Michael Fidler Explained

Michael M. Fidler (10 February 1916 – 5 September 1989) was a British Conservative Party politician.^[1]

Educated at Salford Grammar School, Fidler was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury and Radcliffe from 1970 until the October 1974 general election, when he lost his seat to Labour's Frank White.

In the 1974 election, Fidler was targeted by the neo-nazi British Movement.^{[2] [3]}

Fidler was also the first Jewish mayor in Prestwich.Active in the Jewish community for many years, he was president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews from 1967 until 1973. He founded the lobby group Conservative Friends of Israel.

Sources

• Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974
• Obituary, The Jewish Chronicle, 8 September 1989 p. 18

Notes and References

1. Book: Alderman . Geoffrey . Modern British Jewry . . 1992 . 0-19-820145-1 . 1 . Oxford . 375 . en . Geoffrey Alderman . 3 March 2023 . Internet Archive.
2. Book: Macklin . Graham . Failed Führers: A History of Britain's Extreme Right . 27 March 2020 . Routledge . 978-1-317-44880-8 . en.
3. Book: Jackson . Paul . Colin Jordan and Britain's Neo-Nazi Movement: Hitler's Echo . 15 December 2016 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-4725-0906-2 . en.