Wilfred Wellock

Career

He was imprisoned as a conscientious objector in the First World War. He was re-elected in 1929, but at the 1931 general election he was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate. Wellock stood again at the 1935 election, but did not regain his seat.

He was a prolific pamphleteer.

Works

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  • War as Viewed by Jesus and the Early Church. A Body of Evidence prepared by Wilfred Wellock

    (London published Religion)

  • War as viewed by Jesus and the early Church: A body of evidence prepared by Wilfred Wellock

Membership

34th United Kingdom Parliament. 35th United Kingdom Parliament]

He was elected at Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Stourbridge at a by-election in February 1927, having unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1923 and 1924. Wellock was an active member of both the Number More War Movement and the Peace Pledge Union.

Interests

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  Wellock"s work was admired by Aldous Huxley, who stated in his book Science, Liberty and Peace that Wellock and Ralph Borsodi"s work constituted a "tiny piece of decentralist leaven" within the "whole large lump of contemporary society".