Stanley Tiffany

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(11 June 1908 – 19 March 1971) was an English

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politician. He sat in the

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from 1945 to 1950. He was the son of Alert Tiffany from Rothwell in the

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. He was educated at the Leeds Boys' Modern School, and became an electrical engineer, and a director of the Peterborough and District Co-operative Society. He was elected at the 1945 general election as the member of parliament (MP) for the Peterborough division of Northamptonshire, defeating the sitting Conservative MP John Hely-Hutchinson, known by his

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as Viscount Suirdale. He held the seat until his defeat at the 1950 general election by the Conservative Harmar Nicholls. After leaving

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he returned to Yorkshire, becoming a member of Wakefield Borough Council from 1952 to 1967, and owned a hotel in

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. He was made a Commander of the

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(CBE) in 1967.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiffany, Stanley 1908 births 1971 deaths Labour Co-operative MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1945–1950 Councillors in West Yorkshire Politics of Peterborough Politics of Wakefield Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Leeds Modern School Labour Party (UK) councillors