Hugh McDowall Lawson was a politician in the United Kingdom"s short-lived Common Wealth Party, which was founded to contest parliamentary by-elections during World World War World War II
Achievements
Lawson also contested the Rushcliffe constituency in Nottinghamshire in 1950 for the Labour Party but failed to win a seat.
Membership
37th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Skipton at a by-election in January 1944, then contested Harrow West in the 1945 general election, where he lost.