1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Battersea North Constituency – Biography of Handscombe

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Battersea North

CANDIDATE : Handscombe

PARTY : L.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. E. R. Handscombe is a Fulham builder who began life as a barrister’s clerk. Aged 48, he went to St. Martin’s High School, S.W. He was a member of the Labour Party until he joined the Liberals, and is chairman of a ward organization in Fulham. He is also chairman of the Fulham panel of builders and a member of the area committee of the Master Builders’ Federation.

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