Tuesday, 6 November 2018
2081 Frank Murrell
Constituency : Weston-super-mare 1923-4
Frank took Weston-super-mare from the Tories at the second attempt in a straight fight.
Frank was born in Tottenham but raised and educated in Weston-super-mare. He became a printer and paper merchant and held positions in trade organisations. He was a councillor in Barry. He described himself as an independent Liberal willing to work with either section in 1922 when he achieved a respectable vote in a straight contest.
Frank introduced a bill giving local joint industrial councils compulsory powers but it did not pass. The idea subsequently became party policy in the "Yellow Book".
Frank was defeated by more than the Labour vote in 1924.
He died in 1931 aged 57.
That concludes our look at the 1923 victors. There were no by-election winners in the 1923-4 Parliament other than Alfred Mond returning at Carmarthen so we must go straight to the 1924 winners.
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