1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Accrington Constituency – Biography of Blakeman

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Accrington

CANDIDATE : Blakeman

PARTY : L

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. K. Blakeman is 34. He was trained as a teacher before taking up a business career. He is now a partner in a firm of leather, asbestos, and woollen manufacturers at Par-tington. Formerly secretary of the old Buck-low Division Liberal Association, he is a member of the N.W. Area Liberal Discussion Group organizing committee. As an active member of the Society of Friends he served during the blitz with the Friends’ Rescue Service.

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