Lance Mallalieu
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Sir Edward Lancelot Mallalieu (14 March 1905 – 11 November 1979), known as Lance Mallalieu, was a British
politician.
Lancelot Mallalieu attended the Dragon School
in Oxford
.
At the 1931 general election
, Mallalieu was elected as the Liberal Party
Member of Parliament
(MP) for Colne Valley
. His win was notable as it was a gain from Labour, despite the presence of a Conservative candidate, unusual for 1931. His predecessor was the Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Snowden, who had decided to stand down. His father Frederick Mallalieu
had been MP here from 1916 to 1922.
Mallalieu was a member of the main Liberal group in parliament led by Sir Herbert Samuel. He followed his leader into opposition in 1933. He served until the 1935 general election
, when he lost his seat to the Labour Party
's Ernest Marklew
. After joining the Labour Party
, he returned to the House of Commons
in 1948, at a by-election on 24 March
in the Brigg constituency
, where he served as MP until he retired in 1974. He was a Deputy Speaker of the Commons from 1971 to 1974.
, was Labour MP for Huddersfield
from 1945 to 1950, then for Huddersfield East
from 1950 to 1979. Joseph's daughter, Ann
, has been a Labour life peer
since 1991.
United Kingdom
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politician.
Lancelot Mallalieu attended the Dragon School
Dragon School
The Dragon School is a British coeducational, preparatory school in the city of Oxford, founded in 1877 as the Oxford Preparatory School, or OPS. It is primarily known as a boarding school, although it also takes day pupils...
in Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
.
At the 1931 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1931
The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...
, Mallalieu was elected as the Liberal Party
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...
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 Colne Valley
Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
Colne Valley is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. In the post-war period the seat had the distinction of being one of the few Labour/Liberal marginals,...
. His win was notable as it was a gain from Labour, despite the presence of a Conservative candidate, unusual for 1931. His predecessor was the Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Snowden, who had decided to stand down. His father Frederick Mallalieu
Frederick Mallalieu
Frederick William Mallalieu was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Colne Valley at a by-election in 1916...
had been MP here from 1916 to 1922.
Mallalieu was a member of the main Liberal group in parliament led by Sir Herbert Samuel. He followed his leader into opposition in 1933. He served until the 1935 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1935
The United Kingdom general election held on 14 November 1935 resulted in a large, though reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Conservative Stanley Baldwin. The greatest number of MPs, as before, were Conservative, while the National Liberal vote held steady...
, when he lost his seat to 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...
's Ernest Marklew
Ernest Marklew
Ernest Marklew was a British Labour Party politician.At the 1935 general election, Marklew was elected as Member of Parliament for Colne Valley in West Yorkshire, defeating the sitting Liberal Party MP, Lance Mallalieu...
. After joining 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...
, he returned to the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
in 1948, at a by-election on 24 March
Brigg by-election, 1948
The Brigg by-election, 1948 was a by-election held on 24th March 1948 for the British House of Commons constituency of Brigg in Lincolnshire.The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the constituency's Labour Party Member of Parliament Tom Williamson, a trade union leader who had held...
in the Brigg constituency
Brigg (UK Parliament constituency)
Brigg was a county constituency centred on the town of Brigg in North Lincolnshire. 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 voting system....
, where he served as MP until he retired in 1974. He was a Deputy Speaker of the Commons from 1971 to 1974.
Family
Edward Mallalieu's brother, JosephJoseph Mallalieu
Sir Joseph Percival William Mallalieu was a British Labour Party politician, journalist and author.Mallalieu was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, Cheltenham College, Trinity College, Oxford and the University of Chicago. He was President of the Oxford Union in 1930 and a Rugby blue. He...
, was Labour MP for Huddersfield
Huddersfield (UK Parliament constituency)
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from 1945 to 1950, then for Huddersfield East
Huddersfield East (UK Parliament constituency)
Huddersfield East was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 1983.-Member of Parliament:...
from 1950 to 1979. Joseph's daughter, Ann
Ann Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu
Ann Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu QC is a British lawyer, Labour Party politician and president of the Countryside Alliance....
, has been a Labour life peer
Life peer
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles cannot be inherited. Nowadays life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as...
since 1991.