Career
Bidwell was a railway worker on the Great Western Railway and became a tutor and organiser for the National Council of Labour Colleges. He went on to become the London Regional Education Officer for the Trades Union Congress. He was a councillor on Southall Borough Council 1951-1955. Bidwell contested East Hertfordshire in 1959 and South West Hertfordshire in 1964.
Before the 1992 general election, Bidwell was de-selected as a candidate at the age of 75.
When his appeal to the Labour National Executive Committee failed, he decided to stand as a "True Labour" candidate, but finished third behind the official Labour candidate Piara Khabra, with 9% of the vote.
