Reg Chrimes

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Reg Chrimes
Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council Councillor for Little Neston
In office
1974–2007
Neston Urban District Council Councillor for Little Neston
In office
1949–1974
Personal details
BornDecember 1924 (1924-12)
Neston, Cheshire, England
Died13 September 2021 (2021-10) (aged 96)
Political partyLabour
EducationSefton Park Training College
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchAir Force
Battles/warsWorld War II

Reginald Braithwaite Chrimes

OBE (December 1924 – 13 September 2021) was a British Labour Party
politician.

Early life

Chrimes was born in Neston, Cheshire in December 1924. He was educated at Calday Grange Grammar School in West Kirby, then trained to be a teacher at the Sefton Park Training College. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. After the war, he worked as a teacher, and also joined the Labour Party.[1]

Career

He was elected to

1951 UK general election in the Wirral, taking second place with 34.8% of the vote. That year, he became chair of the Wirral Constituency Labour Party, serving until 1953.[1]

Chrimes stood again in Wirral at the

1959 UK general election, he switched to contest Manchester Blackley, taking another second place, with a 37.7% share.[1]

In 1974, the Neston UDC became part of

Member of the Order of the British Empire. Venables stood down in 2005, and Chrimes was elected unopposed as his replacement. He retired in 2007, at which point he was the longest-serving councillor in the UK. He stated that he had never taken an allowance for his work, and that his proudest achievement was reducing the level of unemployment in the borough. He was made an honorary alderman.[2][3]

In 2009, Ellesmere Port and Neston became part of Cheshire West and Chester Council, a change which Chrimes supported.[4] Just before its dissolution, it presented Chrimes with a certificate in recognition of his past service. In 2017, the Mayor of Neston met with him and other surviving members of the Neston UDC.[5]

Death

Chrimes died of pneumonia on 13 September 2021, at the age of 96. He was survived by his wife, Doreen, his son and daughter, and four grandchildren.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c The Times House of Commons (1959)
  2. ^ "Leader to retire with name in record book". The Leader. 25 April 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. ^ "MBEs A - C". BBC News. 15 June 2001. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. ^ Ansari, Arif (1 April 2009). "Cheshire enters new council era". BBC News. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  5. ^ "37 Former Councillors' Tea 30 March 2017". Neston Town Council. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  6. ^ Tributes to former Ellesmere Port and Neston councillor Reg Chrimes
  7. ^ "Reg Chrimes obituary". The Guardian. 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023.