Sunday, 29 July 2018
1981 James Burnie
Constituency : Bootle 1922-24
James pulled off another surprise for the Asquithians with a convincing victory in a seat the Liberals had only internittently contested.
James was the son of a local businessman. He was educated at Merchant Taylor's School, Crosby. He entered his father's firm of cold store insulators. He joined up in 1914 and rose to the rank of Major. He won the Military Cross in 1918.
James held on by 453 votes in 1923 when Labour decided to contest the seat. In 1924 he defied the party whip to vote in favour of constructing 5 new naval cruisers. In the election that year he dropped to third place.
James stood again in 1935, only just saving his deposit. He became Mayor of Bootle in 1936. He planned to stand in Chester but his last contest was at Crosby in 1950 where he again came third.
He died in 1975 aged 93.
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