UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 7 April 1913

Died: 10 August 1982

Knighted - 18 October 1961

Member of Privy Council - 11 January 1967

Clare College, Cambridge

Haileybury School

Yale University

5 July 1945	Nottingham Central	Labour Party	13,681	48.39
23 February 1950	Lincoln	Labour Party	21,537	50.00
25 October 1951	Lincoln	Labour Party	23,400	54.12
26 May 1955	Lincoln	Labour Party	23,773	56.17
8 October 1959	Lincoln	Labour Party	23,629	55.12
20 December 1961 Resignation of Geoffrey de Freitas on appointment as the British High Commissioner in Ghana.
15 October 1964	Kettering	Labour Party	36,210	55.19
31 March 1966	Kettering	Labour Party	35,337	52.65
18 June 1970	Kettering	Labour Party	34,803	48.26
28 February 1974	Kettering	Labour Party	31,659	45.93
10 October 1974	Kettering	Labour Party	30,970	49.31