Simon Mahon
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Simon Mahon John Kinley | |
|---|---|
| Succeeded by | Allan Roberts |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 April 1914 |
| Died | 19 October 1986 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Veronica Robertshaw |
Simon Mahon (4 April 1914 – 19 October 1986) was a British Labour Party politician.
Biography
Simon Mahon was born into a prominent
Roman Catholic family of Irish descent in Bootle. His father, Alderman Simon Mahon (1886–1961), was a mayor of Bootle who ran for Liverpool Exchange MP in 1935.[1] His brother, Peter, was elected MP for Preston South in 1964. His great-nephew, Peter Dowd, has been the Labour MP for the Bootle constituency since 2015, and served in the Shadow Cabinet under Jeremy Corbyn until 2020.[citation needed
]
Mahon was educated at St Joseph's
Trades Council and Labour Party. Mahon was Member of Parliament for Bootle from 1955 to 1979. He served as an opposition whip from 1959 to 1961.[citation needed
]
In 1968, Mahon and his brother, Peter, together with another Catholic Labour MP,
Prime Minister Harold Wilson and a written statement that Houghton's views were not party policy dissuaded the MPs from carrying out their threat.[citation needed
]
In 1969, Mahon was created a
Ladbrokes, complaining of their "appalling taste" in opening a book on the successor to Pope Paul VI.[citation needed
]
Personal life
Mahon married Veronica Robertshaw in 1941; the couple had no children. After his retirement, Mahon moved to live in Crosby, where he died in 1986, aged 72.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Bootle loses a great worker by the death of Alderman Simon Mahon", 'Bootle Times, 12 May 1961.
Sources
- Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links
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