Arthur Ratcliffe
Arthur Ratcliffe (17 February 1882 – 3 May 1963)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Leek division of Staffordshire from 1931 to 1935.
Ratcliffe stood for Parliament only once, at the 1931 general election, when he overturned the comfortable majority of Leek's sitting Labour Party, William Bromfield, winning the seat[2] with a majority of 2.8%.[3] Ratcliffe did not defend the seat at the next election, in 1935, when Bromfield was returned in a two-person contest with a National Labour Party candidate.[3]
In 1933 had a house built for himself on a hill at Ecton in Staffordshire, about 12 miles from the town of Leek. It was known as "Copper Folly" because of its copper spire, which had been salvaged from a disused chapel.[4]
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 1)
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33769. p. 7144. 6 November 1931. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 463. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ Raven, Michael (2004). Guide to Staffordshire and the Black Country,The Potteries and the Peak. Bath: The Bath Press. p. 130. ISBN 0-906114-33-0. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Arthur Ratcliffe
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by William Bromfield |
Member of Parliament for Leek 1931 – 1935 |
Succeeded by William Bromfield |