Constituency : Bridgwater 1923-4
William took Bridgwater from the Tories at the second attempt, helped by Labour's withdrawal.
William was the son of former Wilton MP, Levi Morse. He was educated at the High School, Swindon. He was a prominent businessman in the town and sometime president of the Swindon Chamber of Commerce. He was both a Swindon town councillor and Wiltshire county councillor. He was a prominent Primitive Methodist.
William asked a few parliamentary questions on local issues.
William was defeated by more than the Labour vote in 1924. In 1929 he stood in Weston-super-mare where he came second.
He died in 1952 aged 74.
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