Background
He was born in Glastonbury as the youngest of six children and went on to work on the railways after serving in the First World War.
He was born in Glastonbury as the youngest of six children and went on to work on the railways after serving in the First World War.
After boundary changes for the 1950 general election, he was re-elected for the new South East Derbyshire constituency, and held that seat until his defeat at the 1959 general election by only 12 votes. In January 1967 he was appointed as a Privy Counsellor. In the last year of Clement Attlee"s Labour Government, he served from April to October 1951 as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
After taking his seat in the House of Lords, he was a Minister without Portfolio from 1964 to 1967 in Harold Wilson"s government.
He died in Pontypridd aged 87.
38th United Kingdom Parliament. 39th United Kingdom Parliament. 40th United Kingdom Parliament.
41st United Kingdom Parliament.