Charles William Gibson was a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

 politician.

At the 1945 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1945

The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...

, he was returned as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Kennington

Kennington (UK Parliament constituency)

Kennington was a borough constituency centred on the Kennington district of South London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

. When that constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1950

The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...

, he was elected for the Clapham constituency

Clapham (UK Parliament constituency)

Clapham was a borough constituency in South London which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...

. He held that seat until the 1959 election

United Kingdom general election, 1959

This United Kingdom general election was held on 8 October 1959. It marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative Party, led by Harold Macmillan...

, when he was defeated by the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 candidate Alan Glyn

Alan Glyn

Sir Alan Jack Glyn ERD was a Conservative Party Member of Parliament. He was educated at Westminster School and Caius College, Cambridge, where he read medicine. He proceeded to St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, qualifying as a medical practitioner...

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OutLine of his Political Career
Member Independent Labour Party & Labour Party (1909–1964)
Member of the Lambeth Borough Council (1918–1931)
Member of Parliament for Kennington (1945–1949)
Member of Parliament for Clapham (1949–1959)
Member of London County Council (1928–1964)
Treasurer of the Trade union group of Labour MPs (1951–1964)
Member of the Estimates Committee of the House of Commons (1958–1964)
Vice-Chair of LCC Housing Committee (1934–1939)
Chair of LCC Housing Committee (1943–1950)
Justice of the Peace (1944–1964)

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