Thursday, 13 September 2018
2028 Henry Maden
Constituency : Lonsdale 1923-4
Henry took Lonsdale from the Tories at the second attempt in a straight contest.
Henry was the son of the former MP for Rossendale John Maden. He was educated privately and at Oxford. He became a barrister.
Henry's maiden speech called for equalisation of the franchise.
Henry was defeated in 1924. He fought the seat again in 1929 and could have won it without Labour's intervention. He was defeated again in 1931 and fell to third place in 1935.
He died in 1960 aged 68.
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