William Hamling

William Hamling

William "Bill" Hamling (10 August 1912 – 20 March 1975) was a British Labour Party politician.

Hamling was educated at Liverpool University and was a signals officer in the Royal Marines during World War II.

Hamling contested Southport in 1945, Liverpool Wavertree in 1950 and 1951, Woolwich West in 1955 and 1959, and Torquay at a 1956 by-election.He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Woolwich West constituency from at the 1964 general election, and held the seat until his death in 1975, aged 62. The resulting Woolwich West by-election on was won by the Conservative candidate Peter Bottomley.

Probably the author of "A Short History of the Liverpool Trades Council", Liverpool Trades Council and Labour Party, 1948.

External links

* [http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ead/136.htm William Hamling MP Papers c.1960-1970]
* [http://home.clara.net/pkennington/VirtualTour/windows_modern.htm St Mary's Battersea] (memorial window)

References

*"Times Guide to the House of Commons", 1951 & 1966


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