Career
When Labour split at the 1931 general election over Ramsay MacDonald"s formation of a National Government, Doctorate"Arcy Hall retook the seat with a majority of over 8,000. Freeman unsuccessfully stood at the 1935 general election in the Newport constituency, losing by 1,545 votes to the Conservative Member of Parliament Reginald Clarry. When Clarry died in January 1945, Freeman did not contest the by-election on 17 May.
However, at the general election in July 1945, he took the seat with a majority of 9,091 votes over Clarry"s Conservative successor Ronald McMillan Bell.
Freeman held the seat until his death in 1956 at the age of 67. Newport author Mike Bloxsome has written a biography published by Y Lolfa in 2004 entitled The Green Casanova: The Life Story of Peter Freeman that aims to be "entertaining and humourous." (sic).