1 October 1945
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Smethwick in a by-election after Labour's Alfred Dobbs was killed in a car accident one day after winning the seat at the 1945 general election
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Elected Member of Parliament for Smethwick in a by-election after Labour's Alfred Dobbs was killed in a car accident one day after winning the seat at the 1945 general election
Defeated at the Smethwick election to a Conservative candidate who campaigns with the slogan, "If you want a nigger neighbour, vote Labour"
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