Howel Walter Samuel

Howel Walter Samuel (1881 – 5 April 1953)^[1] was a British Labour Party politician.

He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Swansea West at the 1923 general election,^[2] winning a 3-way contest by a majority of only 115 votes (0.6% of the total),^[3] having contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1922. He was defeated at the 1924 general election by the Liberal Party candidate Walter Runciman,^[2] but at the 1929 general election Ruciman stood instead in St Ives and Samuel regained the seat.^[2] In 1931, when Labour had split over its leader Ramsay MacDonald's decision to leave the party and form a Conservative Party-dominated National Government, he faced only one opponent, the Liberal National candidate Lewis Jones, who took the seat.^[2] Samuel did not stand for Parliament again.^[2]

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)^{[self-published source]}^{[better source needed]}
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Alfred Mond, Bt	Member of Parliament for Swansea West 1923 – 1924	Succeeded by Walter Runciman
Preceded by Walter Runciman	Member of Parliament for Swansea West 1929 – 1931	Succeeded by Lewis Jones

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