Thomas Edward Groves was a British 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.

He was elected at the 1922 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1922

The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...

 as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Stratford division of West Ham

Stratford West Ham (UK Parliament constituency)

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, and held the seat until 1945. He had wanted to stand again at the 1945 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1945

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, but his name was not sent on to the selection conference which chose Henry Nicholls

Henry Nicholls (Labour politician)

Henry Richard Nicholls was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1945 general election as Member of Parliament for Stratford division of West Ham, and held the seat until the constituency was abolished at the 1950 general election.- External links :...

 as the Labour Party candidate. Groves announced that his son would stand as an independent candidate, but when his son withdrew he stood for re-election, and was promptly expelled from his local Labour Party.

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