1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Yeovil Constituency – Biography of Shinwell

CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.

CONSTITUENCY NAME : Yeovil

CANDIDATE : Shinwell

PARTY : Lab.

ELECTORAL STATUS: Not Elected

BIOGRAPHY :

Mr. M. Shinwell, a brother of Mr. E. Shinwell, Secretary of State for War, unsuccessfully contested North Ayr and Bute in 1935. A journalist, he has had a long association with trade union organizations in Scotland and is national organizer for the Society of Civil Servants.

SOURCE : https://andy.egge.rs/data.html