British Politics Facts and Figures

1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Skipton Constituency – Biography of Roberts

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS


The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Skipton

CANDIDATE : Roberts

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. T. J. Roberts was born in the Glamorganshire mining village of Nelson in 1915 and is the son of a miner. He obtained a B.A. degree with first-class honours in economics and political science at Cardiff University, and became a teacher. Before the war he was a master at Skipton Grammar School, and is a staff tutor at University College, Hull. He served in the Army during the war.


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