Thursday, 13 December 2018
2119 Ernest Young
Constituency : Middlesbrough East 1931-45
Ernest took Middlesbrough East from Labour at the second attempt as the Tories withdrew. The Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson described him as a Tory "decoy duck".
Ernest was a lecturer and journalist and a perennial Liberal candidate in the twenties. He first tried to succeed Godfrey Palmer at Jarrow in 1922 where he came a miserable third. He fared better at Rossendale in 1923, lifting the Liberals into second place but slipped back to third in 1924. He contested Bothwell at a by-election in 1926 coming third with just 5% of the vote. In his first attempt at Middlesbrough East in 1929 he lifted the Liberals back into second place.
Ernest's maiden speech called for a modest attempt at public works through the local authorities.
Ernest stuck with the Samuelites but came a poor third in 1935.
Ernest remained active in the party and was an election agent in Worthing in 1945.
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