1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Sowerby Constituency – Biography of Houghton

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Sowerby

CANDIDATE : Houghton

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. D. Houghton, 51, is secretary of the Inland Revenue Staff’s Federation, and before holding that position was in the Post Office in London and then in the income-tax department. In 1947 he became an alderman of the London County Council, and in 1949, when Mr. Belcher resigned, he was elected member of Parliament for Sowerby.

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