William Banfield
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John William Banfield was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician, who served as Member of Parliament for Wednesbury from 1932 until his death in 1945.
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1932 Wednesbury by-election
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The 1932 Wednesbury by-election was a by-election held on 26 July 1932 for the British House of Commons constituency of Wednesbury in Staffordshire. The by-election was triggered by the elevation to t
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…and at the 1931 general election. In 1932, the Conservative MP for Wednesbury, Viscount Ednam succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Dudley, triggering a by-election in July 1932. Banfield was selected as Labour's candidate, hoping to regain a seat which had been held by Labour from 1918 to 1931. After a campaign focusing on the…
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