George Willey

(Octavius) George Willey (12 January 1886 – 12 July 1952)^[1] was a Labour Party politician in England. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 until his death.

Willey first stood for Parliament at the 1923 general election in the Skipton constituency, but did not win a seat. He was unsuccessful again in Skipton at the 1924 election, and also in Birmingham West at the 1931 and 1935 general elections.^[2]

He finally won a seat in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election when he was elected for Cleveland; a seat which had only once before elected a Labour MP (in 1929).^[2] He was re-elected in 1950 and 1951, but died in office in 1952, aged 66.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "House of Commons contituencies beginning with "c" (part 4)". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons4.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
^ ^a ^b Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Willey

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Bower	Member of Parliament for Cleveland 1945–1952	Succeeded by Arthur Palmer

Persondata
Name	Willey, George
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	12 January 1886
Place of birth
Date of death	12 July 1952
Place of death