Edward Moeran Explained

Edward Moeran
Office1:Member of Parliament for South Bedfordshire
Term1:1950-1951
Party:Labour Party (after 1950)
Common Wealth Party (before 1950)
Birth Date:27 November 1903

Edward Warner Moeran (27 November 1903 – 12 December 1997) was a British Common Wealth Party politician who later joined the later Labour Party. He stood as a Parliamentary candidate on five occasions, but won only once.

Biography

Moeran first stood for Parliament as the Common Wealth candidate at the Newark by-election in July 1943, when he came a distant third.[1] At the 1945 general election he stood in Thirsk and Malton, again as a Common Wealth candidate. Labour did not contest the seat, and in a two-way contest with the Conservative party candidate, Moeran won 39.9% of the votes.[2]

He subsequently joined the Labour Party, and was elected at the 1950 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Bedfordshire,[3] but was narrowly defeated at the next election, in 1951.[4] He stood again in 1955, but did not regain the seat.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig

    . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 . 1969 . 3rd . 1983 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-06-X . 446.

  2. Craig, op. cit., page 510
  3. Web site: UK General Election results May 1950 . Richard Kimber's political science resources . 19 January 2010.
  4. Web site: UK General Election results October 1951 . Richard Kimber's political science resources . 19 January 2010.
  5. Web site: UK General Election results May 1955 . Richard Kimber's political science resources . 19 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110811164856/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge55/i02.htm . 11 August 2011 . dead .