Granville Maynard Sharp (5 January 1906 – 8 August 1997) was a Labour Party politician in the

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. Sharp was educated at

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Ashville College Ashville College is a co-educational independent school for both day and boarding pupils aged 2–18 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1877 as a boarding school for boys by the United Methodist Free Churches. It inco ...

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, and

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. He became joint owner of his father's outfitters, and from 1928 until 1934 also served as a lecturer at the W. R. Technical Institute. He was commissioned in May 1939 and during the Second World War, he served in an Anti-Tank Regiment, and then as quartermaster general for Northern Ireland from 1942 to 1943. He became the senior British staff officer in the Economic Section of the

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in Italy, and then held a similar post in Austria. Lieutenant-Colonel Sharp was elected at the 1945 general election as a Labour

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(MP) for the Spen Valley constituency in

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and held the seat until its abolition at the 1950 general election. He returned to politics in 1970 by serving as a

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, then from 1973 on both

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and Mid Sussex District Council.

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* 1906 births 1997 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of West Sussex County Council Members of East Sussex County Council Conservative Party (UK) councillors People educated at Ashville College Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge UK MPs 1945–1950 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub