William Robinson (UK politician)
- William Robinson (UK politician)
William Oscar James Robinson (20 March 1909 – 18 October 1968) was a British Labour Party politician.
He was elected at the 1966 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Walthamstow East, winning the seat with a majority of 1,807 over the sitting Conservative Party MP John Harvey. Robinson served only two years in Parliament, dying in office two years later aged 59.
The resulting by-election was held in March 1969 and won with a 5,479-vote majority by the Conservative Michael McNair-Wilson, whose brother Patrick had won a by-election in 1968.
References
* [http://www.geocities.com/by_elections/ British Parliamentary byelections]
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm UK General Elections since 1832]
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