Stanley Stephen Awbery (19 July 1888 – 7 May 1969) was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician who served as the

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(MP) for Bristol Central from 1945 to 1964. Awbery was born in Swansea, and began work at a copperworks aged 13. In 1904 he began his

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activities when he joined the

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. He became the secretary of the Fuel Workers' Branch in 1913, and national auditor of the union in 1919. He became a permanent official with the union in 1920 and in 1926 district secretary at

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. He was a member of the Welsh Committee of the

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, becoming chairman in 1929. He was elected to

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Town Council and was mayor of Barry in 1941. He stood unsuccessfully as Labour Party candidate for the

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constituency at the

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and

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general elections. He was selected to contest Bristol Central in 1937, although the anticipated general election was postponed due to the

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. He finally entered parliament at the 1945 general election and remained

for Bristol Central until his retirement in

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. Awbrey was a keen local historian, and published a number of books on the subject.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Awbery, Stanley Stephen 1888 births 1969 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Politicians from Swansea Transport and General Workers' Union-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964