| O.G. Willey | |
| Office1: | Member of Parliament for Cleveland |
| Predecessor1: | Robert Bower |
| Successor1: | Arthur Palmer |
| Term Start1: | 5 July 1945 |
| Term End1: | 12 July 1952 |
| Birth Name: | Octavius George Willey |
| Birth Date: | 1886 1, df=yes |
| Death Place: | London [1] |
| Nationality: | British |
(Octavius) George Willey CBE (12 January 1886 – 12 July 1952)[2] was a Labour Party politician in England. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 until his death.
Willey was responsible for running Teesside's Air Raid Precautions service during the Second World War. [3] A trade unionist and campaigner, Willey first stood for Parliament at the 1923 general election in the Skipton constituency, but did not win a seat. He was unsuccessful again in Skipton at the 1924 election, and also in Birmingham West at the 1931 and 1935 general elections.[4]
Willey finally won a seat in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election when he was elected for Cleveland; a seat which had only once before elected a Labour MP (in 1929). Willey had been one of ten official candidates selected by the National Union of General and Municipal Workers (NUGMW), alongside Tom Williamson and others; all ten were elected.[5]
He was re-elected in 1950 and 1951, and was awarded a CBE for political and public services.[6] He died in office in 1952, aged 66.
. F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 . 1969 . 3rd . 1983 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-06-X.