David Thomas Jones was a British

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 Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

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 politician.

He was elected as Member of Parliament

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 for The Hartlepools at the 1945 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1945

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, and held the seat until his defeat by only 182 votes at the 1959 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1959

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. Left school at 12 after passing Labour examination, started on the railways at 14 and became a signalman. Married Annie Pugh in 1920, 4 children, 2 died in infancy. Member of Pontypridd urban district council for many years also active in trade union affairs (NUR).

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