Frank Julian Allaun (27 February 1913 – 26 November 2002) was a British Labour politician. Born in

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, Allaun was educated at

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and worked as an engineer, shop assistant, tour leader, chartered accountant and journalist. He helped to organise the first

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in 1958 and was chair of the Labour Peace Fellowship. Allaun was against British membership of the

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. Allaun contested Manchester Moss Side in 1951. He was Member of Parliament for Salford East from 1955 to 1983. He was a veteran of leftwing causes, especially the

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(CND), of which he was vice president from 1983. He was the first President of the

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in 1973. Allaun wrote several books on nuclear weapons including ''Stop the H-Bomb Race'' (1959) and ''The Wasted 30 Billions'' (1975). In his book ''Next Stop Execution'',

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stated that's Allaun's work with the peace movement and elsewhere was viewed favourably within the Soviet Union. Outside the peace movement, his preoccupation was with

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, and he argued vastly increased expenditure should be paid for by cuts in defence. Despite Allaun's life work, Britain remained a nuclear power. Frank Allaun retired from the House of Commons in 1983 but continued to be active in politics. This included writing the books ''Spreading the News: A Guide To Media Reform'' (1989) and ''The Struggle for Peace'' (1992). His recreations were walking and swimming. His first wife died in 1986, and on 3 June 1989 he married Millie Bobker, née Greenberg, a widow and retired civil servant. He died in Manchester in 2002 aged 89. His second wife, son and daughter survived him.

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*''Times Guide to the House of Commons'', 1966 and 1979 *

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