Penry Williams (5 September 1866 – 26 June 1945) was a

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politician in

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, born in Middlesbrough, a son of Edward Williams, a Cleveland ironmaster, and brother of Member of Parliament (MP)

Aneurin Williams Aneurin Williams (11 October 1859 – 20 January 1924) was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. Background He was born in Dowlais, Glamorganshire, the second son of Edward Williams, CE, JP, ironmaster, of Cleveland Lodge, Mid ...

. Williams was elected at the

January 1910 general election The January 1910 UK general election was held from 15 January to 10 February 1910. Called amid a constitutional crisis after the Conservative-dominated House of Lords rejected the People's Budget, the Liberal government, seeking a mandate, los ...

as MP for the usually Liberal Middlesbrough constituency in the

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. When the constituency was divided at the 1918 general election, he was elected for the new Middlesbrough East constituency, but was defeated at the 1922 general election by the Conservative Party candidate John Wesley Brown. With rifts in the Liberal Party healed, the party's fortunes recovered at the 1923 general election, and Williams regained his seat. His return was short-lived, because at the 1924 general election he was unseated in a close three-way contest by the Labour Party candidate

Ellen Wilkinson Ellen Cicely Wilkinson (8 October 1891 – 6 February 1947) was a British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician who served as Secretary of State for Education, Minister of Education from July 1945 until her death. Earlier in her care ...

. At the 1929 general election, he stood as the

candidate for

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where he came close to gaining the seat from the Conservatives.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Penry 1866 births 1945 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1923–1924