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Monday, March 19, 2007
Lawrence Worsnop Labour 1931General Election
Lawrence Worsnop 1931 General Election
Mr L.W. Worsnop was selected as the Perspective Labour Candidate for the Uxbridge Division (which included Hayes, Southall and Uxbridge on 13th December 1930 at Hayes Labour hall
He was selected from three nominations and Mr Worsnop
was the nomination of the Uxbridge Labour Party and the Uxbridge TGWU Electric branch
Lawrence Worsnop was born in Yorkshire and 20 years prior (circa 1920) had joined the Independent Labour Party and had become a member of the Yorkshire ILP Divisional Council later he moved to Portsmouth in the South of England and was the President of Portsmouth Trades & Labour Council
Worsnop was a resident student at Ruskin College, Oxford 1913-1914 Presently he is an official of a Trade Union, serving in London He is also a member of the Small holders Committee of Middlesex County Council and has a keen intrest in small holdings and allotments
At the last general election Mr Lawrence Worsnop was the Labour Parliamentary candidate for Guildford, Surrey
Mr P Gardner was his election agent for the 1931 General Election
Labour Central Committee rooms for the election where at Hayes Labour hall, Pump Lane, Hayes with committee rooms at Co-operative hall, Southall; B(R)onney's market Uxbridge; 31 High Street, Northwood; 1 Manor way, Ruislip and 28 High Street, Harefield
NOTE
The oppostion included "The Workers candidate" is Mr Reginal Bridgeman (is the former Labour Candidate at the previous General Election, removed by the Labour Party headquarters because of his work within the League Against Imperialism (and its perceived links with the Communist Party)
Mr Bridgman's Agent is Mr Tom Morris of 61a Townholme Crescent, Southall and the committee Room was at 1 Cambridge Road, Southall
Mr Bridgeman lived at Waxwell Farm Cottage, Pinner