Irving Albery
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Sir Irving James Albery was a Conservative Party
politician in the United Kingdom
who served as Member of Parliament
(MP) for Gravesend
from 1924 to 1945.
Albery first stood for Parliament
at the 1923 general election
, when he unsuccessfully contested the Labour Party
safe seat
of Bow and Bromley
in the East End of London
.
At the 1929 general election
, he was elected as MP for the Gravesend constituency
in Kent
, defeating the Labour MP George Isaacs
, who had won the seat in 1923
with a majority only 119 votes.
Albery held the Gravesend seat for 21 years, until his own defeat at the 1945 general election
by the Labour candidate Garry Allighan
. Allighan was expelled from the House of Commons
two years later, but Albery (by then 68 years old) did not contest the resulting by-election in November 1947
, when Labour's Richard Acland
held the seat with a reduced majority.
He was knight
ed in the King's Birthday Honours, 1936, for "political and public services".
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...
politician in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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who served as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Gravesend
Gravesend (UK Parliament constituency)
Gravesend was a county constituency centred on the town of Gravesend, Kent which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election....
from 1924 to 1945.
Albery first stood for Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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at the 1923 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1923
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...
, when he unsuccessfully contested the 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...
safe seat
Safe seat
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of Bow and Bromley
Bow and Bromley (UK Parliament constituency)
Bow and Bromley was a constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Located in the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar in London, it was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act for the 1885 general election and returned one Member of Parliament until it was abolished by the 1950 general...
in the East End of London
East End of London
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.
At the 1929 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1929
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...
, he was elected as MP for the Gravesend constituency
Gravesend (UK Parliament constituency)
Gravesend was a county constituency centred on the town of Gravesend, Kent which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election....
in Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, defeating the Labour MP George Isaacs
George Isaacs
George Alfred Isaacs JP DL was a British politician and trades unionist who served in the government of Clement Attlee....
, who had won the seat in 1923
United Kingdom general election, 1923
-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987*-External links:***...
with a majority only 119 votes.
Albery held the Gravesend seat for 21 years, until his own defeat 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...
by the Labour candidate Garry Allighan
Garry Allighan
Garry Allighan was a British journalist and Labour Party Member of Parliament . His birth name was Ernest Alligan...
. Allighan was expelled from the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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two years later, but Albery (by then 68 years old) did not contest the resulting by-election in November 1947
Gravesend by-election, 1947
The Gravesend by-election, 1947 was a by-election held on 26 November 1947 to fill the vacant British House of Commons seat of Gravesend. The vacancy arose when the sitting Member of Parliament , Garry Allighan, was expelled from the House for making allegations of corruption.The seat was...
, when Labour's Richard Acland
Richard Acland
Sir Richard Thomas Dyke Acland, 15th Baronet was one of the founding members of the British Common Wealth Party. He had previously been a Liberal Member of Parliament and joined the Labour Party in 1945...
held the seat with a reduced majority.
He was knight
Knight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
ed in the King's Birthday Honours, 1936, for "political and public services".