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, and active in the Railway Clerks Association. Refused recognition as a

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in the

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, he was in

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(along with

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), and then went to Princetown Work Centre in the erstwhile

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. In the 1945 general election he was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton. Haworth failed to return to the House of Commons, standing unsuccessfully for Liverpool Walton in the 1950 general election. He was defeated again standing for

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in the 1951 general election, and for

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in the 1955 general election.

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'', 26 May 1939, p 7 *

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: ''Sydney Silverman, Rebel in Parliament'', 1969 * 1896 births 1976 deaths British conscientious objectors Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1945–1950 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Liverpool constituencies Presidents of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association Transport Salaried Staffs' Association-sponsored MPs {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub