Richard Tufnell
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Richard Lionel Tufnell was a Conservative Party
politician in the United Kingdom
.
He was elected as Member of Parliament
(MP) for Cambridge
at a by-election in 1934, following the ennoblement of the Conservative MP Sir George Newton
as Baron Eltisley.
Tufnell retained the seat at the 1935 general election
, but at the 1945 general election
he was defeated by Labour
's Arthur Symonds
.
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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He was elected as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Cambridge
Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency)
Cambridge 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 voting system....
at a by-election in 1934, following the ennoblement of the Conservative MP Sir George Newton
George Newton, 1st Baron Eltisley
George Douglas Cochrane Newton, 1st Baron Eltisley was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1909...
as Baron Eltisley.
Tufnell retained the seat 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...
, but 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...
he was defeated by Labour
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...
's Arthur Symonds
Arthur Symonds
Arthur Leslie Symonds, OBE was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He grew up in Cambridge and was educated at the Perse School and Jesus College, Cambridge, before moving to Cornwall, where he was an Assistant Master at St. Austell County School for Boys between 1933 and 1940...
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