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Before entering parliament he was a trade union organiser of the National Union of Public Employees (which later became part of UNISON). From 1929 to 1949 he was a councillor in Walthamstow Borough Council, and in 1945- 1946 he was Mayor of Walthamstow.

He was first elected to parliament in the 1945 general election for the Chatham division of Rochester and he held the seat (later renamed Rochester and Chatham) until losing it in the 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac general election. He returned to parliament by winning MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough is a town in North-East England, with a resident population in 2001 of 134,855. It is historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, but in 1974 became part of the new administrative county of Cleveland. In 1996 Cleveland was abolished, East in a by-election in 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e and holding the seat (later renamed TeessideTeesside is the name given to the conurbation in northern England based on Middlesbrough and Stockton, along the banks of the River Tees. The towns were integrated into one county borough of Teesside in 1968, and then in 1974 became part of the county of Middlesbrough) until his retirement in 1983Events January January 1 Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choir's new conductor January 1 the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 compulsory wearing of seat belts becomes law in the UK. January 2 The mu.

He was a junior minister in Clement Atlee's governments, being Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for DominionThis is a page about Dominions of the British Empire/Commonwealth. For other meanings, please see Dominion (disambiguation). A Dominion is a wholly self-governing or virtually self-governing state of the British Empire or British Commonwealth, particularls (1946-47) and Secretary for Overseas Trade at the Board of TradeThe Board of Trade was a body the government of the United Kingdom, originating as a committee of inquiry in the 17th century and evolving gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions. The department became part of the Departme (1947-51). In Harold Wilson's governments he was Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs (1964-66) - during which time he sought to deal with the consequences of Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence - and Minister of Overseas Development (1966-67).

He was created a life peer in the 1984 New Year's Honours. He died on 3 November 1995.