Edward Moeran

Edward Warner Moeran (27 November 1903 – 12 December 1997)[1] was a British Common Wealth Party politician who later joined the later Labour Party. He stood as a Parliamentary candidate on five occasions, but won only once.

Moeran first stood for Parliament as the Common Wealth candidate at the Newark by-election in July 1943, when he came a distant third.[2] At the 1945 general election he stood in Thirsk and Malton, again as a Common Wealth candidate. Labour did not contest the seat, and in a two-way contest with the Conservative party candidate, Moeran won 39.9% of the votes.[3]

He subsequently joined the Labour Party, and was elected at the 1950 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Bedfordshire,[4] but was narrowly defeated at the next election, in 1951.[5] He stood again in 1955, but did not regain the seat.[6]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 446. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  3. Craig, op. cit., page 510
  4. "UK General Election results May 1950". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  5. "UK General Election results October 1951". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  6. "UK General Election results May 1955". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
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