Edward Fletcher (politician)
- Edward Fletcher (politician)
Edward (Ted) Joseph Fletcher (25 February 1911 – 13 February 1983) was a British Labour Party politician.
Fletcher was educated at Fircroft College, Birmingham and was a trade union official. He served as a councillor on Newcastle City Council from 1952 and chaired the North-Eastern Association for the Arts.
Fletcher unsuccessfully contested Middlesbrough West at the 1959 general election.In the 1964 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington, and held the seat until his death in 1983.
Fletcher's Labour successor in the resulting by-election was Oswald O'Brien, who was MP for just a matter of weeks before he lost to the Conservatives in the 1983 general election.
Ted Fletcher Court remains in the Haughton area of Darlington, as a memorial to Fletcher.
References
*"Times Guide to the House of Commons", 1966, 1979 & 1983
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