Friday, 3 August 2018
1986 Arthur Evans
Constituency : Leicester East 1922-23, 1923 ,Cardiff South 1922-29, 1931-45 ( Conservative )
Arthur recovered Leicester East for the National Liberals from Labour after a by-election defeat earlier in the year. He had the support of the local Tories.He became the youngest MP in the Commons.
Arthur was a captain in the army.
Soon after his election Arthur voted with the government on a Finance Bill. He complained at a garden party that he had been elected as "an anti-Socialist" but he was being asked to vote for socialist measures. In July he wrote to Lloyd George telling him "I gave definite pledges of support to the Conservative government" at the election and announcing his decision to take the Tory whip. Lloyd George suggested he cause a by-election to ratify his decision but Arthur declined.
In 1923 Arthur defended his seat as a Conservative but came second. He returned for Cardiff South in 1924. He stood down in 1929 but returned to unseat Arthur Henderson in 1931. He was defeated by future Prime Minister James Callaghan in 1945.
He died in 1958 aged 60.
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