UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 24 October 1909

Died: 4 December 1989

Baron Elwyn-Jones - 11 March 1974

Knighted - 1964

Member of Privy Council - 1964

Llanelli County School

University College of Wales, Aberystwyth

Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge

Attorney General	16 October 1964	19 June 1970
Lord Chancellor	5 March 1974	4 May 1979

5 July 1945	West Ham Plaistow	Labour Party	17,351	87.57
23 February 1950	West Ham South	Labour Party	36,754	82.42
25 October 1951	West Ham South	Labour Party	37,195	84.96
26 May 1955	West Ham South	Labour Party	29,451	83.08
8 October 1959	West Ham South	Labour Party	28,017	75.26
15 October 1964	West Ham South	Labour Party	23,599	74.45
31 March 1966	West Ham South	Labour Party	22,902	77.17
18 June 1970	West Ham South	Labour Party	18,899	77.71
28 February 1974	Newham South	Labour Party	23,952	66.07
March 1974 Elevation of Rt Hon Sir Frederick Jones to Peerage and appointment as Lord Chancellor - Baron Elwyn-Jones.