Richard Morris (British politician)

Richard Morris (1869 – 26 September 1956)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician.

For other people named Richard Morris, see Richard Morris (disambiguation).

He was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Member of Parliament for the new Northern division of Battersea. Standing as a Coalition Liberal without a Conservative opponent, he won 66.6% of the votes. He did not contest the 1922 general election, when in a 3-way contest the seat was won by Shapurji Saklatvala, a Communist Party member standing with the endorsement of the Labour Party.[2]

References
  1. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 29 October 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 3. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.


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