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william, bennett, english, politician, william, bennett, april, 1873, november, 1937, british, labour, party, politician, served, member, parliament, battersea, south, london, from, 1929, 1931, william, bennett, 1929he, first, stood, parliament, 1918, general,. William Bennett 7 April 1873 4 November 1937 1 was a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament MP for Battersea South in London from 1929 to 1931 William Bennett in 1929He first stood for Parliament at the 1918 general election when he was unsuccessful in Guildford 2 a safe seat for the Conservative Party He contested Guildford again in 1922 and 1923 2 and did not stand again until the Battersea South by election in February 1929 The vacancy had arisen when the Conservative MP Francis Curzon succeeded to the peerage as Earl Howe and in a three way contest Bennett took the seat for Labour 3 with a majority of 2 1 of the votes 4 He was re elected at the general election in May 1929 with a majority of only 1 1 4 but at the 1931 general election he was soundly defeated by the Conservative Harry Selley whose majority was 36 2 4 After his defeat Bennett stood unsuccessfully at the June 1933 by election in Hitchin 5 6 at a November 1933 by election in Harborough 7 and in the 1935 general election in Cardiff East 8 Bennett was never returned to the House of Commons but after Labour gained control of the London County Council from the Municipal Reform Party in 1934 9 he was appointed on 13 March as an alderman of the council 10 References edit Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with B part 1 a b Craig F W S 1983 1969 British parliamentary election results 1918 1949 3rd ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services p 477 ISBN 0 900178 06 X British By Election The Mercury Hobart 9 February 1929 p 6 Retrieved 8 August 2010 a b c Craig page 4 Craig page 374 Hitchin By election Conservatives Retain Seat The Brisbane Courier 10 June 1933 p 13 Retrieved 8 August 2010 Craig page 411 Craig page 535 L C C Election Full Results Of The Poll Labour s Victory The Times 10 March 1934 p 8 Chairman Of The L C C The Times 13 March 1934 p 14 External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by William BennettParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byViscount Curzon Member of Parliament for Battersea South1929 1931 Succeeded byHarry Selley nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Labour Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom MP representing an English constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Bennett English politician amp oldid 1085257383, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
