Education
Roberts was educated at Whitwood Technical College and worked as a mining engineer and mines inspector for the Yorkshire Safety Board 1941-1951.
Roberts was educated at Whitwood Technical College and worked as a mining engineer and mines inspector for the Yorkshire Safety Board 1941-1951.
He was elected a councillor on Rothwell Urban District Council 1937-1951, serving as chair in 1948. His successor was Bill O"Brien. He was vice-chairman of the British branch of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
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Roberts was Member of Parliament for Normanton from 1951 to 1983.