Saturday, 29 December 2018
2136 Stephen Furness
Constituency : Sunderland 1935-45 ( Liberal National )
The 1935 election brought more misery for the Liberals.The official party were reduced to 21 although that was partly due to defections already suffered. Samuel himself was defeated. Lloyd George's group were all returned. The liberal Nationals held steady at 33 but this was due to defections and they suffered some losses in the election.
Stephen topped the poll at Sunderland in tandem with a Tory after withdrawing in their favour at Hartlepool in 1931.
Stephen was the son of the former Hartlepool MP of the same name. He was educated at Charterhouse and Oxford and became a barrister. He stood for Hartlepool in 1929 and came a close second to the Tories.
Stephen was PPS to Simon from 1936 to 1937 then became a whip for the next three years. He went to the back benches when Churchill took over.
Stephen was defeated in 1945 coming third.
He died in 1974 aged 71.
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