Ernest Kinghorn

Ernest Kinghorn (1 November 1907 – 15 January 2001)[1][2] was a British Labour Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1945 to 1951. Kinghorn was born in Leeds, and became a teacher after studying at the universities of Leeds, Basle and Lille.[3] During World War II he served as an intelligence officer with the Royal Air Force, and in 1945 he was a staff officer with the Control Commission in Germany.[3]

He unsuccessfully contested the Hexham division of Northumberland at the 1935 general election,[4] but at the general election in July 1945 he was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth.[5] He was re-elected in 1950,[6] but at the 1951 general election he was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate Sir Anthony Fell.[7] He stood again in 1955, but without success.[8]

He moved to Hanworth in the Middlesex suburbs of London.[1] He was a member of Middlesex County Council from 1958 to 1965[9][10] and of the successor Greater London Council from 1964 to 1967[11] as well as Hounslow Borough Council from 1964 to 1968.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Kinghorn, Squadron Leader Ernest". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
  3. ^ a b Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephens (1981). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979. Brighton: The Harvester Press. pp. 205–206. ISBN 0-85527-335-6.
  4. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 441. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  5. ^ Craig, page 138
  6. ^ "No. 38851". The London Gazette. 28 February 1950. p. 1040.
  7. ^ "UK General Election results October 1951". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  8. ^ "UK General Election results May 1955". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  9. ^ "Middlesex County Council". The Times. 14 April 1961. p. 8.
  10. ^ Municipal Yearbook and Public Services Directory. London: Municipal Journal. 1960. p. 726.
  11. ^ "Greater London Council Results". The Times. 11 April 1964. p. 6.
  12. ^ Municipal Yearbook and Public Services Directory. London: Municipal Journal. 1967. p. 904.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Yarmouth
1945 – 1951 		Succeeded by