Thursday, 25 October 2018
2069 John Dunn
Constituency : Hemel Hempstead 1923-4
John took Hemel Hempstead from the Tories by 17 votes in a straight fight.
John was from Basingstoke and educated at St Mary's School there. He went into finance as both a bank director and a stockbroker. He also qualified as a barrister.
In his only parliamentary speech, John called for a reduction in the stamp duty on cheques to encourage the opening of more bank accounts.
In 1924, John was defeated by more than the Labour vote. In 1928 he stood in the Faversham by-election and came third. In 1929, he stood in Chichester but was well beaten in a straight fight with the Tories.
John was active in the Royal Commercial Travellers Schools set up to benefit children of salesmen who met with untimely ends.
He died in 1954 aged 80.
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