William Wilson

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Wilson was educated at Coventry Technical College and Birmingham University.

Career

Before becoming an Mp he had a career as a solicitor. He served in the British Army during World World War II in North Africa, Italy and Greece. He also was a Warwickshire County Councillor from 1958, being leader of the Labour Group in the 1960s and from 1972 to 1993.

Wilson was responsible for piloting the Divorce Reform Acting, 1969 through Parliament which changed the basis for divorce procedures from the old concept of matrimonial offences to that of the irretrievable breakdown of marriage.

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After the war he made several unsuccessful attempts to win the Warwick and Leamington constituency in 1951, 1955, 1957 and 1959, before being successful in 1964 in Coventry South, which he represented (later as Coventry South East) until retiring from Parliament in 1983.

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43rd United Kingdom Parliament. 44th United Kingdom Parliament. 45th United Kingdom Parliament.

46th United Kingdom Parliament.

47th United Kingdom Parliament. 48th United Kingdom Parliament]

He was a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for constituencies in Coventry from 1964 to 1983.

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