Alfred Todd (politician)

Alfred Todd (politician)

Alfred John Kennett Todd (13 April 1890 – 27 August 1970) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. [ [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/bcommons2.htm Historical list of MPs: B, part 2] ]

He was elected at the 1929 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick-upon-Tweed. Sitting as an "Independent Conservative" for part of the 1931-35 parliament, he held the seat until his narrow defeat at the 1935 general election by the Liberal candidate Sir Hugh Seely. He did not stand for Parliament again.cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 |origyear=1969 |edition= 3rd edition |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |id= ISBN 0-900178-06-X]

His grandson Mark Todd [ [http://www.marktodd.org.uk/biography Mark Todd's website] ] is a Labour Party politician, elected in 1997 as MP for South Derbyshire.

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