Edward Moeran

Edward Warner Moeran (27 November 1903 – 12 December 1997)^[1] was a British Common Wealth Party politician who later joined the later Labour Party. He stood as a Parliamentary candidate on five occasions, but won only once.

Moeran first stood for Parliament as the Common Wealth candidate at the Newark by-election in July 1943, when he came a distant third.^[2] At the 1945 general election he stood in Thirsk and Malton, again as a Common Wealth candidate. Labour did not contest the seat, and in a two-way contest with the Conservative party candidate, Moeran won 39.9% of the votes.^[3]

He subsequently joined the Labour Party, and was elected at the 1950 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Bedfordshire,^[4] but was narrowly defeated at the next election, in 1951.^[5] He stood again in 1955, but did not regain the seat.^[6]

References edit

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 446. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ Craig, op. cit., page 510
^ "UK General Election results May 1950". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
^ "UK General Election results October 1951". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
^ "UK General Election results May 1955". Richard Kimber's political science resources. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2010.