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Cyril Dumpleton

1897 – 1966

British Labour Party politician. MP for St Albans 1945–1950

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Lived 1897 – 1966 (aged 69). Cyril Dumpleton was a British politician.

Cyril Walter Dumpleton (25 June 1897 – 1 October 1966) was a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the St Albans division of Hertfordshire from 1945 to 1950.

Early life and family Dumpleton was born in St Albans, the son of Walter Dumpleton, and was educated at an elementary school.

In 1920 he married Louise Lefevre, the daughter of Charles Lefevre from Birmingham. defeating the sitting Conservative MP John Grimston. St Albans had been a Conservative seat since 1885, apart from a two-year period 1904 to 1906, The 1935 and 1945 results were not directly comparable, because the Liberal Party contested the seat in 1945 but not 1935; but Dumpleton's 3.7% majority was vulnerable, and he was defeated at the 1950 general election, when Grimston re-took the seat with a majority of 4.5%.

After his defeat, Dumpleton did not stand for Parliament again. He worked as a public relations executive with the Colonial Development Corporation from 1950 to 1962,

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Member of the 38th Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Cyril Walter Dumpleton

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Who was Cyril Dumpleton?

British Labour Party politician. MP for St Albans 1945–1950

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Cyril Dumpleton was born on 25 June 1897.

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Cyril Dumpleton died on 1 October 1966.

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Cyril Dumpleton was a politician.

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Cyril Dumpleton was British.

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· Wikipedia: Cyril Dumpleton

· Wikidata: Q5200694

· DBpedia: Cyril Dumpleton

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