Frederick Willey

Frederick Willey

Frederick Thomas Willey (13 November 1910—13 December 1987) was a British Labour politician.

Willey was educated at Johnston School and St. John's College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar in 1936. He worked as a barrister on the Northern circuit.His political career began in the 1930s as an activist for social justice and other left wing causes: he was the keynote speaker welcoming returning International Brigade volunteers to Sunderland.

During World War II, Willey served with the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) and was an officer of the Fire Brigades Union.

Willey was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Sunderland in 1945, when the Borough still sent two MPs to Parliament.

In 1950, two-member constituencies were abolished and Willey was returned for the new constituency of Sunderland North where he served until he retired at the 1983 general election.

Not confined to the backbenches, Willey served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food in 1950-51 and as Minister of Land and Natural Resources, and in the latter capacity opened the UK's first long-distance footpath, the Pennine Way, in 1965.

He served as Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party from 1979-81.

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