William Robinson (Walthamstow East MP)

For other people named William Robinson, see William Robinson (disambiguation).

William Oscar James Robinson (20 March 1909 – 18 October 1968) was a British Labour Party politician.

He was elected at the 1966 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Walthamstow East, winning the seat with a majority of 1,807 over the sitting Conservative Party MP John Harvey. Robinson served only two years in Parliament, dying in office two years later aged 59.

The resulting by-election was held in March 1969 and won with a 5,479-vote majority by the Conservative Michael McNair-Wilson, whose brother Patrick had won a by-election in 1968.

References

• British Parliamentary byelections at the Wayback Machine (archived October 26, 2009)
• UK General Elections since 1832
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Robinson

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Harvey	Member of Parliament for Walthamstow East 1966 – 1968	Succeeded by Michael McNair-Wilson