Kenneth Lomas was a British

United Kingdom

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 Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

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 politician.

Lomas was educated in Ashton-under-Lyne

Ashton-under-Lyne

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 and served in the Royal Marines

Royal Marines

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 1942–46 including in the Commando Group. He worked for the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers

Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers

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 then as assistant regional organiser of the National Blood Transfusion Service. He was branch secretary for the National Union of Public Employees

National Union of Public Employees

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Lomas contested Blackpool South

Blackpool South (UK Parliament constituency)

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 at the 1951 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1951

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 and Macclesfield

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 in the 1955 general election

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He was elected at the 1964 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1964

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 as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Huddersfield West

Huddersfield West (UK Parliament constituency)

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, and held the seat until he stood down at the 1979 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1979

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