Henry Burton (Conservative politician)
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Henry Walter Burton was a Conservative Party
politician in the United Kingdom
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He was elected at the 1924 general election
as Member of Parliament
(MP) for the Sudbury constituency
in Suffolk
, with a majority of 1,411 over the sitting Liberal
MP John Frederick Loverseed
.
Burton held the seat until his defeat at the 1945 general election
by the Labour party
candidate Roland Hamilton
.
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
politician in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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He was elected at the 1924 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1924
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as 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 the Sudbury constituency
Sudbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Sudbury was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the British House of Commons. A parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Sudbury in Suffolk, it returned two Members of Parliament from 1559 until it was disenfranchised for corruption in 1844...
in Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
, with a majority of 1,411 over the sitting Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
MP John Frederick Loverseed
John Frederick Loverseed
John Frederick Loverseed was a British Liberal politician.-Family and Education:Loverseed was the son of a Nottinghamshire builder and contractor. He was educated at Southwell Grammar School and Gosberton Hall. In 1910 he married Katherine Thurman of Grantham, Lincolnshire. They had one son...
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Burton held the seat until his defeat at the 1945 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1945
The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...
by the Labour party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
candidate Roland Hamilton
Roland Hamilton
Roland Hamilton was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.In the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for the Sudbury in Suffolk, which had been held by the Conservative Henry Burton since the 1924 election.The Sudbury constituency was...
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