Samuel Frederick Perry (29 June 1877 – 19 October 1954), was a Labour Co-operative

Labour Co-operative

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 politician in the United Kingdom

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. He was the father of the British tennis

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 and table tennis

Table tennis

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 champion Fred Perry

Fred Perry

Frederick John Perry was a championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships between 1934 and 1936 and was World No. 1 four years in a row...

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Born in Stockport

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, Sam Perry began his education with a scholarship at the Stockport Grammar School

Stockport Grammar School

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 but was forced to give up school at the age of ten when his father died, becoming a cotton spinner like his father. He became involved in the local co-operative movement with the Stockport Co-operative Society then Birkenhead

Birkenhead

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 and on the creation of the Co-operative Party

Co-operative Party

The Co-operative Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom committed to supporting and representing co-operative principles. The party does not put up separate candidates for any UK election itself. Instead, Co-operative candidates stand jointly with the Labour Party as "Labour...

 in 1917 was appointed its first national secretary.

Appointment as the senior official in the Party brought Perry to London with nine year old Fred. The family lived on the co-operatively run Brentham Estate in Ealing

Ealing

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, where Fred was able to use the tennis courts and cricket pitch. Sam Perry unsuccessfully contested the 2-member Stockport constituency

Stockport (UK Parliament constituency)

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 at a by-election in1920

Stockport by-election, 1920

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 and again at the subsequent 1922 general election

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Perry was elected at the 1923 general election

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 as Member of Parliament

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 for Kettering

Kettering (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in Northamptonshire

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, defeating the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 MP Owen Parker. He lost the seat at the 1924 election

United Kingdom general election, 1924

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 to the Conservative Sir Mervyn Manningham-Buller, and won it back at the 1929 election

United Kingdom general election, 1929

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, but was defeated again at the 1931 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1931

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 by the Conservative John Eastwood

John Eastwood (politician)

John Francis Eastwood OBE , was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.Born in Guildford, Surrey, he was elected at the 1931 general election as Member of Parliament for Kettering in Northamptonshire, defeating the Labour MP Samuel Perry...

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Perry continued as national secretary of the Co-operative Party until 1942. He died in Willesden

Willesden

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 aged 77.

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