Sunday, 21 October 2018
2065 Thomas Keens
Constituency : Aylesbury 1923-24
Thomas took Aylesbury from the Tories at the second attempt by just 71 votes despite Labour's intervention.
Thomas was born in Luton. He was educated privately and became an accountant. He worked for the Official Receiver before going into a partnership in London. He became a Bedfordshire county councillor in 1901 serving until the 1950s. He was a Congregationalist. He came close to unseating Lionel Rothschild in 1922.
Thomas was defeated in 1924 by more than the Labour vote but Labour stopped him re-taking it in 1929.
In 1931 Thomas switched to the Liberal Nationals and stood as the government candidate at Pontypool but he was unable to dislodge the Labour MP.
Thomas was knighted in 1934.
He died in 1953 aged 83.
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