Ronald Wilberforce Allen

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Ronald Wilberforce Allen
Member of Parliament
for Leicester South
In office
6 December 1923 – 9 October 1924
Preceded byWilliam George Waterhouse Reynolds
Succeeded byCharles Waterhouse
Personal details
Born(1889-11-24)24 November 1889
Stamford Hill, London, England
Died10 August 1936(1936-08-10) (aged 46)
Fife, Scotland
Political partyLiberal

Sir Ronald Wilberforce Allen (24 November 1889 – 10 August 1936) was an English lawyer and Liberal politician.

Family and education

Allen was born in

Methodist layman.[2][3][4]

Career

Allen went in for the law and was admitted as a

Abbey Road Building Society.[8]

Politics

Beginnings

Allen was elected as a member of St Albans City Council in 1920 and served until 1923.[7] In 1922 he was adopted as prospective Liberal candidate for St Albans[9] but never fought the seat.

Leicester East by-election

Allen did not contest St Albans because he was selected instead to stand as Liberal candidate at a

Asquithian Liberal in a three-cornered contest with the Labour Party and a Coalition Liberal. The anti-socialist vote thus split, Labour's Alderman George Banton was elected with over 50% of the poll.[10]

The General Election of 1922

The 1922 general election followed a few months later in November and this time Allen was chosen to fight in Leicester South. In a straight fight with the Conservative Party he narrowly missed being elected, the majority of his opponent, William Reynolds, being only 109 (or 0.4% of the vote).[11]

The General Elections of 1923 and 1924

However, Allen was successful at South Leicester in the 1923 general election. Again facing Reynolds in a straight fight he achieved a majority of 4,018 votes. He only served as the MP for a year though, as in 1924 general election the Labour Party fielded a candidate. This had the effect of splitting the anti-Tory vote and Allen fell to the bottom of the poll, the Tory Charles Waterhouse re-gaining the seat for his party.[11]

1929-1935

Allen tried to re-enter the

A J Edmondson.[12]

Allen did not stand as a candidate at the

A.L.Rowse coming second (32%) and Allen in third (28%).[14]

Other appointments and honours

Allen was a member of the Delegacy of

board of governors of his old school, Scarborough College.[7] He was knighted in 1932.[17]

Death

Allen died on 10 August 1936 while on a seaside holiday in Fife shortly after completing a swim.[18] He was 46 years old.[19]

Publication

  • Methodism and Modern World Problems - Methuen & Co., London 1926

References

  1. ^ Who was Who, OUP 2007
  2. ^ The Times, 24 July 1923 p8
  3. ^ The Times,16 August 1929 p7
  4. ^ The Times, 21 July 1934 p7
  5. ^ The Law Journal, Volume 82, 1936 p123, E B Ince publishers
  6. ^ The Solicitors' Journal, Volume 80, pt. 2, 1936 p658
  7. ^ a b c Who was Who, OUP 2007
  8. ^ The Times, 8 February 1924 p16
  9. ^ The Times, 31 March 1920 p16
  10. ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1919-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p166
  11. ^ a b F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1919-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p167
  12. ^ The Times House of Commons 1929; Politico’s Publishing 2003 p98
  13. ^ Garry Tregidga, The Liberal Party in south-west Britain since 1918: political decline, dormancy and rebirth; University of Exeter Press, 2000 p68
  14. ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1919-1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow, 1949 p313
  15. ^ "WELCOME TO UKAT".
  16. ^ The Times, 20 May 1933 p9
  17. ^ The Times, 23 June 1932 p15
  18. ^ The Times, 12 August 1936 p12
  19. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
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1923–1924 		Succeeded by
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