Roland Hamilton was a Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

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 politician in the United Kingdom

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In the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1945

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, he was elected as Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for the Sudbury

Sudbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Sudbury was a parliamentary constituency which was represented in the British House of Commons. A parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Sudbury in Suffolk, it returned two Members of Parliament from 1559 until it was disenfranchised for corruption in 1844...

 in Suffolk

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, which had been held by the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 Henry Burton since the 1924 election

United Kingdom general election, 1924

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The Sudbury constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1950

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, when Hamilton stood in the new Sudbury and Woodbridge

Sudbury and Woodbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

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 constituency. He lost by over 4,500 votes to the Conservative John Hare

John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham

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, who had previously been MP for the also-abolished Woodbridge constituency

Woodbridge (UK Parliament constituency)

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