Edward Griffiths
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Edward Griffiths was a British
Labour
politician and director of the British Steel Association.
Griffiths was elected Member of Parliament
(MP) for Sheffield Brightside in a 1968 by-election. In September 1974, he was deselected as a candidate by his local Constituency Labour Party
in favour of Joan Maynard
one month before a general election, and then decided to stand against Maynard as an Independent Labour candidate. He lost by a margin of 7,926 votes (22%), although he polled 28% of the vote and finished in second place. However, he was never elected an MP again.
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Labour
Labour Party (UK)
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politician and director of the British Steel Association.
Griffiths was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Sheffield Brightside in a 1968 by-election. In September 1974, he was deselected as a candidate by his local Constituency Labour Party
Constituency Labour Party
A Constituency Labour Party is an organisation of members of the British Labour Party who live in a particular UK parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland and Wales. The Labour Party in Northern Ireland has, since February 2009, been organised as a province-wide Constituency Labour Party...
in favour of Joan Maynard
Joan Maynard
Vera Joan Maynard known as Joan Maynard was an English trade unionist and Labour politician.Dubbed "Stalin's Granny" due to her left-wing views, Maynard was a leading activist in the National Union of Agricultural Workers becoming vice-president of the union and being narrowly beaten to its...
one month before a general election, and then decided to stand against Maynard as an Independent Labour candidate. He lost by a margin of 7,926 votes (22%), although he polled 28% of the vote and finished in second place. However, he was never elected an MP again.