British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Harborough Constituency – Biography of Symington

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Harborough

CANDIDATE : Symington

PARTY : Ind.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. N. H. Symington, farmer and company director, aged 46, was educated at Rugby and King’s College, Cambridge. He has been a member of Market Harborough U.D.C. since 1946. Twelve years ago he crossed the Sahara Desert on a motor-cycle. In December, 1949, he published a seven-point policy, which included the abolition of P.A.Y.E.


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