Saturday, 10 November 2018
2085 Horace Crawfurd
Constituency : Walthamstow West 1924-9
Horace won Walthamstow West at the third attempt helped by the Tories' withdrawal.
Horace was a lecturer at Liverpool University. He served as a flight sub-lieutenant in World War One. He rose to the rank of Major. He was planning to fight Southport in 1918 but withdrew when the coupon went to the Tory. He first fought Walthamstow West against the NDP's Charles Jesson and came third as Labour took the seat. He moved up to second in 1923.
In the 1924-29 parliament Horace allied with the left wing Liberals such as Wedgwood Benn, Percy Harris and Joseph Kenworthy.
In 1929 Horace was defeated by more than the Tory vote. In 1931 he stood at a by-election in Islington East but came fourth with an Empire Crusade candidate finishing second. In 1935 he tried to hold Leicester West for the Liberals but came a poor third as Harold Nicolson took the seat for National Labour.
Horace was the publicity agent for a couple of British films, Knowing Men ( 1930 ) and The Price of Things ( 1931 ).
He died in 1958 aged 77.
That concludes our look at 1924 winners. We move on to the by-election victors of the 1924-29 Parliament.
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