Sir Herbert Wragg was a British

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 Conservative Party

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 politician who served as Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Belper

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 in Derbyshire

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 from 1923 to 1929 and from 1931 to 1945.

He was first elected at the 1923 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1923

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, winning the seat from the Liberal

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 MP John Hancock. He was re-elected at the 1924 election

United Kingdom general election, 1924

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, but at the 1929 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1929

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 he lost the seat to the Labour

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 candidate Jack Lees

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He regained the seat at the 1931 general election

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, and repesented Belper in the House of Commons

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 until he retired at the 1945 general election

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