Wilfred Wellock Explained

Wilfred Wellock (2 January 1879 – 22 July 1972)^[1] was a socialist Gandhian and sometime Labour politician and MP.

Life

He was imprisoned as a conscientious objector in the First World War.

He was elected at Member of Parliament (MP) for Member of Parliament (MP) for Stourbridge at a by-election in February 1927, having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1923 and 1924. He was re-elected in 1929, but at the 1931 general election he was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate. Wellock stood again at the 1935 election, but did not regain his seat.^[2]

Wellock was an active member of both the No More War Movement^[3] and the Peace Pledge Union.^[4] He was a prolific pamphleteer. Wellcock was a vegetarian.^[5]

Wellock's work was admired by Aldous Huxley, who stated in his book Science, Liberty and Peace that Wellock and Ralph Borsodi's work constituted a "tiny piece of decentralist leaven" within the "whole large lump of contemporary society".^[6]

Publications

• Wellock, Wilfred (1917). A Modern Idealist. [A novel.] (London : C. W. Daniel)
• Wellock, Wilfred (1921). Christian Communism, etc. (pp. 43. National Labour Press: Manchester)
• Wellock, Wilfred (1922). India's Awakening: Its National and World-Wide Significance. (pp. 69. Labour Publishing Co.: London)
• Wellock, Wilfred (1938). Destruction or Construction-Which? An open letter to members of the Labour Party, (pp. 11. Peace Pledge Union: London])
• Wellock, Wilfred (1943). A Mechanistic or a Human Society?. (pp. 32. Wilfred Wellock: Quinton)
• Wellock, Wilfred (1950). Gandhi as a social revolutionary (Birmingham : W. Wellock)
• Wellock, Wilfred (1951). The Challenge of our Times. Annihilation or creative revolution? (pp. 15. London)
• Wellock, Wilfred (1955). Not by Bread alone. A study of America's expanding economy. [(pp. 16. Housmans: London) * Wellock, Wilfred (1961). ''Off the beaten track : adventures in the art of living.'' * Wellock, Wilfred (''c.'' 1961). ''The crisis in our civilisation : reorganisation by industry a key to world peace'', (London : Society for Democratic Integration in Industry) * Wellock, Wilfred. ''Youth and adventure: on which side shall I enlist?'' * Wellock, Wilfred. ''Power or peace western industrialism and world leadership'' * Wellock, Wilfred. ''Rebuilding Britain. A new peace orientation''. (pp. 47. Hallmark Books: London) == References == {{reflist}} == Further reading == * {{cite book | author = Rigby, Andrew | title = A Life in Peace: A Biography of Wilfred Wellock | publisher = Prism | year = 1988 | isbn = 1-85327-005-9 }} == External links == *{{hansard-contribs | mr-wilfred-wellock | Wilfred Wellock }} {{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{succession box | title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for Stourbridge

| years = 1927 – 1931 | before = Douglas Pielou | after = Robert Morgan}}

Notes and References

1. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "S" (part 5) . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231519/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons5.htm . 10 August 2009 . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . usurped . 2009-05-11.
2. 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 . 503.

3. Book: Pugh, Michael . Liberal Internationalism: The Interwar Movement for Peace in Britain . London . Palgrave Macmillan . 2012 . 978-0-230-53763-7 . 94 .
4. Book: Barker, Rachel . Conscience, Government, And War: Conscientious Objection in Great Britain, 1939-45 . London . Routledge and Kegan Paul . 1982 . 100 .
5. Graham, John W. (1922). Conscription and Conscience: A History, 1916-1919. London: G. Allen & Unwin. p. 96
6. Book: Huxley, Aldous . Science, Liberty and Peace . London . Chatto and Windus . 1946 . 43 .