Frank Marsden

Background

Marsden was born in Everton in Liverpool, and was educated at Abbotsford Road Secondary School.

Career

He volunteered to join the Royal Air Force in 1941, aged 18, and served with 115 Squadron, which flew Lancaster bombers from bases in East Anglia in the Second World War. He returned to Liverpool and worked as a salesman for Fitzpatricks (a wholesale greengrocer and flower merchant), as a crane driver in Liverpool Docks, and then as a telephonist for the General Post Office. He lost his seat in 1967, but was re-elected for the Vauxhall ward in 1969.

He resigned from the council when he was elected as Member of Parliament for Liverpool Scotland in a by-election held in April 1971, after the sitting Labour Member of Parliament Walter Alldritt had resigned to become regional secretary of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers.

Marsden had previously served at Alldritt"s agent. In Parliament, Marsden was a strong supporter of comprehensive schools.

Marsden returned to his job at the Government Printing Office. He remained a loyal supporter of the Labour Party, and was later elected as a councillor on Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council and Merseyside County Council. He disagreed with the Militant tendency in the 1980s.

He died in Liverpool.

Achievements

• Marsden"s constituency was merged with the neighbouring Liverpool Exchange for the February 1974 general election, and Robert Parry won the selection for the new Liverpool Scotland Exchange seat.

Membership

45th United Kingdom Parliament]

He served as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Liverpool Scotland from 1971 to 1974. He joined the Labour party in 1948, and became member of Liverpool City Council for the Street Domingo ward in 1964.