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Arthur Blenkinsopp

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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 30 June 1911

Died: 23 September 1979

Education

Newcastle Royal Grammar School

Appointments

Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip)	August 1945	May 1946
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Pensions	May 1946	February 1949
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Health	February 1949	October 1951

Elections fought

5 July 1945		Newcastle upon Tyne East	Labour Party	26,116	68.93
23 February 1950		Newcastle upon Tyne East	Labour Party	24,694	51.44
25 October 1951		Newcastle upon Tyne East	Labour Party	25,621	52.86
26 May 1955		Newcastle upon Tyne East	Labour Party	22,816	52.08
8 October 1959		Newcastle upon Tyne East	Labour Party	21,359	49.89
15 October 1964		South Shields	Labour Party	29,694	55.12
31 March 1966		South Shields	Labour Party	31,829	64.73
18 June 1970		South Shields	Labour Party	30,191	60.20
28 February 1974		South Shields	Labour Party	30,740	59.75
10 October 1974		South Shields	Labour Party	26,492	56.39