Arthur Evans (Labour politician)

Arthur Evans (Labour politician)

Henry Arthur Evans (24 September 1898 – 25 September 1958), known as Arthur Evans, was a UK politician, best known for the "I'm in Labour" comment he made after being nominated.

He was National Liberal Party MP for Leicester East from 1922 to 1923 and Conservative MP for Cardiff South from 1924 to 1929, and from 1931 to 1945. At the 1945 general election he was succeeded as MP by the future Prime Minister James Callaghan.

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