Lucy Noel-Buxton, Baroness Noel-Buxton
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Lucy Edith Noel-Buxton, Baroness Noel-Buxton, née Pelham Burn (1888 – 9 December 1960) was a British
Labour Party
politician.
She was elected as Member of Parliament
for North Norfolk
at a by-election
in 1930, after her husband, the MP Noel Buxton was elevated to the peerage as Baron Noel-Buxton
. She won her seat with a majority of only 139 votes, and at the 1931 general election
she lost by nearly 7,000 votes to the Conservative
candidate Thomas Cook
. She stood again at the 1935 general election
, and was again defeated, but halved the Conservative majority.
Lady Noel-Buxton returned to the House of Commons in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election
, when she was elected for the 2-seat Norwich
constituency. She did not contest the 1950 general election
.
Lady Noel-Buxton had six children.
United Kingdom
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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.
She was elected as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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for North Norfolk
North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)
North Norfolk is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....
at a by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
in 1930, after her husband, the MP Noel Buxton was elevated to the peerage as Baron Noel-Buxton
Baron Noel-Buxton
Baron Noel-Buxton, of Aylsham in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1930 for the politician Noel Noel-Buxton, who was the second son of Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet, of Belfield, and a great-grandson of the philanthropist Sir Thomas Fowell...
. She won her seat with a majority of only 139 votes, and at the 1931 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1931
The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...
she lost by nearly 7,000 votes to 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 Thomas Cook
Thomas Cook (English politician)
Sir Thomas Russell Albert Mason Cook was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1931 to 1945....
. She stood again at the 1935 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1935
The United Kingdom general election held on 14 November 1935 resulted in a large, though reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Conservative Stanley Baldwin. The greatest number of MPs, as before, were Conservative, while the National Liberal vote held steady...
, and was again defeated, but halved the Conservative majority.
Lady Noel-Buxton returned to the House of Commons in the Labour landslide 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...
, when she was elected for the 2-seat Norwich
Norwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Norwich was a borough constituency which was represented in the House of Commons of England from 1298 to 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election...
constituency. She did not contest 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...
.
Lady Noel-Buxton had six children.