Cecil Frederick Pike (26 February 1898 – 12 May 1968) was a

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. Born in

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, Pike joined the Conservative Party after studying at

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. He stood unsuccessfully for the party in Rother Valley at the 1929 general election. He moved to contest Sheffield Attercliffe at the 1931 election. Although this was usually a

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Labour Party seat, he was able to win by just 165 votes. He was heavily defeated at the 1935 election, and was also unsuccessful at the 1939 Colne Valley by-election. Pike died in Chesterfield,

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aged 70.

References

*Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, ''Who's Who of British MPs: Volume III, 1919-1945''

External links

* 1898 births 1968 deaths Politics of Sheffield Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1890s-stub