Constituency : Heywood and Radcliffe 1922-31 ( stood as a Constitutionalist in 1924 )
Abraham recaptured Heywood and Radcliffe for the National Liberals after a by-election defeat to Labour in 1921. Abraham had narrowly failed to hold the seat at the by-election due to the intervention of an Asquithian candidate. The 1922 contest was two-cornered and he won comfortably.
Abraham was born at Barrowford and was a businessman in Manchester. He joined the army and served in Gallipoli , Egypt, France and Belgium, obtaining the D.S.O. and reaching the rank of colonel.
Abraham was a Tory in all but name, assiduously courting the Unionist vote and usually voting with them in Parliament. After his return in 1923, he voted against putting Labour into office in defiance of the party whip.
In 1924 , Abraham held on more comfortably as a Constitutionalist but stayed with the Liberals. He got back in without Tory opposition in 1929. In 1931 he sided with Simon but the local Tories were determined to field their own candidate at the election and Abraham reluctantly stood down.
Abraham became a founder member of the National Liberal Council and in 1934, president of the Manchester Reform Club.
He died in 1949 aged 81.
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