He has twice fought in local government elections in Leeds, is a past president of the Leeds Master Bakers' Association, and closely associated with the Young Conservative movement in Leeds. WEST RIDING Don Valley Electorate : 62,345 *Williams, T. (Lab.) ...... 39,687 Hopkins, D. S. B. (C.) .... 13,862 Lab. majority ... . 25,825 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 39,789 ; C, 12,982 ; Comm.,1,007.—Lab. maj., 26,807. Mr. Tom Williams, appointed Minister of Agriculture on the formation of the Labour Government in 1945, retained the office in the last Parliament. Represented Don Valley from 1922 without interruption. When first elected he was a miner, but he soon became absorbed in the study of agricultural subjects. During the war he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture. Born 1888. Mr. David Hopkins is a solicitor, and partner in the family firm. Born 1924; educated at Taverham Hall, Norfolk, and Bradfield College, Berkshire. Served in The Royal Rifle Corps, 1943-47, and was demobilized with the rank of captain. An active member of the Leeds Young Conservative Association. WEST RIDING Goole Electorate : 51,280 *Jeger, G. (Lab.) . . .. 26,088 Marreco, A. (C. & L.) .. 17,073 Lab. majority . . .. 9,015 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 25,635 ; C, 16,853.—Lab. maj., 8,782. Mr. George Jeger sat for Winchester 1945-50. Elected for Goole 1950. Previously a candidate South - West Bethnal Green, 1935, and Walsall at by-election, 1938. Company Secretary. Born March, 1903 ; educated at London School of Economics. Member of Shoreditch Borough Council 1926-45, mayor 1937-38. Served with Canadian forces in war. From 1936-39 was organizing secretary, Spanish Medical Aid Committee, formed to establish hospitals for Spanish Republican Government. Mr. Anthony Marreco contested Wells as a Liberal in 1950. A barrister. Born August, 1915 ; educated at Westminster School. He was junior counsel to the British delegation at the Nuremberg trial, 1946; chief staff officer to the Political Adviser to the British Military Governor of Germany, 1946-50; and British member of the Allied Directorate of Internal Affairs, Allied Control Authority, 1946-50. During the war he served as a lieutenant-commander with the R.N.V.R., and was a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm. WEST RIDING Harrogate Electorate : 51,852 *York, C. (C.)...... 28,806 Sewell, C. W. (Lab.) . . 12,021 C. majority ... .. 16,785 NO CHANGE 1950.:—C, 28,582; Lab.,13,114.—C. maj., 15,468. Mr. Christopher York sat for Ripon 1939-50, and has represented Harrogate since 1950. Landowner and farmer. Born July, 1909 ; educated at Eton and Sandhurst. With The Royal Dragoons 1930-34 and from 1939-43. Is specially interested in agriculture. Breeds pedigree T.T. Red Poll cattle near York. Mr. Christopher Sewell was born in December, 1927; educated at Aberayron School and Jesus College, Oxford. He is a member of the Fabian Society and of the Co-operative Party. A trade unionist associated with the National Union of Agricultural Workers and the Association of Supervisory Staffs Executives and Technicians. Since the war has been commissioned in the Army. WEST RIDING Hemsworth Electorate : 67,370 *Holmes, H. E. (Lab.) .. ... 47,402 Proudfoot, G. W. (C.) ...... 9,911 Lab. majority . .. . 37,491 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 47,934 ; C. & Nat. L., 10,254.— Lab. maj., 37,680. Mr. Horace Holmes was elected unopposed | at a by-election in I February, 1946. Retained | the seat in 1950 with the J largest majority at that | election. Official of the j National Union of | Mineworkers. Born March, 1888. Member of I Royston Urban Council 1 1923-46, and West Riding 1 County Council 1922-46. Served in 1914-18 war. Holds the D.C.M. Parliamentary secretary to Minister of Fuel and Power 1947-50. Member of the Public Accounts Committee. Mr. Wilfred Proudfoot is a grocer ana newsagent. Born December, 1921 ; educated at Crook Council School and Scarborough College. Elected in 1950 a member of the Scarborough Town Council. He is divisional and branch chairman of the Scarborough and Whitby Young Conservatives. Seryed in the R..A.F-1941-46. Member of the National Federation of Retailer Newsagents and Booksellers. WEST RIDING Normanton Electorate : 49,426 Roberts, A. (Lab.) .. .. 31,052 Heseltine, T. (C. & Nat. L.).. 11,199 Lab. majority .. .. 19,853 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 31,986 ; C, 10,929.—Lab. maj., 21,057. Mr. Albert Roberts has been a mines inspector to the Yorkshire Safety Board since 1941. Born 1908 ; educated at Woodlesford Council School and Normanton, Castleford and Whitwood Technical Schools. Went to work in a colliery on leaving school. Elected to Roth-well Urban District Council, 1937 ; chairman, 1948. Chairman Staffing Wakefield Hospital Management Committee ; and a member of the regional appeals committee of the Ministry of Health ; president of Oulton Miners' Welfare Cricket Club. Mr. Thomas Heseltine was unsuccessful at Normanton in the 1950 General Election. He is a pharmacist. Born October, 1895; educated privately and at Leeds School of Pharmacy. He is a former member of Normanton Urban Council ; a member of the council of the Pharmaceutical Society, and on the executive of the National Pharmaceutical Union. Served in the 1914-18 war. WEST RIDING Penistone Electorate : 66,156 *McGhee, H. G. (Lab.) .. ... 36,169 Hinchcliffe, D. (C.) ..... 20,145 Lab. majority ... . 16,024 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 34,979 ; C, 16,128 ; L., 5,316.— Lab. maj., 18,851. Mr. Henry McGhee has represented Penistone since 1935. He is a dentist. Born July, 1898 ; educated in Lurgan, Co. Armagh, and Glasgow. For 23 years has been a member of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers. Before the 1920 Government of Ireland Act, which gave Ireland separate Parliaments in Dublin and Belfast, his father sat as Nationalist M.P. for South Louth and later Mid-Tyrone. Mr. Denton Hinchcliffe contested the division in 1950. He is a traveller for a firm of cotton spinners and manufacturers. Born 1907 ; educated at Batley Grammar School and Cambridge University. He served with the R.A.F. during the war. WEST RIDING Ripon Electorate : 40,499 *Stoddart-Scott, Col. M. (C.) .. 23,047 Andrews, S. J. (Lab.) .. 10,627 C. majority .. .. 12,420 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 22,292; Lab., 11,317.—C. maj., 10,975. Col. Malcolm Stoddart-Scott was M.P. for Pudsey and Otley, 1945-50, and was then elected for Ripon. Doctor of medicine. Born September, 1901 ; educated at Elmfield College, York, Ashville College, Harrogate, and University of Leeds, from which he holds the degrees of M.D., Ch.B., and M.B. Served in the Army as Assistant Director of Medical Services. Before the war was on the medical staff of Leeds General Infirmary. Mr. Sydney Andrews is a machine cooperage foreman. Born February, 1897; educated at elementary schools and Leeds University tutorial classes For 26 years has been a part-time lecturer for Workers' Educational Association, and for 20 years a member of the Yorkshire executive, having been chairman twice. WEST RIDING Rother Valley Electorate : 64,243 *Griffiths, D. (Lab.) ..... 41,990 Hall, R. (C.) ..... 13,470 Lab. majority . . .. 28,520 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 42,222; C, 12,887.—Lab. maj.,29,335. Mr. David Griffiths was elected in 1945. A mine worker at the age of 13, he became a trade union official, and for 20 years was an officer of the Hickleton Main branch of the Yorkshire Mineworkers' Association. Born March, 1896. Member of Dearne Urban Council, 1924-46, chairman three times. Member of Swinton and District Isolation Hospital committee. Mr. Ronald Hall is a painter and decorator. Born October, 1919; educated at the James MacKinlay secondary school, Redcar. Since 1949 he has been a member of Redcar Borough Council. He is closely associated with the Young Conservative movement, and is vice-president of the Cleveland branch and vice-chairman of the Yorks Area Council. WEST RIDING Shipley Electorate : 47,178 *Hirst, G. A. N. (C.) .. ... 20,396 Roberts, T. J. (Lab.) ...... 18,893 Berwin, S. J. (L.) ...... 3,399 C. majority ..... 1,503 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 18,390: Lab., 18,309; L., 5,021 ; Comm., 237.—C. maj., 81. Mr. Geoffrey Hirst was elected in 1950. He is a director of a Leeds, firm of chemical manufacturers. Born December, 1905 ; educated at Charterhouse and St. John's College, Cambridge. Associated with the Federation of British Industries, the Economic League, the National Advisory Council on Education for Industry and Commerce, and is vice-chairman of the board of governors of Leeds College of Technology. Was on administrative staff of 21st Army Group during the war. Mr. Thomas Roberts contested Skipton in 1950. He is a university staff tutor. Born September, 1915; educated at Nelson council school, Glamorgan, Pontypridd Grammai School, Cardiff University College, and Carnegie College, Leeds. Before the war he was a master at Skipton Grammar School. He served in the Army during the war, and was a sergeant. He is well known in Yorkshire Rugby Union, and played for Cardiff for three seasons before 1939, captained the university XV, and also played for the Combined Universities. Mr. Stanley Berwin, a law student, contested Wakefield in 1950. Born March, 1926; educated at Roundhay School, Leeds; St. John's College, Cambridge; and Leeds University. Member of National Executive of National League of Young Liberals and of Liberal Party Council; president, Wakefield Young Liberals, and vice-chairman, Yorks Young Liberal Federation. Served in Royal Navy, 1944-47. WEST RIDING Skipton Electorate : 51,207 *Drayson, G. B. (C.) .. .. 26,024 Hewitt, E. (Lab.) .. .. 18,064 C. majority .. .. 7,960 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C., 22,254 ; Lab., 16,290 ; L., 6,689.— C. maj., 5,964. Mr. George Drayson has represented Skipton since 1945. Textile manufacturer and stockbroker. Born March, 1913 ; educated at Borlase School. Elected member of Stock Exchange when 22 years old. Commissioned in Essex Yeomanry, 1931, and during the war served in Western Desert. Taken prisoner and escaped by walking 500 miles through enemy occupied territory. Completed London-Brighton walk in 1939. Has travelled widely in Canada, United States, South Africa, Turkey, and most of Europe. Member of Conservative Party Agricultural Committee and of Royal Agricultural Society. Mr. Edgar Hewitt, a company managing director, contested Fylde in 1945 and Garston in 1950. Born July, 1896; secondary school education. Member of Preston town council since 1941. A Methodist lay preacher. WEST RIDING Sowerby Electorate : 56,921 *Houghton, A. L. N. D. (Lab.) ...... 22,766 Bryan, P. (C.) ...... 21,118 Walker, J. G. (L.) . . ... 5,573 Lab. majority . . .. 1,648 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 22,846 ; C, 19,181 ; L., 8,306.— Lab. maj., 3,665. Mr. Douglas Houghton entered Parliament at a by-election in 1949. Secretary of the Inland Revenue Staff Federation. Born August, 1898 ; educated at County Secondary School, Long Eaton, Derbyshire. Alderman, London County Council, 1947-49. Served oversea in 1914-18 war. Interested in taxation, finance, and social services. Regular broadcaster for B.B.C, having made over 400 broadcasts in past 10 years. Mr. Paul Bryan, a clothing manufacturer, contested Sowerby at a by-election in 1949 and again in 1950. Born 1913; educated at St. John's School, Leatherhead, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Elected to Sowerby Bridge council in 1947; president of Sowerby branch of British Legion. Served in last war and rose from private to lieutenant-colonel. Mr. John Walker, a blanket manufacturer, contested Keighley in 1950. Born 1912; educated at Uppingham and Queens' College, Cambridge. President, Dewsbury League of Young Liberals. Served with the Army and transferred to Coastal Command, in which he was a pilot. ABERDARE Electorate : 51,423 *Thomas, D. E. (Lab.) .. .. 34,783 Lewis, J. (C.)...... 6,810 Samuel, W. (Welsh Nat.) . . 2,691 Lab. majority . . . . 27,973 NO CHANGE 1950 :— Lab., 33,390 ; C, 6,098 ; Welsh Nat., 3,310 ; Comm., 1,382.—Lab. maj., 27,292. Mr. Emlyn Thomas has been member for Aberdare since a by-election in 1946. Native of Maesteg, where he worked from 14 years of age in the mines ; in 1919 he became a union official. Born September, 1892 ; educated at elementary and higher grade schools in Maesteg, Glamorgan. Miners' agent, Aberdare and Merthyr valleys, and advisory member of executive of the National Union of Mine-workers, South Wales area, 1936-46. Mr. Jack Lewis is 42 years of age. He is engaged in the textile trade and is the representative of a London firm. From June, 1939, to August, 1945, he served with the National Fire Service in London, and on his release joined the Conservative Central Office as a tutor and lecturer. Mr. Wynne Samuel is a secretary, born 1912 ; educated at Ystalyfera Grammar School and London University. For 10 years until 1950 was South Wales organizer of Welsh Nationalist Party and editor of Welsh Nation. Member of Pontardawe rural council. His special interests are Welsh culture and drama. CARDIFF North Electorate : 60,767 *Llewellyn, D. T. (C.) .. . . 29,408 Evans, J. (Lab. & Co-op.) .. 22,600 C. majority .. .. 6,808 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,988 ; Lab., 21,081 ; L., 6,017.— C. maj., 2,907. Mr. David Llewellyn unsuccessfully contested Aberavon in 1945 and was elected for Cardiff, North, in 1950. Master printer. Born January, 1916. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Served in the ranks of Royal Fusiliers in 1939-45 war and was commissioned in Welsh Guards, where he attained the rank of captain. Has travelled in Europe, America, and Canada. Mr. John Evans contested Worcester in 1945, when he lost by four votes, and in 1950. A school teacher. He worked when 14 in an anthracite mine in South Wales and later gained admission to a training college, where he qualified as a teacher. Is former president of Lianelly Labour Party. Served in the forces. CARDIFF South-East Electorate : 60,902 Callaghan, L. J. (Lab.) 28,112 West, H. (C.)...... 23,613 Lab. majority .. .. 4,499 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 26,254 : C, 20,359 ; L., 4,080.— Lab. maj., 5,895. Mr. James Callaghan became Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty in the 1950 Administration after three years as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minislry of Transport in the previous Parliament. He was elected for South Cardiff in 1945 and when that seat disappeared he was returned for South-East Cardiff. Born in 1912. Member of the Inland Revenue Staff Federation, of which he was appointed assistant secretary in 1936. He retained his post until 1947 with an interval during the war when he served in the Royal Navy. Mr. Harry West contested the Forest of Dean as a Liberal at a by-election in 1925, and Montgomeryshire as a Conservative in 1950. He is organizer for the Wales and Monmouthshire Conservative Association. Born March, 1894; educated at Blaenavon School. Fought in the 1914-18 war. Started work in a colliery at 13 years and worked at the coal face for about 20 years. CARDIFF West Electorate : 62,528 *Thomas, G. (Lab.) ...... 28,995 Hallinan, A. L. (C.) .... 23,595 Lab. majority .... 5,400 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 27,200 ; C, 22,893.—Lab. maj., 4,307. Mr. George Thomas entered Parliament in 1945 as member for Cardiff, Central, and in 1950 was elected for Cardiff, West. School master; born January, 1909 ; educated at Tony-pandy Secondary School and University College, Southampton. Member of the executive committee, National' Union of Teachers, 1942-46. Was formerly a sergeant in the police force. Mr. Lincoln Hallinan contested an Aberdare by-election in 1946. A barrister. Born November, 1922; educated at Downside School. Served in the Army in the 1939-45 war and was commissioned in 1942. A member of Cardiff City Council, and president of several old age pensioners' committees. Is associated with the British Legion. MERTHYR TYDFIL Electorate : 42,937 *Davies, S. O. (Lab.) .. .. 28,841 Lynam, J. F. (C.) .. .. 7,405 Lab. majority .. .. 21,436 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 29,210; C, 6,294 ; Ind. Welsh Nat., 1,511.—Lab. maj., 22,916. Mr. Stephen Davies was first elected for Merthyr Tydfil in June, 1934. A miner when he took a B.A. degree, he was a union official for 16 years. Born November, 1886 ; educated at elementary school and the Universities of Wales and London. Former member of Merthyr Tydfil county borough council and mayor, 1945-46. Former vice-president of South Wales Miners' Federation. Mr. James Lynam, was unsuccessful at Swansea, East, in 1950. He is a buyer for non-ferrous metal refiners. Born November, 1907; educated at Oystermouth and Swansea municipal schools. Chairman of the Glamorgan Junior Imperial League. Served in The Queen's Royal Regiment in the war. A member of the Royal Metal Exchange,-Swansea, for 25 years. NEWPORT Electorate : 72,185 *Freeman, P. (Lab.) .. . . 32,883 Rhys-Roberts, Lt.-Col. T. E. R. (C.)........24,166 Owen, W. J. (L.) . . .. 5,247 Lab. majority .. .. 8,717 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab.,31,858 ; C, 21,866; L., 8,761.— Lab. maj., 9,992. Mr. Peter Freeman was member for Brecon and Radnor in 1929-31 and was elected for Newport in 1945. Born October, 1888 ; educated at Haberdashers' School. Has served on Glamorgan county council, Cardiff city council, and Penarth urban council. He is former chairman of the India League, president of Vegetarian Society of Great Britain, and for three years from 1920 was Welsh lawn tennis champion. Lieut.-Col. Thomas Rhys-Roberts fought Pontypridd at the 1950 election. A barrister, practising on Wales and Chester circuit. Born April, 1910; educated at Westminster and Sandhurst. Served in the Army, 1929-35 and 1939-45, and then seconded to the Foreign Office and was attached to the British Embassy, Athens. Won the G.M. Mr. William Owen contested Newport in 1950. Barrister; born 1922; educated Swansea Technical School, University of Wales Law School, and Inns of Court School of Law. He practises on the Welsh circuit. He served with the R.A.F. during the war. RHONDDA East Electorate : 40,270 *Mainwaring, W. H. (Lab.) . 27,958 Stutchbury, O. P. (C.) ....... 3,522 Cox, I, (Comm.) ...... 2,948 Lab. majority ..... . 24,436 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 26,645 ; Comm., 4,463 ; C, 2,634; Welsh Nat., 1,357.—Lab. maj., 22,182. Mr. William Mainwaring, formerly a miners' agent, has represented Rhondda East since 1933. Born 1885 ; educated at Central Labour College, London. In his early years he worked at the coal face in Rhondda, and in 1919 returned to the Central Labour College as lecturer in economics and vice-principal. Mr. Oliver Stutchbury is a solicitor's articled clerk. Born January, 1927; educated at Radley College and King's College, Cambridge. Served with the Grenadier Guards 1944-48 and became a lieutenant. Mr. Idris Cox is a political secretary and a former editor of the Daily Worker. Born July, 1899; educated at elementary schools and London Labour College. Communist secretary for Wales. Has been active in the National Union of Mineworkers. RHONDDA West Electorate : 37,315 *Thomas, I. R. (Lab.).......... 26,123 Simons, E. (C.) ........ 3,635 Davies, J. K. (Welsh Nat.) .. 2,467 Lab. majority .. .. 22,488 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 27,150 ; C, 3,632 ; Welsh Nat., 2,183.—Lab. maj., 23,518. Mr. Iorwerth Thomas was first elected to Parliament in 1950. He was formerly a colliery checkweighman. Born 1896. For 23 years member of Rhondda Urban Council and for two years member of South Wales Electricity Board. For 30 years has been, an official of the National Union of Mine-workers. Has served on joint industrial councils for Wales and Monmouthshire. Mr. E. Simons was born in 1911 and is a solicitor. Educated at the University College of Wales. He is the son of a coal miner, and was educated with the help of scholarships. From 1940 to 1946 he served in the Army, and was demobilized with the rank of captain. Is a member of the Territorial Army. Mr. Kitchener Davies contested Rhondda East in 1945 and in 1950. A school master. Born June, 1902. Educated at national and county schools, Tregaron, Cardiganshire, and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. An officer of professional associations in South Wales. Took an active part in Rhondda distress marches in 1934 and 1935. SWANSEA East Electorate : 53,790 *Mort, D. L. (Lab.) . 32,790 Hope, J. C. (C.) . 11,768 Lab. majority .. . 21,022 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 32,680; C, 10,712.—Lab. maj.,21,968. Mr. David Mort sat for Eccles in the 19-29-31 Parliament and was elected for Swansea East in 1940. A steel worker. Born 1888; educated at elementary school. He is a former member of Briton Ferry Urban Council and Neath Borough Council. Secretary of the South Wales branch of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation since 1915, and for many years has been a co-operator. Parliamentary private secretary to the Attorney-General (Sir William Jowitt), 1929-31. Mr. Jack Hope contested Neath at the 1950 General Election. Born April, 1909; educated at Swansea Grammar School. Is secretary to a ship repairing firm, which he entered as an office boy. He is closely associated with the Mumbles Conservative Association and the Swansea West Conservative Association. He is specially interested in relations between employer and employee and the policy of co-partnership. SWANSEA West Electorate: 59,051 *Morris, P. (Lab.) . 26,061 Kerby, Capt. H. B. (C.) . 23,901 Lab. majority . . 2,160 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 26,273 ; Nat. L. & C, 22,608.— Lab. maj., 3,665. Mr. Percy Morris fought West Swansea in 1935, and was elected in 1945 and again in 1950. Railway clerk. Born October, 1893 ; educated D y n e v o r secondary school, Swansea. Alderman and in 1943 deputy mayor Swansea Borough Council ; president since 1943 of the Railway Clerks' Association. Deputy Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence, Welsh region, 1941-45. Capt. Henry Kerby contested Spelthorne in 1945 as a Liberal. Joined the Conservative Party in 1945. A publisher and journalist. Born 1914. Served in the Regular Army, 1933-38. He was appointed an hon. attache in the Diplomatic Service in 1939, and was Acting Consul in Malmo, Sweden, 1940-41. From 1941 to 1945 he was on the General Staff. He was a public relations officer in South Africa, 1946-50, and then became associated with an information service bureau in London. ANGLESEY Electorate : 36,117 Hughes, C. (Lab.) ...... 11,814 *Lloyd-George, Lady M. (L.).... 11,219 Roberts, O. M. (C.) ....... 6,366 Lab. majority ....... 595 LABOUR GAIN 1950 :—L., 13,688 ; Lab., 11,759 ; C.,3,919.—L. maj., 1,929. Mr. Cledwyn Hughes contested Anglesey in 1945 and in 1950. Solicitor ; born September, 1916 ; educated at Holyhead Grammar School and University College, Aberystwyth. Former town clerk of Holyhead, he is a member of Anglesey County Council, and of the Court of Governors of the University of Wales and the National Museum of Wales. During the war he served in the R.A.F. Lady Megan Lloyd-George was member for Anglesey from May, 1929, and has the longest continuous service of any woman M.P. Born 1902; educated Garrett's Hall, Banstead, and in Paris. Deputy Leader of Liberal Parliamentary Party 1949-51; Welsh Church Commissioner since 1942; President of Women's Liberal Federation 1936 ; member of Waste Food Board, Ministry of Supply, 1941. Younger daughter of the late Earl Lloyd-George. Mr. Meurig Roberts is a hospital secretary. Born March, 1904; educated at Friars School, Bangor, and the University College of North Wales. Associate of the Institute of Hospital Administrators. A member of Bangor City Council since 1945; and of Caernarvonshire County Council, 1946-49. BRECON AND RADNOR Electorate : 52,728 *Watkins, T. E. (Lab.) .. .. 24,572 Gibson-Watt, J. D. (C.) .. 22,489 Lab. majority ........ 2,083 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 22,519 ; C, 19,690 ; L.-, 3,903.-Lab. maj., 2,829. Mr. Tudor Watkins was elected in 1945. Born May, 1903 ; educated Adult Education College, Coleg Harlech, North Wales. Alderman, Brecon County Council. Secretary of the Welsh Parliamentary Party; member of Welsh Tourist and Holidays Board, Civil Aviation Advisory Board for Wales, Hospital Management Committee for Brecon and Radnor and County Councils Association. Chairman, Breconshire executive council and former secretary of Breconshire Association of Friendly Societies. Mr. David Gibson-Watt fought this constituency in 1950. A farmer and forester. Born September, 1918; educated at Eton and Cambridge. A member of Radnor County Council. Served with Welsh Guards 1939-46 and won M.C. and two bars. He farms extensively in Radnorshire and is a leading breeder of Welsh black cattle. Is a great-great-grandson of James Watt, inventor of the steam engine. CAERNARVONSHIRE Caernarvon Electorate : 43,453 *Roberts, G. O. (Lab.) .... . 22,375 Davies, J. E. B. (C.) ... .. 13,479 Lab. majority ...... 8,896 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 18,369; L., 7,791 ; C., 6, 315 ; Welsh Nat., 4,882.—Lab. maj., 10,578. Mr. Goronwy Roberts first won Caernarvon in 1945. University lecturer ; born September, 1913 ; educated at Bethesda. Grammar School, and Universities of London and Wales. Member of the Fabian Society, the Welsh self-government organization, and Fellow and Governor of University of Wales. Broadcasts on literary and political subjects. Mr. John Davies is a farmer. Born July, 1907; educated at Abergele County School, Colwyn Bay College School,, and Notlingham University. A former member of the Caernarvonshire county agricultural executive committee. He serves on Ministry of Agriculture committees and on the Ministry of National Insurance tribunal. CAERNARVONSHIRE Conway Electorate : 46,425 Thomas, P. J. M. (C.) .... 17,115 * Jones, W. E. E. (Lab.)...... 16,532 Hooson, H. E. (L.) .... 5,791 C. majority .... 583 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950:—Lab., 15,176 ; C, 14,373 ; L., 9,937.—Lab. maj., 803. Mr. Peter Thomas is a barrister. Born July,' 1920 ; educated at Ep-worth College, Rhyl, and Jesus College, Oxford. He was a pilot in the R.A.F., and was a prisoner of war in Germany 1941-45. In 1947 was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple, and practises on the Wales and Chester circuit. Mr. William Elwyn Jones won Conway in 1950. He is a solicitor, admitted in 1927. Educated at University of Wales and University of London (LL.B.). Member of Caernarvonshire County Council since 1945 and of council of University College of North Wales. Town clerk of Bangor, solicitor to North Wales Quarrymen's Union and former clerk to Bangor justices. Mr. Emlyn Hooson, a barrister, contested Conway in 1950. Born March, 1925 ; educated at Denbigh grammar school, University College, of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Gray's Inn. Called to the Bar in 1949. Served in the Royal Navy during the war. CARDIGAN Electorate : 41,977 *Bowen, E. R. (L.) ....... 19,959 Williams, Rev. B. (Lab.) .... . 9,697 L. majority ....... 10,262 NO CHANGE 1950 :—L., 17,093 ; Lab., 9,055 ; C, 6 618.— L. maj., 8,038. Mr. Roderic Bowen has been Liberal M.P. for Cardigan since 1945. Barrister ; born August, 1913 ; educated Cardigan School, University College, Aberystwyth, and St. John's College, Cambridge. Called to the Bar in 1936, he practises on the Welsh circuit. He served in the Judge Advocate General's Department in the war. A former president of the Liberal Party, he is a member of the Liberal Party Council and has served on the Lord Chancellor's Committee on Leasehold Reform. The Rev. Brynmor Williams is a clergyman of the Church in Wales and vicar of Llansamlet. Born August, 1906; educated at St. David's College School and St. David's College, Lampeter, Neath Technical School, and London University. Served with the Army in the last war. A member of the Brecon Labour advisory council and the Swansea Labour Party. CARMARTHENSHIRE Carmarthen Electorate : 58,709 *Morris, R. Hopkin (L.) .. 25,632 Owen, D. (Lab.) . . . . 25,165 L. majority . . . . 467 NO CHANGE 1950:—L., 24,472; Lab., 24,285.—L. maj., 187. Mr. Hopkin Morris, K.C., won Carmarthen in 1945, and was member for Cardigan, 1923-32. Barrister; born 1888; educated at the Universities of Wales and London. He is a member of the Court of the University of Wales and a governor of the National Library and National Museum of Wales. In 1932 he was appointed a Metropolitan magistrate, but resigned in 1936 to become regional director of Wales for the B.B.C. In 1949 he became deputy president of the Free Trade Union. Mr. David Owen is a railway engine driver. Born April, 1895; started work at 14. Became a member of Carmarthen Town Council in 1931. and is leader of the Labour group. Member of the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire, and chairman of recently constituted South-west Wales River Board. For 12 years was a branch secretary in the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. An authority on national insurance. CARMARTHENSHIRE Llanelly Electorate : 67,157 *Griffiths, J. (Lab.) .. .. 39,731 Gardner, H. (C.) .. .. 11,315 Morgan, Rev. D. E. (Welsh Nat.) ...... 3,765 Lab. majority . . 28,416 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 39,326 ; L., 7,700 ; C, 6,362 ; Welsh Nat., 2,134.—Lab. maj., 31,626. Mr. James Griffiths was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1950 after five years as Minister of National Insurance. A former miner, born in 1890, he went to the National Labour College in London ; in 1925 became a miners' agent under the South Wales Miners' Federation, and later became its president. He won Llanelly at a by-election in 1931 and retained the seat at subsequent general elections. Chairman of the national executive of the Labour Party, 1948-49. He was engaged in discussions on the proposals for federation in Central Africa when the election was announced. Mr. Henry Gardner is a lathe worker. Born October, 1900. Served in the Merchant Navy during the war, and is a former member of the Seamen's Union. The Rev. D. E. Morgan is a Baptist Minister, aged 31. Graduated with honours in Welsh at University of Wales and took B.A. degree at Honours School of Theology at Oxford. In 1945 he won fine prose competition at the Rhos National Eisteddfod. DENBIGHSHIRE Denbigh Electorate : 54,011 *Evans, E. H. G. (Nat. L.) . . 20,269 Jones; J. I. (Lab.) .. . ... 12,354 Roberts, H. E. P. (L.) .... 11,758 Nat. L. majority ... .. 7,915 NO CHANGE 1950:—Nat. L., 17,473; L., 16,264; Lab., 11,205.—Nat. L. maj., 1,209. Mr. Garner Evans contested the City of | Chester as a Liberal in I 1935, Denbigh, 1945, and 1 entered Parliament in I 1950 as a Nat. Liberal. 1 Barrister : born Scptem- j ber 3, 1911 ; educated at j Llangollen Grammar j School, University Col- I lege of Wales, Aberyst- 1 wyth, and Gonville and J Caius College, Cambridge. Served in the R.A.F. in the last war. Secretary, Parliamentary Committee on Atomic Energy. President Cambridge Union, 1934. Arrested in Germany in 1936 for anti-Fascist views. Mr. James Jones is head master of the Secondary Modern School, Rhosllanerchrugog, Wrexham. Born June, 1900; educated at Ruabon Grammar School, Bangor, and London University. He organized the Arts and Crafts Exhibition of the National Eisteddfod of Wale)v in 1945. Mr. Eifon Pritchard Roberts was born in November, 1927, and is a student. Educated at Beaumaris county secondary school, and University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he graduated LL.B. with honours; now studying at Exeter College, Oxford, and Gray's Inn, London. Was a flying officer in R.A.F. education branch. DENBIGHSHIRE Wrexham Electorate : 64,736 *Richards, R. (Lab.) . . . . 33,759 Cooper, W. G. (C. & Nat. L.) 19,124 Thomas, A. D. (Welsh Nat.) ....... 1,997 Lab. majority.. 14,635 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 32,042; C. & Nat. L., 14,117; L.,8,287 ; Welsh Nat., 960.—Lab.maj., 17,925. Mr. Robert Richards first won Wrexham in 1922 but lost the seat two years later. Was member from 1929-31, regained it in 1935, and has represented it since. Under-Secretary of State for India in the first Labour Government in 1924. University lecturer ; born May, 1884; educated at Llanfyllin Secondary School, University College of Wales, Aberyst-wyth, and St. John's College, Cambridge. Tutor in economic and political science at Coleg Harlech since 1922. Mr. Willoughby Cooper contested Wrexham 1950. He is an engineer and contractor. Born 1911; educated at Ashby-de-la-Zouch Grammar School. Formerly a haulage contractor and past chairman of the Midland Area Road Haulage Association. He has farmed 180 acres in Anglesey since 1945. Mr. Daniel Thomas is a retired bank manager. Born February, 1889; educated at Abergele Grammar School. For many years financial organizer of the Welsh Nationalist Party; now treasurer. A member of LlangoIIen Urban District Council. A member of the Bank Officers' Guild (now National Union of Bank Employees) for 33 years, and for four years acting president. Served 10 years with Royal Welch Fusiliers. FLINTSHIRE East Flint Electorate : 51,575 *White, Mrs. E. L. (Lab.) .... 23,959 Currie, G. B. H. (C.) .. .. 20,580 Lab. majority ... 3,379 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 21,529 ; C, 14,832 ; L., 8,010.—Lab. maj., 6,697. Mrs. Eirene White contested Flintshire in 1945 and was elected for East Flint in 1950. During the last Parliament she introduced the Matrimonial Causes Bill, permitting divorce after seven years' desertion ; it was withdrawn on the Government undertaking to set up the Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce. Mrs. White is a journalist. Born November, 1909 ; educated at St. Paul's Girls' School and Somerville College, Oxford. A member of Labour Party national executive since 1947. Mr. George Currie contested this constituency in 1950. A barrister; born December, 1905 ; educated Campbell College, Belfast, Trinity College, Dublin, and the Middle Temple; a former pupil of Sir David Maxwell Fyfe. He was in the R.A.F. during the war on the staff of Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding. A son of a former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. FLINTSHIRE West Flint Electorate : 46,322 *Birch, E. N. C. (C.) ..... 23,433 Leadbeater, D. V. (Lab.) ..... 15,118 C. majority .. .. 8,315 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 19,088; Lab., 12,369 ; L., 8,036.—C. maj., 6,719. Mr. Nigel Birch was elected for Flint in 1945, and after the redistribution of constituencies for West Flint in 1950. Born 1906; educated at Eton. Served during the war in K.R.R.C. and on the General Staff, being promoted Lt.-Col. in 1944. Was in business before the war. Since entering Parliament has specialized in financial matters. Mr. David Leadbeater contested this constituency in 1945. He is head of the English department, Alun Grammar School, Mold, Flintshire. Born October, 1907; educated at Llanelly Grammar School and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Well known in North and South Wales as a Rugby player. GLAMORGANSHIRE Aberavon Electorate : 50,071 *Cove, W. G. (Lab.) ...... 30,498 Loveridge, J. W. (C.) ..... 11,878 Lab. majority ... 18,620 NO CHANGE 1950 ;—Lab., 29,278 ; Nat. L. & C, 8,091 ; L., 5,263.—Lab. maj., 21,187. Mr. William Cove sat for Wellingborough 1923-29, and for Abera- : von from 1929. A teacher. Born 1888 ; educated at elementary school, a pupil teachers' centre, and University of the South West, Exeter. He began his working life as a miner and then studied for teaching. President, National Union of Teachers, 1922 ; chairman of the Welsh Labour Parliamentary group. After the 1914-18 war he was the first president of the Discharged Soldiers' and Sailors' Association. Mr. John Loveridge was a Liberal Party prospective candidate but resigned in 1949 and joined the Conservative Party. He is vice-principal, St. Godric's College, London. Born September, 1925; educated privately at St. John's College, Cambridge. He was formerly engaged in aircraft research work and is interested in foreign affairs and economics. GLAMORGANSHIRE Barry Electorate : 55,034 Gower, H. R. (C.) ..... 24,715 *Rees, Mrs. D. (Lab.). ... 23,066 C. majority .. . . 1,649 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950:—Lab., 20,770; C, 19,745 ; L., 6,180.— Lab. maj., 1,025. Mr. Raymond Gower is a solicitor. Born August, 1916 ; educated at Neath Intermediate School, Cardiff High School, University College, Cardiff, and the Cardiff School of Law. He has been hon. secretary of the Cardiff South-East Conservative Association and chairman of the East Glamorgan Conservative Political "Education Committee. Held commissioned rank in the Army Cadet Force in the war after being rejected as unfit for military service. Mrs. Dorothy Rees entered Parliament at the 1950 election. She is a teacher. Born 1898; educated at elementary and secondary schools, and Teachers' Training College, Barry. A former member of Barry Borough Council, and member of Glamorgan County Council since 1934. A Co-operator, and one of the founders of the Barry Fabian Society; a member of the National Insurance Advisory Committee, the Joint Education Committee for Wales, and the Welsh Teaching Hospitals Board. GLAMORGANSHIRE Caerphilly Electorate : 46,893 *Edwards, N. (Lab.) ..... . 30,523 Knee, K. G. (C.) .... 9,041 Lab. majority.. 21,482 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 30,270; C, 8,771.—Lab. maj., 21,499. Mr. Ness Edwards became Postmaster-General in 1950, having been Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour in the previous Parliament. He was born in 1897 and was educated at an elementary school and at the London Labour College. Member for Caerphilly since 1939. He was a colliery boy at the age of 13 and became miners' secretary in 1927 and miners' agent in 1932. He organized the escape of Sudeten miners from Czechoslovakia in 1939 after Munich and was on the Parliamentary delegation to Buchenwald camp in 1945. Mr. Kenneth Knee is a factory manager in a plastics firm. Born December, 1919; educated at Bemrose School, Derby. Joined the R.A.F. in 1939 and was demobilized in 1947 with rank of squadron leader. President of the Glamorgan Young Conservatives. GLAMORGANSHIRE Gower Electorate : 51,016 *Grenfell, D. R. (Lab.) .. .. 32,661 Harding, R. (Nat. L. & C.).. 10,351 Lab. majority .. .. 22,310 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 32,564 ; Nat. L. & C, 10,208.— Lab. maj., 22,356. Mr. David Grenffell worked as a miner from the age of 12, until he was 35. Has been member for Gower since 1922, and was Secretary of State for Mines, 1940-42. Born January, 1881. Was miners' agent 1916-22 and miners' advisory agent 1922-35. Served as a member of Royal Commission on Safety in Mines in 1936. Mr. Rowe Harding contested Swansea, East, in 1945 and Gower in 1950. A barrister. Born September, 1901 ; educated at Gowerton County School, Pembroke College, Cambridge, and the Inner Temple. Called to the Bar in 1928. A member of Swansea Town Council, 1945-48. He f/as given his Rugby cap for Wales, 1923-38, and was a Cambridge blue. 1924-27. Welsh 100 yards sprint champion, 1922 and 1926, and the 200 yards in 1923. GLAMORGANSHIRE Neath Electorate : 52,203 *Williams, D. J. (Lab.) .. .. 34,496 Jennings, G. (C.) . . .. 10,367 Lab. majority . . .. 24,129 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 33,034; C, 6,225; L., 4,425; Comm., 1,584.—Lab. maj., 26,809. Mr. David Williams was first elected in May, 1945, and has held the division since. Miner and colliery checkweigher. Born February, 1897. Left school at 13 to enter mines, but won a miners' federation scholarship to Labour College and later to Ruskin College, Oxford. From 1931 to 1945 was member of Pontarda we urban council, of which he is former chairman, and executive council, South Wales Miners' Federation. Was also a member of miners' delegation which visited Russia. Mr. Geoffrey Jennings is a barrister. Born 1923; educated at Neath County Grammar School and Downing College, Cambridge. Called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1949, and practises on the Wales and Chester circuit. Served in the Army from 1942 to 1946 and was demob.lized with the rank of captain. Was seconded to the Allied Military Government as public prosecutor in Trieste. GLAMORGANSHIRE Ogmore Electorate : 56,726 *Padley, W. E. (Lab.) . . .. 37,022 Powell, P. L. (C.) . . . . 9,504 David, T. (Ind.) .. .. 1,643 Lab. majority .. .. 27,518 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 35,836 ; C, 9,791 ; Comm., 1,691 ; Welsh Republican, 631.—Lab. maj. 26,045. Mr. Walter Padley sat for Ogmore in the 1950 Parliament. He contested Acton at a by-election in 1943 as an I.L.P. candidate, and at one time was a close colleague of the late James Maxton. Born July, 1916 ; educated at Chipping Norton Grammar School and Ruskin College, Oxford, winning a T.U.C. scholarship. President of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers since 1948, member of the national council of the Independent Labour Party 1941-46. Mr. Percy Powell is an industrial relations trainee. Born January, 1921; educated at Hailey-bury and University College, Cardiff. Member of Cardiff City Council; chairman, Riverside Young Conservatives and vice-chairman of the Glamorgan group, and a member of the divisional executive of the Cardiff West divisional association. He served in the Middle East from 1939 to 1945. Mr. T. David stood as a British Empire Party candidate. A 55-year-old blacksmith, he was formerly a member of the Bridgend Urban District Council and later of Glamorgan County Council. Also a former member of the Miners' Federation and Welsh Nationalist Party. GLAMORGANSHIRE Pontypridd Electorate : 54,126 *Pearson, A. (Lab.) 32,586 Manning , J. L. (C.) .. 12,511 Lab. majority..... 20,075 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 30,945 ; C, 9,049 ; L., 4,895.— Lab. maj., 21,896. Mr. Arthur Pearson was Treasurer of the Household 1946-51, and previously Comptroller. First made a Labour whip in 1945. Born January, 1897.. For 25 years was chainworker at Pontypridd. For five years secretary of local trades council and Labour Party ; and for 12 years member of urban district council, and chairman in 1937. Member of Glamorgan County Council 1928-45. Entered Parliament for Pontypridd in February, 1938. Mr. James Manning is a journalist. Born January, 1914; educated at Loughborough Grammar School. Sports Editor, Sunday Chronicle. Vice-chairman, Central London branch, National Union of Journalists. Served throughout the war with Welsh Territorial Field Artillery unit in North Africa and Italy. MERIONETH Electorate : 28,019 Jones, T. W. (Lab.) ...... 10,505 *Roberts, E. (L.) ...... 9,457 Morgan, W. G. O. (C.) .... 4,505 Lab. majority . . 1,048 LABOUR GAIN 1950:—L., 9,647; Lab., 8,577; C, 3,846; Welsh Nat., 2,754.—L. maj., 1,070. Mr. T.W. Jones began his working life as a miner. Later was a pupil teacher and entered Bangor College. Is welfare and education officer for Merseyside and North Wales Electricity Board in North Wales. Former chairman and secretary of North Wales Labour Federation and former chairman of Wrexham Trades Council. Mr. Emrys Roberts was first elected for Merioneth in 1945. Barrister. Born September. 1910; educated at Caernarvon Grammar School, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and School of International Studies, Geneva. President, National League of Young Liberals 1946-48, and president of Liberal Party of Wales 1949-51. Served in the R.A.F. during the war. Mr. William Morgan is a barrister practising on the Northern Circuit. Born November, 1920; educated Aberystwyth College, London University, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and Gray's Inn. Called to the Bar in 1947. Served in the Army, was commissioned in the Royal Marines, and became a major. A member of several Welsh societies, he speaks Welsh. MONMOUTHSHIRE Abertillery Electorate: 40,128 *Williams, Rev. L. (Lab.) ..... 29,321 Radcliffe, J. (C.) ...... 4,404 Lab. majority . . 24,917 NO CHANGE 1950 By-election :—Lab., 24,622 ; C, 3,839.— Lab. maj., 20,783. 1950 :—Lab., 29,609; C, 4,403.—Lab. maj., 25,206. The Rev. Llywelyn Williams was elected for Abertillery at a by-election in 1950. Formerly he was a Congregational minister ' in London, but resigned his charge to enter politics. Born July, 1911 ; educated Llanelly Grammar School, and the University College of Wales, Swansea. Propaganda speaker for the Labour Party for many years ; Workers' Educational Association lecturer. He is a son-in-law of Lord MacDonald of Gwaenysgor. Mr. John Radcliffe is a teacher of public speaking. Born March, 1900 ; educated at Stony-hurst. Served in the Army, 1918-19, and in R.A.F., 1939-45. Interested in literature and coin collecting. MONMOUTHSHIRE Bedwellty Electorate : 44,417 *Finch, H. J. (Lab.) ..... 31,582 Smith, J. (C.) . ..... 6,339 Lab. majority. . 25,243 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 31,329; C, 6,247.—Lab. maj., 25,082. Mr. Harold Finch, first elected in 1950, is compensation secretary of the South Wales area of the National Union, of Mineworkers. Bora May, 1898. He is regarded as an expert on miners' occupational diseases. Co-opted member of the social insurance committee of the T.U.C. Member of the 1943 advisory committee on rehabilitation (pneumoconiosis) of coalminers in South Wales. Has written books on the workmen s- compensation and injuries Acts. Mr. John Smith is employed by a firm of chartered accountants in London. Born 1912; educated at East Lothian, Skerry's College, and Henot Watt College, Edinburgh. Was formerly Economic League organizer and lecturer in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. MONMOUTHSHIRE Ebbw Vale Electorate : 40,293 *Bevan, A. (Lab.) ...... 28,283 Bowen, J. E. (C.) ..... 6,754 Lab. majority . ... 21,529 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 28,245 ; C, 6,745.—Lab. maj., 21,500. Mr. Aneurin Bevan, who was Minister of Health when the National Health Service was introduced, resigned as Minister of Labour in April, 1951. Differences had arisen between himself and the Government over the scale and speed of the rearmament programme of expenditure in relation to the claims of the social services. The attitude of those who shared his views was expressed in two pamphlets. Has represented Ebbw Vale since 1929. Born in 1897. the son of a coalminer, was educated at an elementary school and at the Central Labour College. Entered the mines at 13, was early engaged in trade union affairs and later became prominent in the councils of the South Wales Miners' Federation. In 1921 he led demonstrations of unemployed seeking assistance from local Poor Law authorities. Mr. James Bowen, a bank clerk, was born January, 1917; educated at elementary schools and Cowbridge Grammar School. Served with Royal Navy during the war. Keen Rugby player, has been capped for Monmouthshire. Branch secretary of National Union of Bank Employees. MONMOUTHSHIRE Monmouth Electorate : 48,314 *Thorneycroft, G. E. P. (C.) . . 22,475 Richardson, Miss J. (Lab.) 17,952 C. majority . . .. 4,523 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 21,956; Lab., 17,725.—C. maj., 4,231. Mr. Peter Thorneycroft retained Stafford for the Conservatives at a by-election in 1938. Defeated in 1945, he was elected for Monmouth at by-election in same year. Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of War Transport in 1945. Barrister; born July, 1909 ; educated Eton and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Commissioned in 1930 he resigned in 1933. Called to Bar 1935. From 1939 to 1945 served with Royal Artillery and was on the Joint Planning Staff. Chairman of the Conservative Party Transport Committee. Miss Josephine Richardson, aged 28, has for the past six years acted as secretary to Mr. Ian Mikardo and Mr. John Freeman. In 1950 she won a seat on the Hornsey borough council. Has been secretary of the " Keep Left " group in the House of Commons and is secretary to the " One Way Only " group. MONMOUTHSHIRE Pontypool Electorate : 46,290 *West, D. G. (Lab.) ...... 29,553 Hewitt, A. O. (C.) ..... 9,464 Lab. majority. . 20,089 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 28,267; C, 6,616; L., 4,240.—Lab. maj., 21,651. Mr. Granville West was first elected at a by-election in 1946 and retained his seat in 1950. Solicitor ; born March, 1904. Took first prize in law at University College, Cardiff. Member, Monmouthshire County Council, 1939 to 1947. Served in the R.A.F.V.R. in the last war. Was Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Chuter Ede, Home Secretary, in the 1950 Parliament. Mr. Aylwin Hewitt is a solicitor, born 1923 ; educated at Portmadoc Grammar School. Vice-chairman Beddgelert parish council, 1948-49. Served in R.A.F., 1941-46, and was a flight lieutenant. MONTGOMERY Electorate : 32,423 *Davies, E. C. (L.) ...... . . 17,075 Jones, D. C. (Lab.) ....... 7,854 L. majority ...... 9,221 NO CHANGE 1950 :—L., 14,401 ; C, 7,621 ; Lab., 6,760—L. maj., 6,780. Mr. Clement Davies, K.C., is the leader of the Parliamentary Liberal Party. Member for Montgomery since 1929. A barrister. Born 1884; educated Llanfyllin School, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he took first class honours in both parts of the Law Tripos. Called to the Bar in 1909, he has been the secretary to the President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court and secretary to the Master of the Rolls. He took silk in 1926 and has a leading place in commercial practice. Privy Councillor January, 1947. In June, 1950, elected to an honorary fellowship at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and is president of the Trinity Hall Law Society. Mr. David Jones, who is a tutor in philosophy and politics at Manchester University, was born in 1910 and educated at elementary and secondary schools and at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. Was formerly Workers' Educational Association tutor in North Wales, and staff tutor at Leeds University. Joined Labour Party in 1930. PEMBROKE Electorate: 62,381 *Donnelly, D. L. (Lab.) . . .. 25,994 Farey-Jones, F. W. (C.) . . 16,968 Pennant, Dr. D. H. (L.) . . 10,688 Lab. majority .. . . 9,026 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 25,550; L. & C, 25,421.—Lab. maj., 129. Mr. Desmond Donnelly unsuccessfully fought Evesham in 1945 as a member of the Common Wealth Party, and Co. Down as a member of the Labour Party in 1946. Elected for Pembroke in 1950. Journalist ; born October, 1920 ; educated at Bembridge School, Isle of Wight. Former director of Town and Country Planning Association. Edited a town planning journal. Mr. F. W. Farey-Jones contested Goole in 1950. Bern 1904; educated at Carmarthen and abroad. He is a company director, air line operator, aircraft manufacturer, aviation consultant, and insurance broker. He was responsible for fitting Wellington bombers with anti-magnetic mine devices. Dr. Dyfrig Pennant is a doctor and farmer. Born September, 1890; educated at Llandaff Cathedral School, Clevedon College, Cardiff Medical School, and London Hospital. High Sheriff of Pembroke, 1950-51 ; chairman, Pembroke County Council, 1950-51, and now alderman. A member of the Welsh Regional Hospital Board, 1948 ; chairman, West Wales Mental Management Committee, 1948. Served in R.A.M.C., 1915-17. He has retired from medicine, and farms 40 acres. ABERDEEN North Electorate: 62,817 *Hughes, H. (Lab.) ..... 33,711 Magee, F. (C.) ...... 18,365 Lab. majority . . . . 15,346 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 31,594; C, 15,705; L., 3,574; Comm., 1,391—Lab. maj., 15,889. Mr. Hector Hughes, K.C., entered Parliament in 1945 for this constituency ; contested North-West Camberwell in 1931 and 1935. Born 1887 ; educated at diocesan school, St. Andrew's College, and Dublin University. Called to the Bar, 1923 ; took silk, 1932. Founder of the Socialist Party of Ireland, 1918, and of the Irish Co-operative Press, 1920. Served on various Parliamentary select committees. Mr. Frank Magee is manager of the Aberdeen branch of a firm of Sheffield building engineers. Bora March, 1911; educated at Oldershaw Secondary School, Wallasey. Has been a member of Aberdeen City Council since 1945. ABERDEEN South Electorate : 59,589 *Tweedsmuir, Lady (C.) ...... 28,947 Shaw, S. (Lab.) ..... 20,325 C. majority ...... 8,622 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 26,128 ; Lab., 17,302 ; L., 5 248— C. maj., 8,826. Lady Tweedsmuir contested North Aberdeen in 1945 election and entered Parliament at a by-election in South Aberdeen in 1946. Director of public relations consultants firm; born January, 1915 ; educated in England, Germany, and France. Former Commandant, British Red Cross. Has been connected with Women's Institutes, National Council of Women, Girls' .Training Corps ; former governor of British Film Institute and a Fellow of Royal Geographical Society. Mr. Sinclair Shaw, K.C., contested Moray and Nairn in 1945. Born 1905; educated at Stewart's College, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh University. A founder member of the Muir Society, an organization of Scottish Socialist lawyers. Member of executive of Scottish Council of Labour Party, 1938-46, and of New Town-committee under chairmanship of Lord Reith, 1945-46. COATBRIDGE AND AIRDRIE Electorate : 49,075 *Mann, Mrs. J. (Lab.) .. .. 24,159 McMillan, J. (C.) . . . . 17,952 Lab. majority ....... 6,207 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 23,239 ; C, 16,552 ; Irish Anti-Partition, 1,315.—Lab. maj., 6,787. Mrs. Jean Mann unsuccessfully contested West Renfrewshire in 1931 and 1935, and was elected in 1945 for Coat-bridge. Served for 10 years on Glasgow City Council and was convenor of housing committee and senior magistrate. Was lecturer with the armed forces during the war. Family of three sons and two daughters, three of whom are doctors. Mr. James McMillan, a journalist, contested this constituency in 1950. Born October, 1925 ; educated at Shawlands secondary school, Hutchesons' boys' grammar school, and Glasgow University. Served in Royal Artillery, 1944-46, and lectured for two years for the Royal Army Educational Corps. DUNDEE East Electorate : 56,784 *Cook, T. F. (Lab.) ..... . 26,668 Murray, Miss J. S. (C.). 22,863 Lab. majority . . . . 3,805 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 26,005; Nat. L. & C, 21,658-Comm., 1,093.—Lab. maj., 4,347. Mr. Thomas Cook sat as senior member for Dundee in the 1945-50 Parliament, and for East Dundee in the last Parliament. Under-Secre-tary of State, Colonial Office, from March, 1950, to October, 1951. Born June, 1908 ; educated at Glasgow and Cardsnden. Associate member of Society of Instrument Technology and lecturer for the National Council of Labour Colleges. Is member of the Electrical Trades Union and Co-operative Society. Miss Janet Murray was the unsuccessful candidate at the Maryhill division of Glasgow in 1950. Organizing secretary; born May, 1917; educated at St. Columba's School, Kilmacolrn, and Edinburgh University. Long interested in the United Europe movement, she has been a delegate to The Hague Congress. Has travelled in America, the Dominions, the South Seas, and Europe. DUNDEE West Electorate : 64,798 *Strachey, E. J. St. L. (Lab.) ..... 29,020 Junor, J. (L.) ....... 25,714 Bowman, D. (Comm.) ..... 1,508 Lab. majority .. 3,306 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 28,386 ; C. & Nat. L., 23,685 ; L., 986.—Lab. maj., 4,701. Mr. John Strachey succeeded Mr. Shinwell in 1950 as Secretary of State for War. From 1946 he had been Minister of Food and wa« engaged in the controversy over the East African groundnuts scheme. Previously Under-Secre-tary of State for Air from 1945. Won Aston, Birmingham, in 1929. In 1931, with Sir Oswald Mosley, resigned from Labour Party and contested Aston as Independent, but later denounced Mosley's Fascist tendencies. Elected 1945 junior M.P. for Dundee, and in February, 1950, member for West Dundee. Born 1901 ; educated Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. At Oxford he was a Conservative, but joined the Labour Party in 1924. Joined the R.A.F. in 1941 and left the service as a wing-commander. Mr. John Junor, a journalist, contested Kincardine and West Aberdeen in 1945 and by-election, West Edinburgh, 1947. Born January, 1919; educated at Glasgow University. During the war served in armed merchant cruisers and in Fleet Air Arm. Mr. David Bowman contested Dundee East at the last election. Aged 38, and an engine driver. Chairman of the Dundee branch of the Na'tional Union of Railwaymen, and a former secretary of the Dundee Trades Council. Joined the Communist Party in 1940, and is a member of the Scottish Committee of the party. DUNFERMLINE Electorate : 46,999 *Clunie, J. (Lab.) . . . 24, 547 Kerr, S. J. (Nat. L. & C.) . . 15,657 Lab. majority ....... 8,890 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 23,641; Nat. L. & C, 14,967.— Lab. maj., 8,674. Mr. James Clunie was elected to Parliament in 1950. House painter and decorator; born March, 1889 ; educated Lundin Links, Lower Largo. Served as member of Dunfermline Town Council and the Fife education authority, and for 18 years member of the Scottish Painters' Society, being chairman three times. A Labour College tutor. His special interests are reading and book reviewing. Mr. Stuart Kerr, an engineer, contested Dunfermline in 1950. Bora April, 1917; educated at Stowe School and Technical College. On the national executive and Scottish national executive of the National Liberal Party and the National Liberal Council for London. He is managing director of his own business, the production of electrical and steam appliances. EDINBURGH Central Electorate: 45,993 Oswald, T. (Lab.) . 18,429 Kean , W. J. M. (C.) . .. 16,847 Lab. majority .. 1,582 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 16,568; C, 13,631; L., 3,446; Comm., 646 ; Ind. Scot. Nat., 283.—Lab. maj., 2,937. Mr. Thomas Oswald is an official of the Transport and General Workers' Union. Born 1904; educated at elementary school, leaving at age of 13. Has been painter, shop assistant, tram driver, and shipyard worker. Has held leading offices in local Labour Party organization and taken part in wage negotiations. Member of St. Cuthbert's Co-operative Society. Mr. William Kean is a chartered accountant. Born October, 1911; educated George Heriot's School, Edinburgh. Since May, 1949, has been a member of the Edinburgh Town Council and has served on the finance and health committees. A governor of his old school, he is also a member of the board of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. EDINBURGH East Electorate : 55,595 *Wheatley, J. (Lab.) .... 25,201 Grant, W. (C.) ......... 21,400 Lab. majority ....... 3,801 NO CHANGE 1950 :-Lab., 24,072; C, 17,531 ; L., 3,632.—Lab. maj., 6,541. Mr. John Wheatley, K.C., was returned for East Edinburgh in 1947 and was appointed Lord Advocate after a few months as Solicitor-General for Scotland. He was born in 1908, a nephew of the late Mr. John Wheatley, Minister of Health in the first Labour Government, and was educated at St. Aloysius College, Glasgow, Mount St. Mary, Chesterfield, and Glasgow University. He was called to the Scottish Bar in 1932, appointed an advocate-depute in 1945 and K.C. 1947. Mr. William Grant, K.C, was born in June, 1909; educated at Fettes School, Oriel College, Oxford, of which he is a B.A., and Edinburgh University, where he graduated LL.B. Called to the Scottish Bar, 1934, and took silk, 1951. Served in Royal Artillery during the war, reaching rank of major. EDINBURGH Leith Electorate : 45,859 *Hoy, J. H. (Lab.) ..... 19,308 Mekie, E. C. (L. & C.) ..... 19,236 Lab. majority .. 72 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 18,111 ; Nat. L. & C, 15,841 ; L., 2,846.—Lab. maj., 2,270. Mr. James Hoy first entered Parliament in 1945 when he defeated Mr. Ernest Brown. An interior decorator ; born January, 1909 ; educated at an elementary school and Causewayside and Sciennes, Edinburgh. Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. John Freeman, Under-Secre-tary of State for War, 1947, and to Mr. Arthur Woodburn, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1947-50. Governor of British Film Institute. Member of Public Accounts Committee. Served with the Eighth Army in Egypt and with B.L.A. in Europe. Mr. Eoin Mekie, a solicitor and company director, contested the division in 1950. Born November, 1906; educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University, and Lincoln's Inn. Instrumental in securing formation of the Leith Liberal-Unionist Association. Was director of electric supply and power companies, and now director of chemical and allied industrial companies. EDINBURGH North Electorate : 44,294 *Clyde, J. L. (C.) ...... .. 20,836 Willis, E. G. (Lab.) .... . . 14,604 C. majority ........ 6,232 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 17,826 ; Lab., 13,683 ; L., 3,303.— C. maj., 4,143. Mr. James Clyde, K.C, contested Peebles and South Midlothian in 1945 and entered Parliament in 1950. Born October, 1898 ; educated at Edinburgh Academy, Trinity College, Oxford, and Edinburgh University. Was called to the Scottish Bar, 1925, and was appointed K.C. 1936. During the war was appointed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to report on allocation of Government contracts in Scotland. Son of the late Lord Clyde, a distinguished Scottish judge, who was North Edinburgh's first M.P. Mr. Eustace Willis, a bookseller, sat in the 1945-50 Parliament as Member for North Edinburgh. Born March, 1903 ; educated at City of Norwich Secondary School. Served in Royal Navy, 1919-30, and Royal Artillery, 1942-45. Is member of Central Advisory Committee of Ministry of Pensions. EDINBURGH Pentlands Electorate : 57,843 *Hope, Lord John (C.)... 27,804 Connell, D. (Lab.) ... 20,405 C. majority ... 7,399 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,107; Lab., 17,912 ; L., 4,703.-C. maj., 5,195. Lord John Hope was elected for North Midlothian and Peebles in 1945, and moved to his present constituency on the redistribution of seats. Company director : bora April, 1912; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Served with Scots Guards in the war, and rose to rank of lieut.-colonel. Specially interested in foreign affairs and Anglo-U.S. relations. Younger twin son of the Marquess of Linlithgow. Mr. David Connell is a trade union organizer. Born August, 1904; educated at high school. Has engaged in Glasgow municipal elections, and is vice-chairman of the Scotstoun Labour Party. EDINBURGH South Electorate : 44,914 *Darling, Sir W. Y. (C.).. ... 26,545 Forsyth, J. A. (Lab.) ..... 10,030 C. majority. . .. 16,515 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,081 ; Lab., 8,725 ; L., 3,699.— C. maj., 14,356. Sir William Darling first entered Parliament in 1945 for his present constituency. Company director of firms concerned with fashions, milling, engineering, banking, insurance, and books. Born May, 1885 ; educated at James Gillespie's School, Daniel Stewart's College, Heriot-Watt College, and Edinburgh University. Lord Provost of Edinburgh, 1941-44, city treasurer, 1937-40. District Commissioner South-eastern Scotland, 1939-41, and chairman of Scottish Council on Industry, 1942-46. His publications include The Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller. Mr. James Forsyth is an advocate. Born August, 1921; educated at Hillhead High School, Glasgow, in Berlin, and the University of Glasgow. EDINBURGH West Electorate : 55,147 *Hutchison, Lt.-Cmdr. G. I. C. (C.)........30,232 Wilson, H. S. (Lab.) .. 15,607 C. majority .. .. 14,625 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 26,978 ; Lab. & Co-op., 14,377 ; L., 3,586.—C. maj., 12,601. Lt.-Cmdr. Clark Hutchison contested Maryhill division in 1935 ; returned unopposed at a 1941 by-election for Edinburgh, West. Retired naval officer. Born January; 1903 ; educated at Edinburgh Academy and Royal Naval Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth. Member of Edinburgh Town Council, 1935-41, and chairman, Public Assistance Committee, 1939. Served in the Royal Navy from 1916 to 1931 and 1939 to 1943. Since 1946 has been hon. secretary of Scottish Unionist Members' Committee. Mr. Harry Wilson contested Dumfries in 1950. He is an advocate. Born March, 1916; educated at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University. Joined a Glasgow firm of solicitors and was called to the Scottish Bar in 1946. Served from 1939 to 1946 with the Royal Armoured Corps. GLASGOW Bridgeton Electorate : 43,570 *Carmichael, J. (Lab.) .. . . 21,307 Thomson, R. A. (C).. .. 10,382 Duncan, R. (I.L.P.) .. 1,796 Lab. majority .. .. 10,925 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 20,268; C., 11,025; I.L.P., 1,974; Comm., 858.—Lab. maj., 9,243. Mr. James Carmichael was elected in 1946 as I.L.P. member in succession to the late James Maxton, but later joined the Labour Party. Constructional engineer, insurance agent, and secretary; born April, 1894 ; educated at elementary schools and Scottish Labour College. For 14 years was organizing secretary of the Scottish Council of the I.L.P. Member of Glasgow Town Council, 1939-46. Member of the National Union of Life Assurance Workers. Mr. Richard Thomson is an assistant superintendent of lighting with Glasgow Corporation. Born April, 1903 ; educated at Pollok Academy, Glasgow, and Stow College for Illuminating Engineering. Entered the service of the corporation as a lamplighter. A branch chairman of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers. Mr R. Duncan has played a prominent part in Glasgow municipal politics for many years. Is one of two I.L.P. candidates in Glasgow at this election. GLASGOW Camlachie Electorate : 49,732 *Reid, W. (Lab.).......... 20,994 McFarlane, C. S. (C.) ..... . 19,969 Lab. majority . ....... 1,025 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 21,013 ; C, 19,766.—Lab. maj.,1,247. Mr. William Reid won Camlachie in 1945. &*^w ? Company director ; born November, 1889 ; educated at Whitehill Higher Grade Secondary School, Glasgow. Member of Glasgow Town Council, 1920-50, and was chairman of Glasgow municipal transport and public health committee. Member of Western Regional Hospital Board. Mr. Charles McFarlane sat for this division from 1948, when he was returned at a by-election, until 1950. A hardware manufacturer. Born October, 1895; educated in Glasgow. Served with the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War. For some years he has been chairman of the Glasgow Unionist Association, which comprises the 15 divisions of the city. GLASGOW Cathcart Electorate : 44,881 Henderson, J. (C.)..... . 26,125 Patrick, Miss A. M. (Lab.) '. . 10,912 C. majority ....... 15,213 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 24,341 ;. Lab., 10,269 ; L., 2,984.— C. maj., 14,072. Mr. John Henderson entered Parliament at a by-election in 1946 and has held the seat since. 1 roduce importer, born m July, 1888 ; educated at St. Martyr's School, Glasgow. For 20 years a member of Glasgow corporation. Specially interested in church work, he is Scottish chairman of the Faith and Fact Films Society and a director of the Glasgow Y.M.C.A. Miss Agnes M. Patrick is a railway clerk. Born in May, 1912; educated at Our Lady and M. Francis secondary school. She has engaged in municipal elections in Glasgow. From 1946 lo 1949 she was branch financial secretary of the Iransport Salaried Staffs Association. She has travelled in Europe and in the United States. GLASGOW Central Electorate : 36,381 *McInnes, J. (Lab.) .. .. 15,757 Sinclair, W. (C.) .. .. 10,875 Aldred, G. (Ind. Soc.) .. 411 Lab. majority .. .. 4,882 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 14,861 ; C, 1 1,857 ; Ind. Soc, 485.—Lab. maj., 3,004. Mr. James McInnes fought the Pollok division in 1935 and the Central division in 1945. and was elected in 1950. Tobacconist; born May, 1901 ; member of Glasgow Town Council, 1933-49, and was leader of the Labour Party on that body, 1948-49. Director of Scottish Industrial Estates and has served on several Government committees. Commandant N.F.S. in Glasgow and adjacent counties during the war. Member of Railway Clerks' Association, 1924-44. Mr. William Sinclair is a director of Dunlop Rubber Company (Scotland) Limited. Born January, 1895 ; educated at Albert Road Academy, Hutcheson's Grammar School, and the Royal Technical College, Glasgow. Chairman of the Pollok Unionist Association since 1947. He was in the Commercial Bank of Scotland, and after service in the 1914-18 war with the Army entered industry. He has been vice-president of the Scottish Motor Trade Association for seven years. Mr. G. Aldred has previously contested elections in the Central, Camlachie, and Bridgeton divisions of Glasgow. He has also contested municipal elections in Glasgow. A left wing propagandist. GLASGOW Gorbals Electorate : 53,795 *Cullen, Mrs. A. (Lab.) . . . 25,288 Young, J. A. (C.) .. . 13,069 Kerrigan, P. (Comm.) .... 2,553 Lab. majority .. . 12,219 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 24,010; C., 13,013 ; Comm., 2,426 ; Irish Anti-Partitionist, 1,920.—Lab. maj., 10.997. Mrs. Alicf Cullen has sat for this constituency since 1949 when she won it at a by-election. Born 1892; educated at elementary school. A member of Glasgow Town Council 1938-49, and of the Cooperative Society since 1920. Joined Labour Party 1916. She is a magistrate in Glasgow. Has three daughters by her first marriage. Married in 1950 Mr. W. Reynolds, a headmaster. Mr. James Young was unsuccessful in Gorbals at the 1950 election. Builder's agent; born January, 1911. Convenor of the western area of the Scottish Junior Unionists. Served with the Royal Engineers. Studied at the Bonar Law Memorial College. Mr. Peter Kerrigan contested the Shettleston division in 1945 and Gorbals at the 1948 by-election. An engineer, he is a member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. District referee for the North London district of the A.E.U. A member of the International Brigade which went to Spain in 1936, and was political commissar for the English-speaking units. In 1938 was Daily Worker correspondent in Spain. GLASGOW Govan Electorate : 49,022 *Browne , J. N. (C.) . . 20.,936 Davis, J. (Lab.) ....... 20,,695 C. majority...... 241 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 19,267 ; Lab., 18,894; L., 1,628; Comm., 1,547.—C. maj., 373. Mr. Nixon Browne contested Govan in 1945 and was successful in 1950. Electrical equipment supplier and insurance broker; born September, 1904; educated at Cheltenham College. During the war served with Balloon Command, R.A.F., and reached rank of group captain. Has business connexions with Glasgow and is an executive member of the Westminster Chamber of Commerce. Mr. John Davis is an advertising consultant and managing director of a publicity firm. Born 1899. A member of Glasgow Town Council since 1935. Joined Labour Party in 1918, and is a life-long member of the Kinning Park Cooperative Society (now Glasgow South Society). GLASGOW Hillhead Electorate : 46,238 *Galbraith, T. G. D. (C.) ...... 24,654 Shapiro, H. (Lab.) ...... 13,359 C. majority .... .. 11,295 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 23,181 : Lab., 12,920 ; L., 2,072.—C. maj., 10,261. Mr. T. G. D. Galbraith contested Paisley in 1945 and East Edinburgh at a by-election the same year before entering Parliament as member for Hillhead in 1948. Born March, 1917 : educated Wellington College, Christ Church, Oxford, and Glasgow University, from which he holds an LL.B. Served with R.N.V.R. in the war. Appointed a Conservative whip March, 1950. Mr. Hyman Shapiro is a school teacher and Workers' Educational Association lecturer. Born 1909; educated at elementary and secondary schools and at Glasgow University. Has engaged in municipal elections. Formerly a member of the I.L.P., he joined the Labour Party in 1945. A member of Glasgow South and St. George Co-operative Societies, and of the Educational Institute of Scotland. GLASGOW Kelvingrove Electorate : 38.475 *Elliot, W. (C.) ....... 15,837 Williams, J. L. (Lab.) ..... 14,406 C. majority ..... 1,431 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 15,197; Lab., 13,973-. L., 831 ; Scot. Nat. 639.—C. maj., 1,224. Mr. Walter Elliot was Minister of Agriculture, 1932-36, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1936-38, and Minister of Health, 1938-40. Formerly served as Under-Secretary for Health for Scotland, Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury. Sat first for Lanark from 1918 until 1923, and for Kelvin-grove from 1924 to 1945, when he was defeated by only 88 votes. Represented the Scottish Universities from 1946 to 1950, and after the abolition of the university franchise returned to fight Kelvingrove, which he won by 1,224 votes. He has been Rector of the Universities of Glasgow and of Aberdeen, and holds medical and scientific degrees. Born in 1888 ; educated at Glasgow Academy and Glasgow University. Mr. John Williams won this constituency in 1945 by 88 votes, but lost it in 1950. He is a journalist. Born August, 1895. A member of Glasgow Town Council, 1938-45. In 1946 he visited Austria as a member of a Parliamentary delegation. GLASGOW Maryhill Electorate : 45,032 *Hannan, W. (Lab.) ....... 22,912 Cowcher, P. T. (C.) .. .. 3,076 Pickard, A. E. (Ind.) ... 356 Lab. majority ...... 9,836 NO CHANGE 1950 ;—Lab., 21,990 ; C, 11,559; L., 2,375.— Lab. maj., 10,431, Mr. William Hannan entered Parliament in 1945, in which year he was appointed a Government whip. From 1946 until October, 1951, he served as a Lord Commissioner ofthe Treasury. Insurance agent ; born August, 1906 ; educated at Maryhill School and North Kelvinside Secondary School. Member of Glasgow Town Council. Served five years with the National Fire Service. Has wide experience as an election agent. Secretary, Glasgow Federation of Labour Parties. Mr. Paul Cowcher is a business manager. Born June, 1922; educated at Cheltenham College. Participated in Glasgow municipal elections in 1950. Served in the Royal Navy during the war, and was commissioned. Mr. A. E. Pickard is 77 years old and describes himself as an " Independent millionaire candidate." Has built many cinemas in and around Glasgow and owns much other property there. A native of Bradford, he went to Glasgow in 1904. Has been in the entertainment business for 50 years. GLASGOW Pollok Electorate : 62,963 *Galbraith, Cmdr. T. D. (C.) . . 28,787 Clarke, J. S. (Lab.) .. 23,136 C. majority . . . . 5,651 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C... 25,052 ; Lab., 17,263 ; L. 2 148 — C. maj., 7,789. ' Cmdr. T. D. Galbraith entered Parliament in 1940 as member for his present constituency. In the " caretaker " Government in 1945 he was Joint Under-Secretary lor Scotland. Chartered accountant ; born March, 1891 ; educated at Glasgow Academy, Royal Naval Colleges, Osborn, and Dartmouth, and at the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich. Joined Royal Navy 1903 and retired in 1922. Served again from 1939 to 1942. From 1933-40 member of the Glasgow Corporation. Vice-chairman, Progressive Party in Glasgow. Mr. Smith Clarke is a Co-operative insurance agent. Born 1900; educated at elementary school and evening classes. Joined I.L.P. 1918 and was a member of Glasgow Town Council 1935-36 and since 1947. Visited Russia in 1929. Member of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers. GLASGOW Scotstoun Electorate : 49 ,814 *Hutchison, Col. J. R. H. (C.) ........ 21,497 Robertson, J. (Lab.) . . . 20,872 C. majority ......... 625 NO CHANGE 1950 By-election :—C., 18,494; Lab., 17,175 ; I.L.P., 680.—C. maj., 1,139. 1950 : —C, 19,294; Lab. & Co.-op., 19,055; L,, 2,023 ; Comm., 1,088.—C. maj., 239. Col. James Hutchison, first elected in 1945 for the Central division of Glasgow, lost the seat in 1950 and was re-elected by the by-election for Scotstoun in October, 1950. Insurance broker ; born April, 1893 ; educated at Stanmore Park School and Harrow. Served in both world wars and holds the D.S.O., Legion of Honour, and Croix de Guerre. Vice-president, Associated Chambers of Commerce, president Incorporated Sales Managers' Association, and Parliamentary chairman of Docks and Harbour Authorities Association. Mr. John Robertson is an engineer. Born February, 1913 ; educated at elementary schools. Member of Lanark County Council, Mother-well and Wishaw Council since 1946, and of Labour Party since 1943. District secretary of Amalgamated Engineering Union and secretary of Scottish Iron and Steel Trades Joint Committee. GLASGOW Shettleston Electorate ; 52,262 *McGovern, J. (Lab.) ...... . . 25,359 Hunter, J. O. (C.) .. . . 15,876 Graham, J. W. (I.L.P.) ..... 1,195 Lab. majority .. 9,483 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 23,467 ; C, 15,226 ; Comm., 1,678 ; I.L.P., 1,031.—Lab. maj., 8,241. Mr. John McGovern, a former plumber and insurance agent, was born in 1887 and received an elementary education. Once regarded as the " stormy petrel " of the Labour movement, he led " hunger marches " from Glasgow to Edinburgh and London. He has been arrested on several occasions in connexion with free speech campaigns. Elected as an I.L.P. member in 1930, he joined the Labour Party in 1947. Mr. John Hunter, K.C., was born February, 1913 ; educated at Edinburgh Academy, Rugby, and Oxford and Edinburgh universities. An advocate at the Scottish Bar. Until July, 1951, he was a junior assessor to Edinburgh Corporation. During the war he served in the Royal Navy and attained the rank of lieutenant-commander. Mr. J. Graham, 61, is a radio engineer from Perth. Member of the Scottish divisional council, I.L.P., and of Perth town council. A tutor in economics at Labour colleges. GLASGOW Springburn Electorate : 57,020 *Forman, J. C. (Lab. & Co-op.).. 27,749 Bennett, W. H. (C.)..... 16,748 Lab. & Co-op, majority ..... 11,001 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab. & Co-op., 25,603; C., 13,666; L., 1,853; Coram., 1,764.—Lab. & Co-op. maj., 11,937. Mr. John Forman entered Parliament in 1945 for this constituency. Insurance agent. Born 1884; educated secondary school. Member of Glasgow Town Council, 1928-45. Chairman of Glasgow Cooperative Conference Association, and has been active in the Cooperative movement for 40 years. Joined Labour Party 1922 and the Amalgamated Engineering Union, 1906. Mr. Walter Bennett is a company secretary. Born in April, 1916; educated at Glasgow High School. He served for six years in the Royal Air. Force in the last war. He is a council member of the Glasgow Junior Chamber of Commerce. GLASGOW Tradeston Electorate ; 53,404 *Rankin, J. (Lab. & Co-op.) ...... . 26,966 Hart, A. (C.).... 15,771 Lab. & Co-op, majority .... 11,195 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab. & Co-op., 26,598 ; C, 15,704.— Lab. & Co-op, maj., 10,894. Mr. John Rankin has sat for Tradeston since 1945, and contested the Pollok division in 1923, 1924, and 1931. A school teacher. Born February, 1890; educated at Allan Glen's School, Glasgow, and Glasgow University. Propagandist and lecturer for Scottish Labour College, the Co-operative movement, and the Labour Party. Chairman of Glasgow I.L.P., 1925-38 ; vice-chairman Eastwood Parish Council, 1922. Mr. Alexander Hart was unsuccessful in this constituency at the 1950 election. An engineer, born February, 1889; educated at Hermitage School, Helensburgh, and Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. A member of Glasgow Town Council, he is sub-convenor of the housing committee. He is chairman of the education and propaganda committee of the west division of the Scottish Unionist Association, and chairman of the West Dunbartonshire Unionist Association GLASGOW Woodside Electorate : 42,949 *Bennett, W. G. (C.) ...... 18,553 McCutcheon, R. (Lab. & Co-op.) .... 16,210 C. majority . . .. 2,343 NO CHANGE 1950:—C., 17,075; Lab. & Co-op., 15,966; L., 2,005.—C. maj., 1,109. Mr. William Benneti contested the Shettleston division in 1945, and sat for Woodside in the last Parliament. A former member of Glasgow Corporation. He is a member of Glasgow Royal Exchange, Chamber of Commerce, and the Trades House. Past president of the Scottish Unionist Association. Served as an officer with the Tank Corps in 1914-18 war, and was wounded. Mr. Richard McCutcheon is an insurance agent. Born July, 1904; educated at Oakbank and Springbank schools, Glasgow. Is closely associated with the Co-operative movement, and is on the board of management St. George's Co-operative Society, Limited, vice-president of Glasgow and District Co-operative Association, and is also a member of the management board of the Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital. GREENOCK Electorate : 49,494 *McNeil, H. (Lab.) ..... 23,452 Maclean, W. R. (C.) .... 17,615 Lab. majority . . . . 5,837 NO CHANGE 1950 :--Lab., 20,548 ; L., 11,638 ; Ind., 6,458 ; Comm., 1,228; Irish Anti-Partitionist, 718.— Lab. maj., 8,910. Mr. Hector McNeil became Secretary of State for Scotland in 1950 after five years successively as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and later Minister of State. In these two offices he represented Great Britain at international conferences and often deputized for Mr. Ernest Bevin. A graduate of Glasgow University, he became a journalist on a Scottish newspaper, and after two unsuccessful contests he was elected unopposed for Greenock at a by-election in 1941. The next year he became Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport. He became a Privy Councillor in 1946. Mr. Ross Maclean, K.C., contested the Mary-hill division in 1945. Born May, 1901; educated at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University. Specializes in shipping and industrial litigation. A member of the national committee of the Scottish Convention and of the Scottish National Covenant. He holds a commission in the R.N.V.R., and served throughout the war. KIRKCALDY Electorate: 52,427 *Hubbard, T. F. (Lab.) .. . . 26,885 Harris, R. (L. & C.) .. . . 17,484 Lab. majority . . .. 9,401 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 25,756 ; C, 17,192.—-Lab. maj., 8,564. Mr. Thomas Hubbard entered Parliament in 1944 and has twice been re-elected for his present seat. A former miner ; born October, 1898. Is one of the official miners' candidates in Scotland. Served, on Kirkcaldy Town Council, 1936-45. Served in the Royal Navy in the first world war. Is hon. president of the Scottish Old Age Pension Association, and a vice-president of the British Council of the Old Age Pensioners' Association. Mr. Ralph Harris is a lecturer in social economics at St. Andrews University. Born December, 1924; educated at Tottenham Grammar School and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he was a foundation scholar and won first-class honours. Was in the R.A.F. during the war, and then entered the mines under the Bevin scheme. PAISLEY Electorate: 63,281 * Johnston, D. H. (Lab.)...... . 29,570 Wilson, J. F. (C.) . . . 16,545 Shaw, V. M. (L.) ...... 7,291 Lab. majority .. . 13,025 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 29,204 ; C, 19,001 ; L., 3,830.— Lab. maj., 10,203. Mr. Douglas Johnston, K.C., was appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland in 1947, two days after taking silk, but he did not enter Parliament until the next year when he won Paisley at a by-election. He retained the seat in 1950. He was born in 1907 and was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, St. John's College, Oxford, and Edinburgh University. He was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in 1931 and to the Scottish Bar a year later. He is an authority on the Workmen's Compensation Acts. In the last war he served with the 51st Division as a lieutenant-colonel. Mr. J. F. Wilson was born in 1892 and educated at the local national school. Began work at 15 as a measurer and wharfinger, and in 1920 started his own business as a stevedore and master porter. A member of Glasgow Town Council since 1929. Member of Glasgow Shipowners and Dock Employers Association. Vice-president of the Scottish Amateur Boxing Association, chairman of Glasgow Rangers Football Club, and member of Scottish Football Association and Scottish Football League. Mr. Vaughan Shaw, a publisher's agent, contested Paisley at the last election. Born January, 1921; educated at Edinburgh Academy and Magdalen College, Oxford. Served as captain with The King's Own Scottish Borderers during the war. Member of executive of Scottish Liberal Party. STIRLING AND FALKIRK Electorate : 54,300 *MacPherson, M. (Lab.) . . 24,421 Forbes, Lt.-Col. W. D. H. C. (C.)........22,313 Lab. majority ...... 2,108 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 22,186 ; C, 20,632 ; Scot. Nat., 1,698; Comm., 801.—Lab. maj., 1,554. Mr. Malcolm MacPherson lost Yeovil by 145 votes at the 1945 election, and entered Parliament for his present constituency in 1948. Teacher ; born August, 1904 ; educated at Trinity Academy, Edinburgh, and University of Edinburgh. Served in the Canadian Army, 1940-45, and rose to the rank of major. Lectured in New Brunswick University, Canada, 1928-38, and in University College, Exeter, 1938-40. After his defeat in 1945 taught in Midlothian schools until his election to Parliament. Lt.-Col. William Forbes, a landed proprietor and farmer, contested the division at a by-election in 1948 and again in 1950. Born July, 1902; educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Served in the Coldstream Guards, 1922-46; was at Tobruk when it fell in 1942 and was taken prisoner of war; mentioned in dispatches; after release was posted to General Staff in Scotland. Member of Falkirk town council since 1947 and of the National Union of Farmers. ABERDEENSHIRE East Electorate : 52,475 *Boothby, R. J. G. (C.) . . 24,985 Whipp, A. (Lab.) .. 11,730 C. majority . . 13,255 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 24,971 ; Lab., 12,886.—C. maj.,12,085. Mr. Robert Boothby has been member for the constituency since 1924, and before that contested Orkney and Shetland in 1923. Author, journalist, and broadcaster ; born February, 1900 ; educated Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Food, 1940-41. Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Churchill when Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1926-29, and British delegate to the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, 1949, 1950, and 1951. Conspicuous back-bench speaker in debate on economic and foreign affairs, and is a champion of the virtues of herring as a food. Mr. Alexander Whipp, born in February. 1900, is a former member of the council of the Scottish Trade Union Congress. Served in The Gordon Highlanders, 1917-18, and in the Royal Horse Artillery, 1920-25. ABERDEENSHIRE West Electorate : 41,078 *Spence, H. R. (C.) ...... 17,761 Hogg, N. (Lab.) ...... 7,278 Mackie, M. (L.) ..... 7,128 C. majority .... . . 10,483 NO CHANGE 1950:—C., 17,550; Lab., 7,298 ; L., 6,740.—C. maj., 10,252. Mr. Henry Spence sat for Central Aberdeen-shire in the 1945 Parliament and under the redistribution was elected for West Aberdeenshire in 1950. Born June, 1897. Hosiery manufacturer, being managing partner of one firm and secretary and director of another. Served with R.F.C. and R.A.F. in 1914-18 war and commanded 151 Squadron, Air Defence Cadet Corps, later the A.T.C., in the last war. Mr. Norman Hogg contested South Angus in 1950. Born November, 1907. A trade union official. A member of Aberdeen Town Council. He was a baker in Aberdeen for about 25 years, and was then appointed North Scotland organizer for the Scottish Union of Bakers and Confectioners. Mr. Maitland Mackie is a farmer; born February, 1912; educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and Aberdeen University. In 1950 toured America and Canada as agricultural speaker for British Information Services. Vice-chairman of Aberdeen Youth Council and district commissioner of the scout movement. ANGUS AND KINCARDINE North Angus and Mearns Electorate : 37,836 *Thornton-Kemsley, C. N. (L. & C.) ......18,515 Machie, J. (Lab.) . . . . 10,356 L. & C. majority ....... 8,159 NO CHANGE 1950:—C. & Nat. L., 15,485- Lab., 8 304-L., 6,233.—C. & Nat. L. maj., 7,181. Mr. Colin Thornton-Kemsley first entered Parliament as member for Kincardine and West Aberdeenshire in March, 1939, was re-elected in 1945, and became member for the revised constituency in 1950. Chartered surveyor ; born September, 1903 ; educated Chigwell School and Wadham College, Oxford. Director of John Lewis Properties, Limited. Secretary, the Conservative Parliamentary Food Committee 1945-50. Served with the Royal Artillery in the 1939-45 war; was A.Q.M.G., Eastern Command, and subsequently an area commander. Mr. John Machie is a farmer, born 1909; educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and North of Scotland College of Agriculture. Chairman of Aberdeen and Kincardine health executive council; governor of North of Scotland College of Agriculture and of National Institute for Agricultural Engineering; member of Kincardineshire Ward agricultural executive committee, BBC Agricultural Advisory Committee, and Secretary ot State's Agricultural Advisory Council. ANGUS AND KINCARDINE South Angus Electorate : 45,073 *Duncan, Capt. J. A. L. (L. & C.) ..... 24,478 Harold, J. (Lab.) . . . . 10,028 L. & C. majority.. 14,450 NO CHANGE 1950:—C. & Nat. L., 19,324; Lab., 9,176; L., 7,360.—C. & Nat. L. maj., 10,148. Capt. James Duncan was member for Kensington, North, from October, 1931, to July, 1945, and contested Caithness and Sutherland in 1929. Re-entered Parliament in 1950 for his present constituency. Was Parliamentary private secretary to Mr. Leslie Burgin when he was successively Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Board of Trade, Minister of Transport, and Minister of Supply. A farmer. Born July, 1899 ; educated Marl-borough School. Served with the Scots Guards, 1917-20, and 1940-45. Member, London County Council, 1925-28. Mr. James Harold is a clerk in the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society. Born 1927; educated Co-operative College, Stanford Hall, Loughborough. Chairman, Glasgow Federation League of Youth. Joined Labour Party in 1945. ARGYLL Electorate : 46,357 *McCallum, Maj. D. (C.) .. 21,191 Young, R. (Lab.) . . . . 9,925 C. majority .. .. 11,266 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 19,259 ; Lab., 9,215 ; Scot. Home Rule, 490.—C. maj., 10,044. Maj. Duncan McCallum has sat for Argyll since 1940, when he won the seat at a by-election. Born November, 1888 ; educated at Filey, East Yorks, Christ's Hospital, London, and Horsham. Served in the first world war and was liaison officer with the French Army in Syria, 1920-24. Was later in diplomatic service in Peking, Bulgaria, and Cairo. Rejoined the army in 1939 and was on General Wavell's headquarters in Cairo ; resigned to contest Argyll. Member of Highland and Islands Advisory Panel since 1947. Mr. Robert Young, a joiner, was born in December, 1908, and educated at John Neilston Academy, Paisley, and Dunoon Grammar School. He has engaged in municipal elections, and is a member of the Labour Party Scottish Council executive committee. Keen supporter of the development of industry in the Highlands and rural areas. AYRSHIRE AND BUTE Ayr Electorate : 43,582 *Moore, Sir T. C. R. (C.) .. 21,985 Auld, Miss J. M. J. (Lab.) . . 15,702 C. majority ..... 6,283 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 21,094; Lab., 14,880.—C. maj., 6,214. Sir Thomas Moore was defeated by 57 votes at Coatbridge in 1924 and in the following year was elected for the old Ayr Burghs, which he represented until 1950, when under redistribution he became member for his present constituency. Bookseller and publisher; born September, 1886; educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, and Trinity College, Dublin. Joined the army in 1908 and served in France in 1914, and later in Ireland and Russia. Retired 1925. Specially interested in animal welfare, architecture, and foreign affairs. Miss Jenny Auld is a teacher; born October, 1921; educated at Hutcheson's Girls' Grammar School, Glasgow, and Glasgow University. During the war served for three and a half years in the A.T.S., mostly as sergeant. Has occupied various voluntary positions in local affairs. AYRSHIRE AND BUTE Bute and North Ayrshire Electorate : 45,129 *MacAndrew, Sir C. G. (C.) . . 22,361 Mabon, J. D. (Lab.) .. 12,492 C. majority.. . .. 9,869 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C., 22,019 ; Lab., 12,243.—C. maj.,9,776. Sir Charles MacAndrew represented Kilmarnock from 1924 to 1929, the Partick division of Glasgow from 1931 to 1935, and his present constituency since then. He was Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means from May to July, 1945, and in the 1950 Parliament. Born January, 1888 ; educated Uppingham and Trinity College, Cambridge. Member of the Racecourse Betting Control Board since 1938. Commanded the Ayrshire Yeomanry, 1932-36. Mr. Dickson Mabon is a medical student. Born November, 1925 ; educated at elementary schools, Kelvinside Secondary School, and Glasgow University. He is a member of the University Labour Club and past president of the University Union. Served in the Army, 1946-48, and before that was a miner under the Bevin scheme. AYRSHIRE AND BUTE Central Ayrshire Electorate : 46,734 *Manuel, A. C. (Lab.) . . 21,003 Milligan, W. R. (C.) .... 19,310 Lab. majority ..... 1,693 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 18,792 C, 16,830; L., 2,760.—Lab. maj., 1,962. Mr. Archibald Manuel was first elected in 1950. Railway locomotive driver; born March, 1901. He is a member of Ayr County Council, A.rdrosson Town Council, Western Regional Hospital Board, and the Ayrshire executive council of the Health Service. A member of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, he is a former chairman of the London district council and of the Glasgow and West of Scotland district council of the union. Mr. William Milligan, K.C., contested St. Rollox in 1945 and Central Ayrshire, 1950. Born December, 1898; educated at Sherborne School, University College, Oxford, and Glasgow University. He represented Oxford against Cambridge in athletics, 1920-23, and Scotland against England and Ireland in 1920. AYRSHIRE AND BUTE Kilmarnock Electorate : 46,869 *Ross, W. (Lab.) ...... 24,664 Glen, N. M. (C.) ..... 15,955 Lab. majority ...... 8,709 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 22,412; C, 14,179; L., 2,157; Comm., 860.—Lab. maj., 8,233. Mr. William Ross won Kilmarnock at a by-election in 1946 after having been defeated in Ayr Burghs in 1945. Schoolmaster; born April, 1911 ; educated at Ayr Academy and Glasgow University. He served in The Highland Light Infantry in the war, and was in South-east Asia, rising to the rank of major. Was long associated with the Guild of Youth of the l.L.P. and then in 1931 joined the Labour Party. Mr. Norman Glen contested Central Glasgow in 1945 as a Liberal and resigned after the 1950 election. He is director of an old-established family business of warehousemen in Glasgow. Born December, 1911; educated at Glasgow Academy and Glasgow University. Served six years with the Army in the war and attained the rank of major. AYRSHIRE AND BUTE South Ayrshire Electorate : 44,999 *Hughes, E. (Lab.) . . .. 22,576 Smith, D. M. H. (C.) .. 14,740 Lab. majority ........ 7,836 NO CHANGE 1950 :-Lab., 22,284 ; C, 14,717.—Lab. maj., 7,567. Mr. Emrys Hughes won this division in 1946. Journalist; born July, 1894 ; educated Aber-cynon Council School, Mountain Ash Secondary School, and City of Leeds Training College. Editor of Forward, 1931-46. Married a. daughter of the late Keir Hardie, whose writings and speeches he has edited. He has had a long experience in local government work, specializing in housing. Mr. Derek Smith is a solicitor and notary. Born October, 1910 ; educated at Clydebank High School, Glasgow High School, and Glasgow University. He has been a member of Girvan Town Council since 1937, and is secretary and chairman of the Girvan branch of the South Ayrshire Unionist Association. BANFF Electorate : 35,920 *Duthie, w. S. (C.) ....... 16,562 Flett, A. (Lab.) 6,806 C. majority ...... 9,756 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 13,952; Lab., 6,303 ; L., 3,739.- C. maj., 7,649. Mr. William Duthie was elected member for Banftshire in the 1945 Parliament and the redistributed constituency of Banff in 1950. Company director. Born May, 1892 ; educated Rathven and Buckie schools. Was in the Bank of Scotland, 1908-11, Canadian Bank of Commerce, 1911-20, and the Canadian Army, 1915-16. For the last two years of the war was with The Gordon Highlanders. Was director of Emergency Bread Supplies in the Ministry of Food, 1939-45, and deputy chief of Unrra Balkans Mission, 1945. Is particularly interested in the fishing industry. Mr. Alexander Flett is a school teacher, and educated at Findochty School, Buckie Secondary School, Nellist Nautical Schoo), Newcastle, and Aberdeen University, of which he is an M.A. Member of Findochty town council. Served in Merchant Navy during the war and was prisoner of war in Germany and Japan. BERWICK AND EAST LOTHIAN Electorate : 50,934 Anstruther-Gray, Maj. W. J. (C.) 22,510 *Robertson, J. J. (Lab.) .. 20,152 C. majority .. .. 2,358 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950 :—Lab., 17,105 ; C, 15,377 ; L., 9,352.— Lab. maj., 1,728. Major William Anstruther-Gray won North Lanark in 1931 and held it until 1945. Fought Berwick and East Lothian at the last election. Was Assistant Postmaster - General in the "Caretaker" Government of 1945. Born 1905 ; educated at Eton I and Christ Church, [ Oxford, where he secured an honours M.A. Served for a period on Fife county council. Served in The Coldstream Guards, 1926-30, and in Shanghai Defence Force, 1927-28. Rejoined the Army in last war and rose to rank of major, winning the M.C. Mr. John Robertson was elected for Berwick and Haddington in 1945 and for his present constituency in 1950. Was Joint Under-Secretary for Scotland, 1947-50. Born May, 1898. Member of Edinburgh Town Council, 1937-45. During the last war was chief labour officer for Scotland for the Ministry of Supply. Served in the Royal Navy, and was at the Battle of Jutland. During his time in the Navy he won the middleweight boxing championship, R.N. (Far Eastern). Has been a party propagandist for many years. CAITHNESS AND SUTHERLAND Electorate : 27,180 *Robertson, Sir D. (C.) . . ... 9,814 Murray, R. (Lab.) . . ..... 6,799 McEwan, P. J. M. (L.) .... 3,299 C. majority ...... 3,015 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 6,969 ; L., 6,700 ; Lab. 5 767 — C. maj., 269. Sir David Robertson entered Parliament unopposed at a by-election for Streatham in 1939, and represented that constituency until 1950 when he won Caithness and Sutherland. Managing director ; born January, 1890; educated Woodside School, Glasgow, Allan Glen's School and Glasgow University. In the first world war he served with The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in France and attained the rank of captain. His special interest is to arrest Highland depopulation by the provision of industry and he is also closely interested in the fishing industry. Mr. Richard Murray, an accountant, contested Moray and Nairn in 1950. Born January, 1920; educated at Buckie High School, Theological College, Selly Oak, Birmingham, and Ruskin College, Oxford. Is a lay preacher in the Churches of Christ. Served in the Army in 1939-45. Mr. Peter McEwan is general secretary to the Berlin Marketing Council, a non-profit making Government sponsored trade advisory council. Born November, 1924; educated at Highgate School and Edinburgh University. Senior president, Edinburgh Students Council 1948-49; co-founder, Scottish Union of Students. Was senior assistant resident master Wood Hall School. DUMFRIES Electorate : 53,706 *Macpherson, N. M. S. (L. & C.) 26,386 Douglas, G. B. A. (Lab.) . . 16,669 L. & C. majority ......... 9,717 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Nat. L. & C, 26,268 ; Lab., 18,025.— Nat. L. & C. maj., 8,243. Mr. Niall Macpherson entered Parliament in 1945. Business executive ; born August, 1908 ; educated Fettes College and Trinity College, Oxford. National Liberal Scottish whip, 1945-50, and Liberal-Unionist Scottish whip since 1950. Since 1948 has been hon. secretary and treasurer of the Franco - British Parliamentary Relations Committee and a member of the executive of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (British section). Was for a time manager of a British firm in Turkey. Mr. George Douglas, postal and telegraph officer, was born October, 1893; educated at secondary schools and Longholm Academy. Secretary of Scottish Council of Union of Post Office Workers, and has served on the executive council. DUNBARTONSHIRE East Electorate : 59,987 Bence, C. R. (Lab.) ..... 26,678 Whitelaw, Maj. W. S. I. (C.) ...... 23,252 Henderson, A. (Comm.) ...... 2,158 Lab. majority .... 3,426 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 25,943; C., 21,367; L., 1,952.— Lab. maj., 4,576. Mr. Cyril Bence contested the Handsworth division of Birmingham in 1945, 1950, and at the by-election last year. He is a toolmaker. Born November, 1902 ; educated at elementary and secondary schools. A member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, he has been a shop steward and branch president. A trustee of the Mary Hook Memorial Homes, Birmingham. Maj. William Whitelaw, a farmer and landowner, was unsuccessful in the same constituency in 1950. Born June, 1918; educated ai Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Chairman of the agricultural advisory committee for Dunbarton and Renfrew. Served in the Scots Guards as a regular officer from 1939 to 1947 and won the M.C. A Cambridge golfing Blue, 1938-39, and was captain in 1940. Mr. Arnold Henderson is a member of Dumbarton Town Council, to which he was elected in 1945. During the war was general convenor of the Amalgamated Engineering Union shop stewards in John Brown's shipbuilding yard, and for some time was secretary of the Scottish Shipbuilding and Engineering shop stewards committee. For many years he was chairman of the Clydebank and district trades council. DUNBARTONSHIRE West Electorate : 49,107 *Steele, T. (Lab.) ....... 21,799 Fraser, P. W. N. (C.) ..... 19,292 Maitland, L. L. (L.) . .... 1,415 Lab. majority .. .. 2,507 NO CHANGE 1950-By-election:— Lab., 20,367; C, 20,074. —Lab. maj., 293. 1950 :—Lab., 20,398 ; C, 19,785 ; Comm., 1,198.—Lab. maj., 613. Mr. Thomas Steele was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of National Insurance from 1946 to 1950. Unseated at Lanark in 1950, he re-entered Parliament in the same year for West Dunbartonshire. Station-master ; born November, 1905 ; educated at Ball-field School. He has been a director of the Lanark Co-operative Society and in 1946 accompanied the Parliamentary delegation to Germany. Mr. Neill Fraser fought West Fife in 1950. A master printer, he is managing director of a firm of Edinburgh printers and book publishers. Born August, 1917; educated at Loretto. He is a former secretary of the Scottish 1946 Club. In the war he served first as a private and then was commissioned in the R.A.O.C., reaching the rank of major. Mr. Lawrence Maitland contested Knutsford VL and 195°- Commercial engineer. Born 1905; educated at Sheffield University. Takes a keen interest in farming. Served in The Gordon Highlanders and was personal assistant to Sir James Lithgow, Controller of Mechanical Equipment at the War Office. FIFE East Electorate : 51,162 * Stewart, J. Henderson (L. & C.) ..... 28,446 McGowan, J. (Lab.) 11,844 L. & C. majority .. 16,602 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Nat. L. & Con., 25,749 ; Co-op. & Lab., 10,694 ; L., 3,975.—Nat. L. & Con. maj., 15,055. Mr. Henderson Stewart fought East Leicester in 1923, Derby in 1924. and Dundee in 1929 before entering Parliament for East Fife m February, 1933. Former leader of the National Liberal Party in the Commons. Company director ; born December, 1897 ; educated Morrison's Academy, Crieff, and Edinburgh University. Was secretary of the Liberal Land Inquiry Committee, 1926-27, and is vice-president lrustee Savings Banks Association, and msm-Dpr of the council of the Royal Colleg; of Veterinary Surgeons, and executive member of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society. Mr. John McGowan was an agricultural labourer. Born April, 1902 ; educated at Dalziel public and high schools. He has been a lecturer ?ai National Council of Labour Colleges since 1936, and was election agent at Motherwell, 1946-50. Served in the R.A.F., 1942-43. FIFE West Electorate : 52,558 *Hamilton, W. W. (Lab.) ...... . 29,195 Fyfe, J. P. (L. & C.) ........ 11,038 Lauchlan, W. (Comm.) ........ 4,728 Lab. majority ......... 18,157 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 23,576; Nat. L. & C, 10,131 ; Comm., 9,301.—Lab. maj., 13,445. Mr. William Hamilton contested the division in 1945 and won it in 1950. A school teacher. Born 1917 ; grammar school and university education. He is a lecturer for the Workers' Educational Association and the National Council of Labour Colleges. Joined the Labour Party, 1936. Served oversea 1939-45 and rose to the rank of captain. Is specially interested in education, mining, and foreign affairs. Mr. John Fyfe is a farmer. Born 1917; educated Dardenne preparatory school and Kilmalcolm and Greenock Academy. Has a 256-acre arable farm near St. Andrews. Served in the Royal Navy during the war and reached the rank of Lt.-Cmdr. Was awarded the D.S.C. Mr. William Lauchlan contested the Govan division of Glasgow in 1950. Secretary of the Communist Party in Scotland. Is 33 years of age. First joined the Independent Labour Party and in 1935 the Communist Party. Delegate to the Glasgow trades council and in 1946 he represented the trades council at the Scottish Trades Union Congress. INVERNESSSHIRE AND ROSS AND CROMARTY Inverness Electorate : 50,302 *Douglas-Hamilton, Lord Malcolm (C.)......22,497 Macnair, T. A. (Lab.) .. 12,361 C. majority .. 10,136 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 16,056 ; Lab., 11,236 ; L., 8,023 — C. maj., 4,820. Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton unsuccessfully contested Greenock in the 1945 election and was elected for his present constituency in 1950. Poultry farmer, director of an airways company, and various educational organizations. Born November, 1909 ; educated at Eton and the R.A.F. College, Cranwell. He served in the R.A.F. from 1927 to 1932 and then from 1939 to 1945. He won the D.F.C. In 1945 he was commandant of the A.T.C. in Scotland. Mr. Alexander Macnair contested Montrose Burghs, 1945; Hillhead by-election, 1948; and the Pentlands division of Edinburgh, 1950. A bookseller. Born October, 1904; educated at George Heriot's School, Edinburgh. During the war was senior intelligence officer on the staff of the Regional Commissioner for Scotland. INVERNESSSHIRE AND ROSS AND CROMARTY Ross and Cromarty Electorate : 29,687 * MacLeod, J. (Nat. L. & C.) . . 10,969 Reid, A. C. B. (Lab.) .. 6,104 Nat. L. & C. majority. . 4,865 NO CHANGE 1950:—L. & C, 10,912; Lab., 6,521.—L. & C. maj., 4,391. Mr. John MacLeod f won this constituency in H 1945 and has held it I since. He is a tweed H manufacturer and far- 1 mer. Born February, 111 ? 1913 ; educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh. He went to France with the 51st Highland Division and was captured at St. Valery in 1940. Member of the Highland Advisory Panel. Has assisted local crofting and weaving enterprises. Mr. Alastair Reid contested this seat in 1950. Born 1925 ; educated Allan Glen's School, Glasgow, and Glasgow University, where he gained LL.B. degree. During the war he worked in the Lothian coal mines, and subsequently he became a tutor in trade union studies and lecturer in international relations. INVERNESSSHIRE AND ROSS AND CROMARTY Western Isles Electorate : 27,222 *MacmiIlan, M. K. (Lab.) .. 8,039 Mitchell, J. (C. & Nat. L.) .. 6,709 Murray, D. (L.) .. .. 916 Maclean, C. (Scot. Nat.) . . 820 Lab. majority .. .. 1,330 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 8,387 ; L., 6,950 ; Scot. Home Rule, 425.—Lab. maj., 1,437 Mr. Malcolm Macmillan was first returned to Parliament for the Western Isles in 1935 and has represented the constituency since. Journalist. Born August 21, 1913 ; educated Edinburgh University. He has been chairman of the Government Advisory Panel on the Highlands and Islands since 1947 and of the Scottish Parliamentary Labour Party. Editor of a local Labour weekly journal. Mr. John Mitchell is a solicitor. Born October, 1907; educated Elgin Academy, Aberdeen University, and Harvard Law School. President of the Invernessshire Unionist Association and formerly chairman of the Aberdeen University Unionist Association. Chairman of the Highlands and Islands Area Council of the British Legion. Served with the 51st Highland Division during the war. Mr. David Murray, an industrial journalist, contested the division as a Home Rule candidate in 1950. He was formerly an engineer in Australia and a steel salesman in the United States. Born 1900; educated at Glasgow University. He is a member of the committee of the Scottish Convention, and took part in launching the Covenant. Mr. Calum Maclean, a Glasgow school teacher, is aged 35. Member of the National Executive of the Scottish Nationalist Party, and chairman of the Kelvingrove branch. KIRKCUDBRIGHT AND WIGTOWN Galloway Electorate : 34,896 * McKie, J. H. (C.) .. .. 16,261 Thompson, A. E. (Lab.) .. 6,949 Johnston, R. T. (L.) .. .. 3,174 C. majority .... 9,312 NO CHANGE 1950:—C., 19,136; Lab., 10,056.—C. maj.,9,080. Mr. John McKie has been member for Galloway since 1931, which his grandfather and great-grandfather also represented. In 1929 he unsuccessfully contested Central Edinburgh. In the 1945-50 Parliament he sat as an Independent. He is a landowner. Born January, 1898 ; educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford. A bachelor, Mr. McKie is a member of one of the oldest families in Galloway, who received land from King Robert the Bruce more than 600 years ago. Mr. Alan Thompson contested tnis constituency in 1950. Research economist and lecturer. Born September, 1924; educated King-ston-upon-Hull grammar school and Edinburgh University, where he graduated M.A. with first-class honours. W.E.A. member and tutor; on international panel of speakers, Fabian Society; former chairman, Scottish Council of Labour Student organization. Was five years in the army. Mr. Robert Johnston is a farmer. Born May, 1899; educated at St. Bee's School and K-eble College, Oxford. Served in Sudan Political service, retiring in 1936, and now farms 600 acres m Dumfriesshire. Served in 1914-18 war as an infantry officer. LANARKSHIRE Bothwell Electorate : 54,814 *Timmons, J. (Lab.) .. .. 26,529 Cadzow, N. J. K. (C.) ....... 20,591 Lab. majority . .... 5,938 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 25,715 ; C, 19,605.—Lab. maj.,6,110 Mr. John Timmons was elected in 1945. He was a miner and check-weighman, and for 30 years he was branch secretary of the miners' union. Born May, 1891 ; educated at St. Aloysius, Chapelhall, and Coat-bridge Technical College. For many years he served on the executive of the Scottish area of the miners'union, the Lanark County Council, the panel of referees for the Ministry of Labour, and the advisory committee of the Assistance Board. Mr. Norman Cadzow contested Bothwell in 1950. He is a paint merchant. Born December, 1912; educated at Hamilton Academy and Sed-burgh School. Joined R.N.V.R. in 1931 and was mobilized in September, 1939. He was at Naples as staff officer (plans) to the naval commander. LANARKSHIRE Hamilton Electorate : 51,605 *Fraser, T. (Lab.) . . .. 28,591 Monteith, Lt.-Col. R. C. M.(C)........13,015 Lab. majority .. .. 15,576 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 29,292; C, 12,555.—Lab. maj., 16,737 Mr. Thomas Fraser entered Parliament in 1942, and in 1945 was appointed Joint Undersecretary of State for Scotland and held the office again in the last Parliament. Formerly a miner, he was born in February, 1911, and educated at Lesmahagow Higher Grade School. From 1938 to 1943 he was a branch official of the miners' union, and from 1939 to 1943 secretary of the Lanark divisional Labour Party. He worked underground from the age of 14 until his election to Parliament. Lt.-Col. Robert Monteith contested Hamilton at the 1950 election. He is a farmer and accountant. Born May, 1914; educated at Ampleforth College, Yorkshire. A member of Lanarkshire County Council. Served throughout the second world war with the Lanarkshire Yeomanry. LANARKSHIRE Lanark Electorate : 42,278 Maitland, P. F. (C.) .. .. 21,467 Taylor, W. L. (Lab.) .. 19,674 C. majority .. .. 1,793 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 19,890; Lab., 19,205.—C. maj., 685. Mr. Patrick Maitland is a journalist, and editor and manager of a diplomatic and political news agency in London. Bom March, 1911 ; educated at Lancing and Brasenose College, Oxford. Has been 18 years in journalism, during which he served on various newspapers and as a foreign and war correspondent, and in 1943 he joined the Political Intelligence Department of the Foreign Office. He travelled in Europe, America, and the Pacific between 1939-45, and among other missions was with the U.S. Marines at the Guadalcanal landings. Mr. William Taylor contested East Renfrewshire in 1950. He is a solicitor and notary. Born December, 1916; educated at Whitehall Secondary School and Glasgow University. He was at one time chairman of the Glasgow Federation of the I.L.P., and joined the Labour Party in 1947. LANARKSHIRE Motherwell Electorate : 48,734 *Anderson, A. (Lab.) ...... 23,641 Sloan, N. A. (L. & C.) ..... 17,650 Lab. majority .. .. 5,991 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 22,608 ; C, 14,183 ; Scot. Nat., 3,892 ; Comm., 1,007.—Lab. maj., 8,425. Mr. Alexander Anderson first sat for Motherwell in 1945. Member of several Parliamentary committees and chairman of the Estimates Committee. He is a teacher. Born April, 1888 ; educated at Pulteneytown Academy and Edinburgh University. After being a member of the Independent Labour Party, he joined the Labour Party in 1912. For 15 years he was a member of the Motherwell Council. Has been member of Parliamentary delegations to Iceland, Germany, and Austria. Mr. Norman Sloan is an advocate. Born January, .1914; educated at Wishaw Academy, Wishaw High School, Glasgow Academy, Glasgow University, and Edinburgh University. Admitted a solicitor in 1935, he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1939 and has practised at the Scottish Bar since then, with the exception of the war years, when he served with the Royal Navy, and was commissioned. LANARKSHIRE North Electorate : 44,857 *Herbison, Miss M. (Lab.) 22,304 How, W. S. (C.) ...... 16,000 Lab. majority .... 6,304 NO CHANGE 1950:—Lab., 22,162; C, 14,812; L., 1,023.— Lab. maj., 7,350. Miss Margaret Herbison was first elected to Parliament in 1945, and on her re-election in 1950 was appointed Joint Under-Secretary of State for Scotland. Born March, 1907 ; educated at Bellshill Academy and at Glasgow University. Before entering Parliament she was a teacher of English and history in Glasgow schools, was also a tutor for the National Council of Labour colleges. She is a member of the national executive of the Labour Party. Mr. William How is a farmer. Born March, 1915; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Before the war was associated with the London Stock Exchange. Now farms in Midlothian and has an Ayrshire T.T. herd. Served in the Army, commissioned in 1940, and was a prisoner of war. LANARKSHIRE Rutherglen Electorate: 44,173 Brooman-White, R. C. (C.) . . 19,554 *McAllister, G. (Lab.) . . 19,202 C. majority . . .. 352 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950 :—Lab., 18,779 ; C, 18,084 ; L., 1,055.— Lab. maj., 695. Mr. Richard Brooman-White, a journalist, contested Bridgeton in 1945 and Rutherglen in 1950. Born February, 1912 ; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took an honours degree in economics and modern languages. Served during the last war in the Army and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the Intelligence Corps. A former secretary to Sir Archibald Cochrane, Unionist M.P. for Dunbartonshire, he was for a time in the diplomatic service at the British Embassy in Turkey. Mr. Gilbert McAllister contested North Lanark in 1935 and a Hillhead by-election in 1937 before being elected for Rutherglen in 1945. He is a public relations consultant. Born March, 1906; educated at Wishaw High School and Glasgow University. A town and country planning expert, he was secretary of the Town and Country Planning Association 1936-38, and treasurer, 1944. He is the chairman of the Parliamentary Association for World Government. He has published several works, particularly on town and country planning, and has contributed to many newspapers and journals. MIDLOTHIAN AND PEEBLES Electorate : 63,213 *Pryde, D. J. (Lab.) .. .. 29,271 Stodart, J. A. (C.) .. .. 23,681 Lab. majority ....... 5,590 NO CHANGE 1950 :— Lab., 26,966 ; C, 19,778 ; L., 4,365.-Lab. maj., 7,188. Mr. David Pryde first contested the former Peebles and South Midlothian constituency in 1935, and won it 10 years later. A miner, he was born in March, 1890, and educated at Lasswade Secondary School. He was senior baillie of Bonnyrigg and Lasswade Burgh from 1940 to 1946, from 1923 to 1933 a member of the executive committee of the National Union of Scottish Mineworkers, and from 1927 to 1932 a vice-president of the Midlothian and East Lothian Miners. Mr. James Stodart, a farmer, fought Berwick and East Lothian as a Liberal in 1950, but resigned from the party. Born June, 1916; educated at Wellington College. Vice-chairman of Scottish Liberal Party, 1948-50 ; member of the Liberal Party Executive and Liberal Party Committee, 1949-50. President of Edinburgh University Agricultural Society. Farms 450 acres in East Lothian. MORAY AND NAIRN Electorate : 35,370 *Stuart, J. G. (C.) .. .. 15,881 Hutchinson, D. T. (Lab.) .. 10,487 C. majority ...... 5,394 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 15,478; Lab., 10,383.—C.,maj , 5,095. Mr. James Stuart was elected for Moray and Nairn in 1923 and has held the seat ever since. From 1935 to 1941 he was a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and a Government whip, and from 1941 to 1945 he was Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Government Chief Whip. After the 1945 General Election he became Opposition Chief Whip until 1948. Born February, 1897, he was educated at Eton. He served with The Royal Scots in the nrst world war and won the M.C. Before entering Parliament he acted as equerry to the Duke of York. He is a son of the seventeenth Earl of Moray Mr. David Hutchinson is a steam engine ntter. Born 1923 ; educated at Wishaw High School. Member of Motherwell Burgh Council since 1946 and of Lanarkshire County Council since 1947. Governor of Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College. Member of National Union of Railwaymen and the Cooperative Party. ORKNEY AND ZETLAND Electorate : 29,603 *Grimond, J. (L.) .. - .. 11,745 Tennant, A. (C.) .. . . 5,354 Fairnie, M. A. (Lab.) . . 3,335 L. majority ....... 6,391 NO CHANGE 1950:—L., 9,237; C, 6,281 ; Lab., 4,198.— L. maj., 2,956. Mr. Joseph Grimond won Orkney and Zetland in 1950. He is a barrister. Born July, 1913 ; educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He served with the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in the 1939-45 war, and reached the rank of major. He subsequently worked with Unrra, and then became secretary to the Scottish National Trust. He is the son-in-law of Lady Violet Bonham Carter and was Liberal Whip in the last Parliament. Mr. Archibald Tennant, a barrister, contested North Aberdeen in February, 1950. Born October, 1907; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Served in Scots Guards, 1939-46, and was for a time in the legal division of the Military Government of Germany, with rank of lieutenant-colonel. A member of the Royal Company of Archers. Mr. Magnus Fairnie is a miner. Born September, 1910 ; educated at Fisherrow School, Mussel-burgh, and is a member of the Musselburgh Burgh Council. A member of the National Union of Mineworkers. Is interested in economics and education. PERTHSHIRE AND KINROSSSHIRE Kinross and West Perthshire Electorate : 35,185 *Snadden, W. McN. (C.) .. 19,625 McGregor, Mrs. I. (Lab.) . . 6,124 C. majority..... 13,501 NO CHANGE 1950:—C, 15,299; L., 7,183 ; Lab., 5,124.— C. maj., 8,116. Mr. McNair Snadden won Kinross and West Perth at a by-election in 1938, and has represented the constituency since. He is a farmer and stockbreeder and has extensive farming interests in Perthshire. Born January, 1896 : educated at Dollar Academy. During the war he was chairman of the Livestock Export Group, and is vice-chairman of the Conservative agricultural committee. He served with the 51st Highland Division in France from 1915 to 1918, and was a prisoner of war. Mrs. Isobel McGregor is a housewife and farmer. Born in 1905 ; educated at council school. She is a member of Perth County Council and active in Perth branch of the National Farmers' Union. PERTHSHIRE AND KINROSSSHIRE Perth and East Perthshire Electorate : 55,502 *Gomme-Duncan, Col. A. G. (C.) 25,798 McBride, N. (Lab.) .. .. 11,167 Mclntyre, Dr. D. R. (Scot. Nat.) .. .. .. 6,479 C. majority.. 14,631 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 24,850 ; Lab., 11,706 ; Scot. Nat., 4,118 ; L., 3,623.—C. maj., 13,144. Col. Alan Gomme-Duncan first entered Parliament in 1945 for Perth and Kinross, and was returned for the reformed constituency in 1950. Born July, 1893 ; educated at the Merchant Taylors' School. He was Inspector of Prisons for Scotland from 1938 to 1939. He served with the London Scottish and the Black Watch between 1914-38, and holds the M.C. and was recalled in 1939. He is a member of the National Trust for Scotland, and of the Society for the Preservation of Rural Scotland. He is also a member of the Royal Company of Archers, the King's Bodyguard for Scotland. Mr. Neil McBride is a brass finisher employed on Clydebank. Born 1910; educated at elementary school and continuation classes. Formerly a member of Paisley Town Council. A member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union and of the Paisley Fabian Society. Dr. Robert McIntyre won Motherwell at a by-election in April, 1945, and was defeated at the ensuing General Election. Age 37; specialist in tuberculosis and chest diseases; physician in charge of tuberculosis services in Stirling and Clackmannan. Chairman of Scottish National Party since 1946. RENFREWSHIRE East Electorate : 59,330 *Lloyd, Maj. E. G. R. (C.) .. 31,908 Phillips, D. J. (Lab.) .. 16,588 C. majority.. 15,320 NO CHANGE 1950 :—C, 31,650; Lab., 16,716; —C. maj., 14,934. Maj. Guy Lloyd entered Parliament at a by-election in 1940 for East Renfrewshire, and has held the seat since. He is a former executive of Messrs. J. and P. Coats, Limited, Glasgow, from which he retired in 1938. Born August, 1890; educated at Rossall School and Keble College, Oxford. He served in the 1914-18 war in France and Flanders and won the D.S.O., and again in 1940. For 10 years he was a member of Bolton Town Council. Mr. David Phillips is district secretary of the Workers' Educational Association. Born June, 1901; educated at Trefecca College, University College, Cardiff, and University College, Aberystwyth. Before entering Trefecca College was employed for 14 years at Maesteg, Glamorganshire, as miner. A member of Bo'ness Burgh Council and the West Lothian County Council. RENFREWSHIRE West Electorate : 47,188 *Maclay, J. S. (Nat. L. & C.) ...... 21,456 Millan, B. (Lab.) ....... 18,493 Nat. L. & C. majority ..... 2,963 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Nat. L. & C, 20,810 ; Lab., 17,708 — Nat. L. & C. maj., 3,102. Mr. John Maclay was National Liberal member for Montrose Burghs 1940-50, and has since represented West Renfrewshire. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Production in the " Caretaker " Government of 1945. A shipowner, he was born in October, 1905, and educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge. He is a member of the Council of the Chamber of Shipping, and chairman of the British Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member and later head of the British Merchant Shipping Mission, Washington, 1941-44, and served in the Royal Artillery before being seconded to the Ministry of War Transport in 1940. Mr. Bruce Millan is a chartered accountant. Born 1927 ; educated at Harris Academy, Dundee. He was chairman of the Scottish Labour Youth Council, 1949-50; chairman, National Consultative Committee of League of Youth, 1949-50; and chairman of League of Youth Rally at Filey, 1949. Served in the Royal Signals during the war. ROXBURGH AND SELKIRK Electorate : 47,614 Donaldson, Cmdr. C. E. McA. (C)........16,438 *Macdonald, A. J. F. (L.) .. 15,609 White, T. (Lab.) .. .. 8,395 C. majority . . .. 829 CONSERVATIVE GAIN 1950 :—L., 15,347 ; C, 14,191 ; Lab., 9,413.— L. maj., 1,156. Commander Charles Donaldson, an executive secretary, contested Edinburgh East in 1950. Born March, 1903, in Cornwall, and educated m Canada. Joined Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, 1926, and was deputy head of Canadian Naval Mission, London, when demobilized in 1946. He settled in Scotland, where he is on the Tourist Board. Chairman of Canada Club, Edinburgh ; a member of the executive of the Edinburgh branch of the Overseas League, and of the Canadian Ex-Servicemen's Association of the United Kingdom, and the British Legion. Mr. Archibald Macdonald fought this constituency in 1945 and won it in 1950. He is a company director. Born in South Africa in May, 1904, and educated at Chatswood Grammar School, Australia, and the Royal Australian Naval College. He is chairman of the Liberal f arty co-ownership committee, a member of the reconstruction committee, and a member of the Liberal Party council. For some years he was engaged in the woollen industry and has a wide Knowledge of the export trade. During the war ne was director and secretary of the war-time raint Manufacturers' Association. Mr Thomas White is an insurance agent. Born 1901 ; educated at Musselburgh Grammar iS??* A merat>er of Musselburgh Council, 1928-45; provost, 1939-45; and of Midlothian ^ounty Council, 1930-45. Commissioner to the convention of Royal Burghs, and representative, Joint Industrial Council (Scotland) Local ^fnority, 1939-45. Served in Royal Navy, "'I'-19, and with the Control Commission in Germany, 1945-49. STIRLING AND CLACKMANNAN Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire Electorate: 50,142 *Woodburn, A. (Lab.) .. .. 25 231 Loch, S. D. (C.) .. .. 17,727 Lab. majority ........ 7,504 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 22,980; C, 13,630; L., 4,078.— Lab. maj., 9,350. Mr. Arthur Woodburn has sat for this constituency since 1939. Contested Edinburgh South, 1929, and Leith in 1931. He was Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Supply, 1945-47 ; and Secretary of State for Scotland, 1947-50. He was secretary of the Scottish Labour Party, 1932-39 ; and a member of the Speaker's Conference on electoral reform, 1944. Born October, 1890; educated at Bruntisfield and Boroughmuir public schools and Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh. For 25 years was in engineering and ironfounding administration, and specialized in languages and costing. Has been president of the National Council of Labour Colleges. Mr. Spencer Loch fought this constituency at the 1950 election. He is a company director. Born August, 1920; educated at Wellington and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in the Grenadier Guards in the war, was promoted to major, and won the M.C. During 1947-48 he worked in Mr. Churchill's secretariat at the Conservative Central Office. STIRLING AND CLACKMANNAN West Stirlingshire Electorate : 43,026 *Balfour, A. (Lab.).... 20,893 Anderson, Miss B. M. H. (C.) ....... 16,396 Lab. majority .... 4,497 NO CHANGE 1950;—Lab., 19,930; C, 15,894.—Lab. maj., 4,036. Mr. Alfred Balfour has sat for this constituency since 1945. He was a railway parcels foreman. Born September, 1885 ; educated at elementary schools and the National Council of Labour Colleges and Workers' Educational Association. A member of the National Union of Railwaymen, and of the national executive for some years. He was chairman of the employees' side of sectional council, L.M.S., for 12.years, and a N.U.R. branch secretary for many years. A former member of Aberdeen Town Council. He is former amateur bantam-weight champion of the North of Scotland. Miss Harvie Anderson contested West Stirlingshire in 1950. She was educated at St. Leonard's School, St. Andrews. She is a lieutenant-colonel on the W.R.A.C. reserve of officers, and served during the war in the A.T.S. with the rank of chief commander. She has been a member of Stirling County Council since 1945, a member of the Glasgow Territorial Forces Association, and chairman of the Scottish Association of Girls Clubs. WEST LOTHIAN Electorate : 56,259 Taylor, J. (Lab.) .... . . 28,906 Atkins, H. E. (C.) ... .. 18,854 Lab. majority.. 10,052 NO CHANGE 1950 :—Lab., 27,236 ; C, 15,999 ; Scottish Self-Government, 1,039 ; Comm., 664.—Lab. maj., 11,237. Mr. John Taylor, a secretary and organizer, was educated at Sciennes Elementary School, Edinburgh. For 25 years he was a Labour Party organizer, including 11 years as Scottish secretary of the Labour Party. Member of Reading Borough Council for three years, and has been member of several Government committees. Mr. Humphrey Atkins is a linoleum manufacturer with a Kirkcaldy firm. Born August, 1922; educated at Wellington College, Berkshire. Served in the Royal Navy, 1940-48, obtaining a regular commission. Was in the Nelson and afterwards with destroyers. BELFAST East Electorate : 62,798 *McKibbin, A. J. (U.U.) ..... 28,881 Boyd, T. W. (Lab.) ..... 17,910 U.U. majority.. . . 10,971 NO CHANGE 1950 :—U.U., 29,844 ; Lab., 17,328.—U.U.maj., 12,516. Mr. Alan McKibbin first entered Parliament in 1950 for the same constituency. Managing director of a Belfast firm of wholesale wine and spirit merchants. Born in 1892; educated at Campbell College, Belfast. Served in the Army in the 1914-18 war, and in the last war was with the Home Guard. Deputy commandant, Army Cadet Force, Northern Ireland. Mr. Thomas Boyd contested East Belfast in 1945 and 1950. A shipyard worker. Born April, 1903 ; educated at Belfast Technical School and by student courses at Queen's University. District president of the United Patternmakers' Association in Northern Ireland. BELFAST North Electorate : 76,243 *Hyde, H. M. (U.U.) .. 34,995 Morrow, J. (Lab.) .... 22,685 U.U. majority .... 12,310 NO CHANGE 1950:—U.U., 36,412; Lab., 20,146.—U.U.maj., 16,266. Mr. Montgomery Hyde, K.C., was first elected in 1950. Barrister and author. Born August, 1907 ; educated Sedbergh and Queen's University, Belfast, and Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1932 he was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple and was on the north-east circuit. Extension lecturer in history at Oxford University, 1934, and private secretary to the Marquess of Londonderry, 1935-39. A lieutenant-colonel in the war, he was attached to the S.H.A.E.F. He has published several books, and is an authority on Oscar Wilde and his works. Mr. James Morrow contested South Belfast in 1945 and has also participated in elections for Northern Ireland Parliament. Organizer for the Amalgamated Engineering Union, Northern Ireland. Born July, 1904; educated at Belfast Technical School. Chairman of the Northern Ireland Labour Party, 1949-50. BELFAST South Electorate : 66,212 *Gage, C. H. (U.U.) .. .. 37,046 McBrinn, R. (Lab.) .. .. 11,815 U.U. majority .. .. 25,231 NO CHANGE 1950:—U.U., 34,620; Lab., 11,428.—U.U. maj., 23,192. Mr. Connolly Gage won South Belfast in 1945 and held the seat in 1950. Barrister. Born November, 1905 ; educated at Repton and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Called to the Bar by the Inner Temple m 1930. Practises in and around London. Chancellor of the diocese of Coventry, Recorder of Saffron Walden and Maldon. Assistant Judge Advocate-General with the First Canadian Army. A nephew of the late Sir Denis Henry, K.C., first Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland. Mr. Robert McBrinn is a fitter in Belfast shipyards. Born January, 1901. He has taken part in Parliamentary elections in Northern Ireland and in Belfast municipal elections. Treasurer of the Northern Ireland Labour Party. Served with R.A.F. in the 1914-18 war. BELFAST West Electorate : 78,828 Beattie, J. (Irish Lab.) .. 33,174 *Teevan , T. L. (U.U.).. 33,149 Irish Lab. majority .. 25 IRISH LABOUR GAIN FROM U.U. 1950 By-election :—U.U., 31,796 ; Irish Lab. 30,883.—U.U. maj., 913. 1950 :—U.U., 33,917 ; Irish Lab., 30,539 ; Sinn Fein, 1,482, —U.U. maj., 3,378. Mr. John Beattie won this seat at a by-election in 1943 and retained it in 1945. He is an organizer of the Irish National Teachers' organization. Born 1886. He has been identified with the Labour movement in Northern Ireland for many years. In 1923 he entered the Northern Ireland House of Commons, and represented the Pottinger constituency of Belfast there until 1948. Former leader of the Northern Ireland Labour Party, he resigned in 1934, and joined the Irish Labour Party, with headquarters in Dublin. Mr. Thomas Teevan won West Belfast after the resignation of Rev. J. G. MacManaway. Lecturer in law. Born July, 1927; educated at Limavady Academy and Queen's University, Belfast. He is a former chairman of Limavady urban district council, and a member of the standing committee of the Ulster Unionist Council. ANTRIM North Electorate : 68,448 *O'Neill, Sir R. W. H. (U.U.) Unopposed NO CHANGE 1950 :—U.U. unopposed. Sir Hugh O'Neill is the new " father " of the House, having the longest period of consecutive service. He was first elected to Parliament in 1915 for Mid-Antrim and has represented his native county since. When the Northern Ireland Parliament was established in 1921 he was elected a member for Co. Antrim, and was Speaker of that assembly until 1929. He was Under-Secretary for India and Burma, 1939-40. He is a barrister and company director. Born June, 1883 ; educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. . In the 1914-18 war he served in France and Palestine. He was chairman of the Conservative Private Members Committee, 1935-39. During the 1914-18 war he served in France and Palestine. ANTRIM South Electorate : 79,533 *Savory, Prof. D. L. (U.U.) Unopposed NO CHANGE 1950:— U.U., 41,023; Lab., 8,068.—U.U. maj., 32,955. Prof. Douglas Savory was member for Queen's University, Belfast, from 1940 until the abolition 1 of university representation in 1950, when he was elected for South Antrim with the second largest majority. Born August, 1878 ; educated at Marlborough and St. John's College, Oxford, and the universities of Paris, Berne, and Lausanne. He held several academic appointments in Britain and on the Continent before being appointed to the chair of French Language and Romance Philology in Belfast University in 1909, from which he retired in 1940. From 1920-22 he was Commissioner of Intermediate Education for Ireland. Of Huguenot descent, he is president of the Huguenot Society of London. ARMAGH Electorate : 71,973 *Harden, Maj. J. R. E. (U.U.) Unopposed NO CHANGE 1950 :—U.U. unopposed. Maj. James Harden entered Parliament at a by-election in 1948 and was returned unopposed at the 1950 election. He is a retired Army officer and farmer. Born December, 1916 ; educated at Oriel House, St. Asaph, Bedford School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned in the Royal Tank Regiment in 1937 and served until 1947, winning the D.S.O. and M.C. during the war. He is a Territorial officer in the 5th Royal Irish Fusiliers. DOWN North Electorate : 80,921 *Smiles, Sir W. D. (U.U.) . . 43,285 McElroy, A. H. (Lab.) 9,914 U.U. majority .. . . 33,371 NO CHANGE 1950:—U.U., 41,810; Lab., 10,836.—U.U. maj., 30,974. Sir Walter Smiles represented Blackburn from 1931 to 1945, when he became a Member for Co. Down. After the redistribution he won North Down at the 1950 election. He is a director of companies. Born November, 1883 ; edu-, cated at Rossall School. He spent his earlier years in India, and from 1922 to 1930 was a member of the Legislative Council of Assam. He served in the 1914-18 war, and was awarded the D.S.O. and bar. He is interested in civil aviation, and obtained a Royal Aero Club's pilot's certificate in 1915. Mr. Albert McElroy contested the division in 1950. A newsagent. Born February, 1915; educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1945 he contested the Ards division in the Northern Ireland Parliamentary elections on behalf of the Commonwealth Labour Party, but in 1946 he returned to the Northern Ireland Labour Party. He served in the Army 1939-46. A foundation member of Dublin University Fabian Society. DOWN South Electorate : 79,001 *Orr, Capt. L. P. S. (U.U.) .. 37,789 Annesley, G. F. (Irish Republican) ......26,976 U.U. majority .... .. 10,813 NO CHANGE 1950 :—U.U., 38,508 ; Irish Lab., 22,176.— U.U. maj., 16,332. Capt. Lawrence Orr was returned for South Down in 1950. Born September, 1918 ; educated at Campbell College, Belfast and Trinity College, Dublin. In 1939 he joined the Royal Ulster Rifles and was commissioned in The East Lancashire Regiment. In 1947 he was appointed organizer to the- Iveagh Unionist Association, Co. Down, and subsequently was secretary to the Co. Down Unionist Association. He is a son of the Ven. W. R. M. Orr, the Archdeacon of Dromore. Mr. Gerald Annesley is a landowner and farmer at Castlewellan, Co. Down. Born November, 1904; educated at Wellington College. Son of Lady Mabel Marguerite Annesley, sister of the sixth Earl Annesley. FERMANAGH AND SOUTH TYRONE Electorate : 67,219 *Healy, C. (Anti-Partition) . . 32,717 Patterson, G. F. (U.U.) .. 30,082 Anti-Partition majority ....... 2,635 NO CHANGE 1950:—Irish Nat., 32,188; U.U., 29,877.— Irish Nat. maj., 2,311. Mr. Cahir Healy was elected for Fermanagh and South Tyrone in 1950, but did not take his seat. He sat for the same constituency from 1924 to 1935, and he has also represented South Fermanagh in the Northern Ireland Parliament from 1927. He is a retired insurance official. Born December, 1877. He is a member of the Fermanagh Health and Welfare Committee and of the Northern Ireland Hospitals Authority. From 1922 to 1924 was interned by the Northern Ireland Government in a prison ship, and from 1941 to 1942 he was interned in Brixton Prison by the British Government. Mr. G. F. Patterson is a solicitor in Lisnakea, Co. Fermanagh. Aged 56, he was educated at a national school and then privately. He has been actively associated with the Unionist cause in Northern Ireland. MID-ULSTER Electorate : 68,412 O'Neill, M. (Irish Republican) ..... 33,097 Shearer, J. M. (U.U.) ..... 29,701 Irish Republican majority...... 3,396 NO CHANGE 1950:—Irish Nat., 33,023; U.U., 29,721.— Irish Nat. maj., 3,302. Mr. Michael O'Neill ls a farmer. Born October, 1910 ; educated at Dromore National School and Bellisle Academy. A member of Tyrone County Council, and former chairman of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Was also a member of Omagh rural council, but resigned recently as a protest against the allocation of houses and other matters. Mr. J. M. Shearer contested the constituency in 1950. A solicitor. Born 1908. Treasurer of Mid-Ulster Unionist Association and of the South Derry Association. Member of the Ulster Savings Committee, and in 1948 was awarded the O.B.E. for his work for that movement. LONDONDERRY Electorate : 72,267 *Wellwood, W. (U.U.) .. Unopposed NO CHANGE 1950:—U.U., 36,602; Sinn Fein, 21,880.— U.U. maj., 14,722. Mr. William Well-wood was returned unopposed at a by-election in May, 1951. He is a native of Belfast and spent his working life in the Northern Ireland Civil Service. He was private secretary to several Ministers of Home Affairs, and recently he resigned from the service. During the 1914-18 war he served with the Royal Marines, and won the M.C. and bar.