Monday, 24 September 2018

2039 Stephen Dodds


Constituency : Wirral  1923-4

Stephen  took  Wirral  from  the  Tories, aided  by  Labour's  withdrawal  from  the  contest.

Stephen  was  the  son  of  a  local  magistrate. He was  educated  at  Rydal  School, Colwyn  Bay  and  Cambridge. He  became  a  solicitor, founding  his  own  firm  in  partnership  in  1910. He  was  a  Methodist.

Many  of  his  parliamentary  interventions  were  about  foot  and mouth  disease.

Stephen  was  defeated  in  1924  despite  Labour  standing  aside. When  they  did  come  back  in,  in  1929  they  prevented  Stephen  re-taking  the  seat.

He  died  in  1943  aged  62.

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