Roy Wise
Alfred Roy Wise (7 July 1901 – 21 August 1974) was a British Conservative Party politician and was the Member of Parliament for the constituencies of Rugby and Smethwick .
Biography
He was born on 7 July 1901 to Alfred Gascoyne Wise and Augusta Frances Nugent. His father was a judge for the
Supreme Court of Hong Kong, and his brother was Percival Kinnear Wise
.
He married Cassandra Coke and had one son, Group Captain
Adam Nugent Wise
LVO MBE RAF, born 1943.
He was elected to the
James Johnson with a majority of only 407.[1]
Wise was re-elected at the
William Price by a margin of only 409 votes.[2]
He died on 21 August 1974.
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Oswald Mosley | 19,550 | 54.8 | −2.3 | |
Unionist
|
Roy Wise | 12,210 | 34.2 | +0.5 | |
Liberal | Maude Egerton Marshall | 3,909 | 11.0 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 7,340 | 20.6 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 35,669 | 78.9 | +0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Wise | 20,945 | 60.1 | +25.7 | |
Labour | W. Ernest Lawrence | 13,927 | 39.9 | −14.9 | |
Majority | 7,018 | 20.2 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 34,872 | 74.7 | −4.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 20.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Wise | 16,575 | 52.5 | −7.7 | |
Labour | Charles Wortham Brook | 15,023 | 47.5 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 1,552 | 5.0 | −17.2 | ||
Turnout | 31,598 | 70.7 | −4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leah Manning | 15,993 | 44.1 | +19.3 | |
Conservative | Roy Wise | 15,006 | 41.3 | -17.8 | |
Liberal | Sydney Robinson | 5,134 | 14.6 | -1.9 | |
Majority | 987 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 36,313 | 71.4 | +3.7 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +18.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Wise | 17,429 | 42.6 | -4.0 | |
Labour | James Johnson
|
16,959 | 41.4 | -8.7 | |
Liberal | Simon Goldblatt | 6,413 | 15.7 | N/A | |
Independent
|
Archie S Frost | 142 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 470 | 1.2 | -2.3 | ||
Turnout | 40,924 | 85.6 | +0.2 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Wise | 19,221 | 45.1 | +2.5 | |
Labour | D.H. Childs | 17,532 | 41.2 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | Simon Goldblatt | 5,522 | 13.0 | -2.7 | |
Social Credit | Archie S Frost | 304 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,689 | 4.0 | +2.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,580 | 84.6 | -1.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Price
|
21,797 | 50.0 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Roy Wise | 21,388 | 49.0 | +3.9 | |
Social Credit | Archie S Frost | 397 | 0.9 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 409 | 0.9 | -3.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,579 | 84.9 | +0.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
References
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Roy Wise