Ernest Popplewell
Ernest Popplewell, Baron Popplewell, CBE (10 December 1899 – 11 August 1977) was a British Labour Party politician.
In the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election, Popplewell was elected as Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne West. In 1951 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).[1] After his retirement from the House of Commons at the 1966 general election, he was made a life peer as Baron Popplewell, of Sherburn-in-Elmet in the West Riding of the County of York on 6 June 1966.[2]
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39396. p. 6236. 30 November 1951.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 44014. p. 6598. 7 June 1966.
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| Preceded by William Nunn |
Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne West 1945–1966 |
Succeeded by Robert Brown |
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