Hugh McDowall Lawson (13 February 1912 – 23 March 1997) was a politician in the

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's short-lived

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, which was founded to contest parliamentary

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s during

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. He was elected to the

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as Member of Parliament (MP) for

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at a by-election in January 1944, then contested

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in the 1945 general election, where he lost. Lawson later contested the Rushcliffe constituency in Nottinghamshire in

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for the Labour Party, but was not elected; he likewise was unsuccessful in standing for the

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seat in Norfolk in

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. His sister was

Faith Lawson Faith Lawson MBE (9 February 1922 – 16 October 1998) was a British housing officer and campaigner, chairman of the Pedestrians Association from 1991 to 1997. She was born in West Bridgford, Nottingham, the daughter of John Lawson, a pharmaceutic ...

, a housing officer and campaigner, and chairman of the

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from 1991 to 1997.

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* 1912 births 1997 deaths Common Wealth Party MPs Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1935–1945 Common Wealth Party Far-left politicians in the United Kingdom {{England-UK-MP-stub