Idris Owen
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Idris Wyn Owen was a British Conservative Party
politician, and Member of Parliament
(MP) for Stockport North
1970-74.
School and College, and Manchester School of Commerce. He became a director of a building and civil engineering company. He was a fellow of the Institute of Builders and Vice-president of the National Federation of Building Trades Employers, 1965.
He served as a councillor on Stockport Borough Council from 1946 and chaired the housing committee.
Owen contested Manchester Exchange
in 1951, came close in Stalybridge and Hyde in 1955 and first stood in Stockport North in 1966.
He was elected in Stockport North in the 1970 general election
but was defeated by just 203 votes by Labour
's Andrew Bennett
in the February 1974 general election
. He stood again in the October 1974 general election
but lost by a larger margin.
Owen lived in The Old Rectory
, Gawsworth
, Cheshire
for much of his life, later moving to Prestbury, Cheshire
, where he died. He and his wife Eileen had two children.
(Labour)
14,881 Idris Owen (Conservative)
(Labour)
23,462 Idris Owen (Conservative)
(Labour)
18,262 Idris Owen (Conservative)
Majority: 3,336
16,745 Idris Owen (Conservative)
9,283 Peter Arnold (Liberal)
Majority: 203
16,155 Idris Owen (Conservative)
7,085 Peter Arnold (Liberal)
Majority: 1,824
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, and 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 Stockport North
Stockport North (UK Parliament constituency)
Stockport North was a borough constituency which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1983.-Boundaries:...
1970-74.
Biography
Owen was educated at StockportStockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...
School and College, and Manchester School of Commerce. He became a director of a building and civil engineering company. He was a fellow of the Institute of Builders and Vice-president of the National Federation of Building Trades Employers, 1965.
He served as a councillor on Stockport Borough Council from 1946 and chaired the housing committee.
Owen contested Manchester Exchange
Manchester Exchange (UK Parliament constituency)
Manchester Exchange was a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system....
in 1951, came close in Stalybridge and Hyde in 1955 and first stood in Stockport North in 1966.
He was elected in Stockport North in the 1970 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1970
The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on 18 June 1970, and resulted in a surprise victory for the Conservative Party under leader Edward Heath, who defeated the Labour Party under Harold Wilson. The election also saw the Liberal Party and its new leader Jeremy Thorpe lose half their...
but was defeated by just 203 votes by Labour
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...
's Andrew Bennett
Andrew Bennett
Andrew Francis Bennett is a British Labour Party politician, who was a member of Parliament from 1974 to 2005.-Early life:...
in the February 1974 general election
United Kingdom general election, February 1974
The United Kingdom's general election of February 1974 was held on the 28th of that month. It was the first of two United Kingdom general elections held that year, and the first election since the Second World War not to produce an overall majority in the House of Commons for the winning party,...
. He stood again in the October 1974 general election
United Kingdom general election, October 1974
The United Kingdom general election of October 1974 took place on 10 October 1974 to elect 635 members to the British House of Commons. It was the second general election of that year and resulted in the Labour Party led by Harold Wilson, winning by a tiny majority of 3 seats.The election of...
but lost by a larger margin.
Owen lived in The Old Rectory
Gawsworth Old Rectory
Gawsworth Old Rectory is a house in the village of Gawsworth, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building...
, Gawsworth
Gawsworth
Gawsworth is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is one of the eight ancient parishes of Macclesfield Hundred. Twenty acres of the civil parish were transferred to Macclesfield civil parish in 1936The country houses...
, Cheshire
Cheshire
Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow...
for much of his life, later moving to Prestbury, Cheshire
Prestbury, Cheshire
Prestbury is a village, civil parish and ecclesiastical parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Prestbury is a long, narrow parish covering 1,165 hectares to the west of the Peak Park foothills and to the east of the sandstone ridge which is...
, where he died. He and his wife Eileen had two children.
Manchester Exchange, 1951
18,475 William GriffithsWilliam Griffiths (politician)
William Griffiths was a British Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was Member of Parliament for Moss Side from 1945 until 1950 and for Manchester Exchange from 1950 until his death in 1973....
(Labour)
14,881 Idris Owen (Conservative)
Stalybridge and Hyde, 1955
23,617 Fred BlackburnFred Blackburn
Fred Blackburn was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde from the 1951 general election until 1970....
(Labour)
23,462 Idris Owen (Conservative)
Stockport North, 1966
21,598 Arnold GregoryArnold Gregory
Arnold Gregory was a British textile company worker, lecturer and politician who was a Labour Party Member of Parliament for six years....
(Labour)
18,262 Idris Owen (Conservative)
Majority: 3,336
Stockport North, February 1974
16,948 Andrew Bennett (Labour)16,745 Idris Owen (Conservative)
9,283 Peter Arnold (Liberal)
Majority: 203
Stockport North, October 1974
17,979 Andrew Bennett (Labour)16,155 Idris Owen (Conservative)
7,085 Peter Arnold (Liberal)
Majority: 1,824