Historical place archive

Wakefield in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Wakefield in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records2 event labels1 people1932–1951

Historical events in Wakefield

1932

21 April 1932
Wakefield By-Election
Arthur Greenwood · Labour Party

Returns to the Commons by winning the Wakefield by-election for Labour.

1935

14 November 1935
General Election
Arthur Greenwood · Labour Party

Retains Wakefield for Labour in the general election.

1945

5 July 1945
General Election
Arthur Greenwood · Labour Party

Retains Wakefield for Labour in the general election that brings Clement Attlee to power.

1950

23 February 1950
General Election
Arthur Greenwood · Labour Party

Retains Wakefield for Labour with a substantial majority in the general election.

1951

25 October 1951
General Election
Arthur Greenwood · Labour Party

Retains Wakefield for Labour in his final general election.

Provenance

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