Sir Stephen James McAdden (3 November 1907 – 26 December 1979) was a British

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 Conservative

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 politician.

McAdden was educated at the Salesian School, Battersea

Battersea

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 and worked as an export sales manager and company director. He was a councillor on Hackney Borough Council

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 1935-45, Woodford Borough Council

Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford

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 1945-48 and Essex

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 County Council

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 1947-48.

McAdden was Member of Parliament

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 for Southend East

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 from 1950 until he died in office in 1979. His successor at the resulting by-election

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 was Teddy Taylor

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