Stanley Tiffany

Stanley Tiffany CBE (11 June 1908 – 19 March 1971)[1] was an English Labour Co-operative[2] politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1945 to 1950.

He was the son of Alert Tiffany from Rothwell in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[3] He was educated at the Leeds Boys' Modern School, and became an electrical engineer, and a director of the Peterborough and District Co-operative Society.[3]

He was elected at the 1945 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Peterborough division of Northamptonshire,[4] defeating the sitting Conservative MP John Hely-Hutchinson, known by his courtesy title as Viscount Suirdale.[2] He held the seat until his defeat at the 1950 general election by the Conservative Harmar Nicholls.[5]

After leaving Parliament he returned to Yorkshire, becoming a member of Wakefield Borough Council from 1952 to 1967,[3] and owned a hotel in Bridlington.[3] He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1967.[3]

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)
  2. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 438. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  3. Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephens (1981). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979. Brighton: The Harvester Press. p. 371. ISBN 0-85527-335-6.
  4. "No. 37238". The London Gazette. 24 August 1945. p. 4293.
  5. "UK General Election results February 1950". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
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