Frank Allaun

Frank Allaun
Stan Orme
Personal details
Born	27 February 1913 Manchester, England
Died	26 November 2002 (aged 89) Manchester, England

Frank Julian Allaun (27 February 1913 – 26 November 2002) was a British Labour politician.

Born in

Allaun contested Manchester Moss Side in 1951. He was Member of Parliament for Salford East from 1955 to 1983.

He was a veteran of leftwing causes, especially the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), of which he was vice president from 1983. He was the first President of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy in 1973.^[3] Allaun wrote several books on nuclear weapons including Stop the H-Bomb Race (1959) and The Wasted 30 Billions (1975).

In his book ‘’Next Stop Execution’’, Oleg Gordievsky stated that's Allaun's work with the peace movement and elsewhere was viewed favourably within the Soviet Union.

Outside the peace movement, his preoccupation was with

, and he argued vastly increased expenditure should be paid for by cuts in defence. Despite Allaun's life work, Britain remained a nuclear power.

Frank Allaun retired from the House of Commons in 1983 but continued to be active in politics. This included writing the books Spreading the News: A Guide To Media Reform (1989) and The Struggle for Peace (1992).

His recreations were walking and swimming.

His first wife died in 1986, and on 3 June 1989 he married Millie Bobker, née Greenberg, a widow and retired civil servant.

He died in Manchester in 2002 aged 89. His second wife, son and daughter survived him.

Notes

References

• Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966 and 1979
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Frank Allaun

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Edward Arthur Hardy	Member of Parliament for Salford East 1955–1983	Succeeded by Stan Orme
Political offices
Preceded by Joan Lestor	Chair of The Labour Party 1978–1979	Succeeded by Lena Jeger