Daniel Leopold Lipson (26 March 1886 – 14 April 1963) was a politician in the

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. Originally a teacher at

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and later a headmaster, he became a member of

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Borough council, serving as mayor during the 1930s, before he was elected as an Independent Conservative Member of Parliament for the

constituency at a by-election in 1937, the local Conservative party having refused to endorse him as its candidate following an

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whispering campaign. He was re-elected at the general election of 1945 as a

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, but at the 1950 election his vote fell and he lost the seat to the

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candidate William Hicks Beach, coming third behind the Labour candidate. Lipson was made an

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, and in 1953 an honorary Freeman of the Borough of Cheltenham. A road on the

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housing estate in Cheltenham was named after him He was also an enthusiastic supporter and a vice president of the Cheltenham

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References

*
Richard Kimber's political science resources: UK General Election results February 1950.
* The Guardian, Friday 31 October 2003 * Gloucestershire County archives, Local Studies library *

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* 1886 births 1963 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 Independent members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Mayors of places in Gloucestershire Jewish British politicians YMCA leaders Councillors in Gloucestershire Politics of Cheltenham Schoolteachers from Gloucestershire {{England-mayor-stub