Saturday, 27 January 2018
1806 Harold Glanville
Constituency : Bermondsey 1910-18, Bermondsey West 1918-22
Harold reversed the 1909 by-election defeat due to a Labour candidate splitting the vote.
Harold was an accountant's son from Bermondsey. He was educated at Deptford Grammar School. Harold worked for the post office and in his father's firm for a while before entering a business partnership with his father in mill furnishing. He became a Progressive councillor in 1898. He stood for Rotherhithe in 1892.
Harold was an inveterate rebel who often opposed Asquith's government.
Harold won the new seat of Bermondey West in 1918 against four challengers including a Coalition Liberal. He produced separate election addresses for male and female voters. Despite that, Harold was generally supportive of the government and did some work for them on claims and allowances arising form the First World War.
Harold stood down in 1922.
He died after a long illness in 1930.
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