287:; 1. Total efficiency in total war effort. 2. Reconstitution of the Government on a non-party basis. 3. Breaking through the contradictions in production, the Civil Service, politics and propaganda, which hinder the war effort. 4. Maintenance of the freedom of the public Press and of public criticism against the growing tendency of the Government towards suppression. 5. Democratisation of the Army. 6. Real equality of sacrifice.
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Polling day was set for 29 April 1942. When nominations closed, it was to reveal a two horse race, the
Conservative local man, Holbrook, against the Independent outsider, Brown. Holbrook demonstrated what he thought about the situation by stating that the electors of the division were against holding
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The issue of the Second Front in Europe came to the fore late in the campaign. Holbrook's position was that it was too soon to establish it. This upset the local
Communist party, who had been instructed by their headquarters in London to call on their supporters to vote for Holbrook as the best way
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in 1935, coming third behind the
Liberal. Although the General Election had not taken place because of the war, he had remained active for the Labour party in Rugby and was still officially their candidate. In accordance with the terms of the wartime electoral truce, Millett was not put forward by
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and instead continued in parliament as an
Independent Labour member. Under that label, he was defeated in the 1931 elections even though no official Labour candidate opposed him. By the 1935 elections, the Wolverhampton West Labour party did oppose him but did very poorly, while Brown came second
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Holbrook lost his temper and made some very damaging statements about Brown, which seemed to gain Brown public sympathy. Embarrassed by Brown's telegram to
Churchill, which had become front-page news, he issued a writ of libel against Brown. This ensured that Brown would be kept quiet on further
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in 1931. He had been
Chairman of Rugby Conservative Association since 1927. He was Officer-in-Charge of a big Ordnance Depot. The Labour party had selected A E Millett to contest a General Election expected to take place in 1939–40. He had fought
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in open Court for being very unhelpful to the police, who had been trying to enquire into thefts from the
Ordnance Depot of which he was the Officer-in-Charge. The case had been widely reported in the Press. Brown telegraphed Prime Minister
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The Rugby Labour party was split over Brown's candidature. Some members wanted to support him because he was a leading trade unionist and easily to the left of
Holbrook, while others felt that it was important to follow the party leader,
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the Rugby Labour party. The
Liberals had not fought the constituency since 1929 and had no candidate in place. The Rugby Liberals had remained active through their chairman, M E Avery, but did not put forward a candidate.
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Campaign slogans played their part; the
Conservative campaign for Holbrook - "Vote for Holbrook, the man whom Churchill wants". The Brown campaign countered this with "Vote for Brown, the man whom Churchill needs!"
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drawing attention to the reports asking if Churchill proposed to send a letter commending Holbrook to the electors of Rugby. Churchill did not reply but did as Brown had expected.
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of getting it. Brown belatedly came out in support of the Second Front. The retired Rugby Conservative MP, David Margesson warned voters that
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standing as an Independent. Brown did however have a political power-base, having been General Secretary of the
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The local Conservatives selected 56-year-old Lt-Col. Sir Claude Holbrook. He was a serving officer with the
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since he founded the organisation in 1921. The union had been affiliated to the Labour party until the
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raising issues in connection with the depot. Holbrook was to later drop the case and paid all costs.
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when the Labour government failed to tackle unemployment. However, he did not join Mosley's
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On 14 April 1942 Brown's 6 point policy plan was released in the
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in 1929 he had resigned from the party in 1930 along with
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Report of the Annual Conference, 1942 by the Labour Party
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who was a Services Journalist and had himself fought the
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Brown chose as his election agent, another outsider in
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1935 general election : Rugby Electorate 46,028
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814:So far ... by William John Brown (1943)
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2279:2010–present
2050:Peterborough
1960:Belfast West
1916:Poplar South
1861:
1847:Cardiff East
1663:South Dorset
1457:Belfast East
1452:Swansea East
1409:Macclesfield
1371:Colne Valley
1281:East Norfolk
1126:North Dorset
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560:Conservative
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332:Adolf Hitler
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304:Ernest Brown
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220:Warwickshire
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186:Conservative
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119:
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107:Conservative
105:
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53:Ernest Brown
42:Conservative
39:
17:
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2137:September:
1980:King's Lynn
1753:September:
1722:West Dorset
1668:Petersfield
1636:Northampton
1630:Southampton
1602:September:
1556:Bournemouth
1531:Spen Valley
1494:Argyllshire
1442:Southampton
1188:Fulham West
1130:September:
636:Independent
564:John Lakin
528:Independent
464:Independent
377:Independent
274:Reg Hipwell
22:by-election
2304:Categories
2177:Chelmsford
2167:Motherwell
2127:Clay Cross
2093:February:
2060:December:
2054:November:
2039:Chippenham
2001:Buckingham
1958:February:
1900:Spennymoor
1873:Chichester
1803:February:
1781:December:
1770:November:
1760:The Wrekin
1743:Pontefract
1689:Carmarthen
1656:February:
1634:December:
1618:November:
1467:Silvertown
1440:February:
1413:December:
1407:November:
1346:Caerphilly
1340:Kennington
1287:Holderness
1285:February:
1262:December:
1243:Bridgwater
1231:November:
1167:Pontypridd
1165:February:
1142:November:
1085:Cheltenham
1075:Buckingham
1009:February:
984:Clay Cross
982:November:
931:February:
674:References
508:Candidate
357:Candidate
292:Magistrate
206:Candidates
87:Candidate
2274:1979–2010
2269:1950–1979
2264:1931–1950
2259:1918–1931
2254:1900–1918
2249:1885–1900
2244:1868–1885
2239:1857–1868
2234:1847–1857
2229:1832–1847
2224:1818–1832
2219:1806–1818
2214:1801–1806
2143:October:
2087:January:
2045:St Albans
2043:October:
2006:Eddisbury
1947:January:
1925:October:
1895:Salisbury
1842:Tavistock
1777:Hampstead
1766:Lancaster
1764:October:
1705:Mansfield
1658:Doncaster
1625:Aldershot
1478:Kettering
1420:Stretford
1415:Streatham
1388:High Peak
1381:October:
1279:January:
1248:Doncaster
1225:October:
1199:Aylesbury
1194:Lichfield
1161:Farnworth
1159:January:
1136:October:
1037:Tonbridge
976:October:
925:January:
696:Who's Who
603:Majority
488:Aftermath
429:Majority
245:New Party
155:Majority
65:Singapore
2095:Brighton
2037:August:
2011:Daventry
1949:Hamilton
1906:Rothwell
1904:August:
1857:Wallasey
1836:Grantham
1816:Nuneaton
1810:Keighley
1772:Brighton
1747:August:
1728:Greenock
1586:August:
1582:Wansbeck
1577:Rochdale
1515:Brighton
1499:Lonsdale
1398:Ormskirk
1375:August:
1366:Monmouth
1233:Dartford
1215:Barnsley
1210:Stafford
1144:Hastings
1121:Chertsey
994:Greenock
944:Llanelli
657:See also
264:Campaign
24:for the
2198:Newport
2165:April:
2145:Chelsea
2139:Bilston
2125:April:
2119:March:
2089:Skipton
2062:Consett
1999:April:
1995:Watford
1965:Ashford
1889:Windsor
1840:April:
1814:March:
1716:Hornsey
1693:April:
1679:Hitchin
1677:March:
1614:Preston
1593:Mitcham
1492:April:
1476:March:
1383:Fareham
1307:April:
1296:March:
1238:Walsall
1181:April:
1172:Ipswich
1110:St Ives
1100:Bewdley
1046:April:
1042:Farnham
1030:March:
989:Preston
950:Peckham
937:March:
906:»
900:to the
888:«
622:46,144
618:Turnout
590:10,470
567:17,049
541:18,615
450:18,969
446:Turnout
173:33,966
169:Turnout
145:13,061
120:20,905
36:Vacancy
2131:July:
2067:Darwen
2031:July:
2022:Newark
2015:June:
1970:Antrim
1893:July:
1884:Maldon
1877:June:
1868:Putney
1783:Harrow
1738:Dudley
1726:July:
1720:June:
1684:Bodmin
1604:Bolton
1560:July:
1529:June:
1344:July:
1227:Oxford
1219:July:
1203:June:
1114:July:
1105:Ilford
1068:June:
960:July:
954:June:
912:»
894:«
628:+35.1
606:1,566
581:Labour
573:−11.2
551:−11.4
511:Votes
505:Party
456:−35.3
424:−13.3
418:9,145
390:9,824
360:Votes
354:Party
341:Result
225:Yeovil
158:7,844
138:Labour
90:Votes
84:Party
2193:Neath
2186:May:
2072:Acton
1866:May:
1862:Rugby
1831:Wigan
1709:May:
1513:May:
1425:Wells
1361:Hythe
1313:May:
1292:Ripon
1258:Fylde
1192:May:
1062:May:
962:Derby
956:Lewes
948:May:
648:-0.1
644:Swing
625:73.6
612:−0.2
593:22.7
570:37.0
546:40.4
476:Swing
469:from
453:38.5
421:48.2
395:51.8
194:Swing
176:73.8
161:23.1
148:38.5
125:61.6
30:Rugby
2159:1945
2081:1944
1941:1943
1932:Ince
1797:1942
1650:1941
1434:1940
1315:Down
1273:1939
1153:1938
1064:York
1003:1937
919:1936
639:hold
609:3.4
467:gain
435:3.6
432:679
218:for
189:hold
16:The
597:N/A
439:N/A
401:New
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367:±%
363:%
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97:±%
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