Sunday, 20 January 2019
2158 Sir John Barlow
Constituency : Eddisbury 1945-50 ( National Liberal ) , Middleton and Prestwich 1951-66 ( Conservative )
Sir John recovered Eddisbury for the National Liberals after the 1943 by-election win for the Common Wealth Party whose victor was defending the seat as a Labour candidate.
John was the son of the former Frome MP of the same name. He was educated at Leighton park School, Reading. He worked in his father's rubber trading business. He was also involved in banking. He stood for Northwich in 1929 coming third in a tight three-cornered contest.He inherited his father's baronetcy in 1932.
John had to switch seats in 1950 because Eddisbury was abolished. He tried to recover Walsall from Labour as a National Liberal and Conservative but Labour increased its majority.In 1951 he ditched the National Liberal label and held Middleton and Prestwich as a straight Conservative in a three cornered contest. He held the seat easily until 1964 when the Liberals re-entering the contest eroded his majority. He was defeated in 1966.
John joined the board of the Falkland Islands Company in 1964 and had a longstanding interest in the islands thereafter.
He died in 1986 aged 87.
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