Constituency : St Pancras West 1906-18
Willoughby took St Pancras West from the Tories.
Willoughby was the son of the former Stroud MP Sebastian Dickinson. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge. He became a Progressive councillor and was chairman of the L.C.C. from 1900-1901.
Willoughby was one of the foremost supporters of female suffrage and made numerous attempts to get a measure passed in the Commons.He refused to criticise suffragette militancy. He was part of the Speaker's Conference on electoral reform.
Willoughby had pacifist leanings and supported the League of Nations.
In 1918, Willoughby was defeated by a couponed Conservative due to the intervention of a Labour candidate.
In 1930, Willoughby was created Baron Dickinson. He became secretary-general of the World Alliance for International Friendship.
He died in 1943 aged 84.
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