Neville Sandelson
Neville Sandelson | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Hayes and Harlington | |
| In office 17 June 1971 – 9 June 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Skeffington |
| Succeeded by | Terry Dicks |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 November 1923 Beziers, France |
| Political party | Labour |
| Education | Westminster School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Neville Devonshire Sandelson (27 November 1923 – 12 January 2002) was a British politician.
Early life
Sandelson was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a barrister, called to the bar by Inner Temple in 1946,[1] and director of a publishing company. He was elected to the London County Council in 1952, representing Stoke Newington and Hackney North and was a council member of Toynbee Hall and the Fabian Society.
Parliamentary career
Sandelson unsuccessfully attempted to enter Parliament many times before he finally gained election. He contested
He was elected Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Hayes and Harlington in a 1971 by-election. Later in the decade he survived a number of attempts to de-select him and seemed to relish the role of the beleaguered right wing Labour MP. In October 1980 he was so unhappy at the Labour Party Conference's support for unilateral disarmament that he announced that he would vote with the Tories on all defence issues.[2] In 1981, he was among the Labour MPs who defected to the new Social Democratic Party. Sandelson later said that he had decided to join the party months before, and had voted for Michael Foot in the Labour leadership election in order to ensure Labour had an unelectable leader.
After Parliament
In 1983 he lost his seat, polling 29% of the vote - although he almost pushed Labour into third place which allowed the Conservative candidate
References
- ^ a b Roth, Andrew (17 January 2002). "Neville Sandelson". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "Neville Sandelson". The Telegraph. 17 January 2002. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
Bibliography
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1955, 1966 & 1983
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Obituary, The Independent, 16 January 2002.