Wednesday, 1 August 2018
1984 Herbert Spencer
Constituency : Bradford South 1922-24
Herbert took Bradford South from the Tories.The Liberal came third in 1918.
Herbert was a cotton and worsted manufacturer. He also had estates in Australia. He was a member of Bradford Town Council. He was secretary to the Bradford and District Manufacturers Association.
Herbert's maiden speech supported free trade as the solution to his industry's problems.
Herbert held on in 1923 despite being ill and unable to campaign. He lost two sons in World War One.
Herbert was strongly anti-socialist and voted with the Conservatives on a number of occasions in the 1924 Parliament. He sat on a Board of Trade committee to look at bankruptcy law.
In 1924 Herbert came third as Labour took the seat.
Herbert was a keen golfer.
He died in 1926 aged 56.
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