Sydney Irving
Sydney Irving, Baron Irving of Dartford, Dartford in the County of Kent of PC DL ( born July 1, 1918 † 18 December 1989) was a British Labour Party politician, who intermittently for twenty years MP and Deputy Speaker of the temporarily House of Commons was in 1979, and as a life peer, due to the Life peerages Act 1958 a member of the House of Lords.
Life
Member of Parliament and Deputy Speaker of the House
Irving graduated after attending the School Pendower a degree in economics from the London School of Economics (LSE ), where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics ( B.Sc.Econ. ). After training as an officer training unit officer he met on March 9, 1940 his military service as a Second Lieutenant in the West Yorkshire Regiment ( Prince of Wales 's Own ). Most recently, he was promoted to captain.
After the war he worked as a teacher and lecturer. He also became involved in local politics and was for a time a member of the Council of the Municipal Borough Dartford.
Irving was first elected in the general election of 26 May 1955 as a Labour candidate in the constituency of Dartford as an MP in the House of Commons and could rely with 25,928 votes ( 54.4 percent) significantly against the opposing candidate of the Conservative Party, PE Walker to prevail, which accounted for 21,730 votes ( 45.6 percent). He represented this constituency first fifteen years until the general election on 18 June 1970. During this time he was first 1959-1964 Parliamentary Secretary ( Whip ) and following 1964-1966 Deputy Parliamentary chief executive of the fraction ( Deputy Chief Whip ) of the Labour Party in the House. He also held in this capacity 1964-1966 the office of Treasurer of the Household.
After the election victory of his party in the lower house elections on March 31, 1964 Irving was born on April 21, 1966 for the first time Deputy Speaker ( Deputy Speaker) of the House and remained in this position until July 2, 1974. At the same time, he was first of 21 April 1966 to on October 30, 1968 Vice Chairman and after October 30, 1968 to July 2, 1970 Chairman of the influential House Committee on ways and Means (Chairman of ways and Means ).
Election defeats, re-entry into the House of Commons and House of Lords member
In the general election of June 18, 1970 suffered Irving, who in 1969 also Privy Councillor, was a narrow defeat against challenger of the Conservative Party, Peter Trew: While on Trew 27,822 votes ( 45.96 percent ) accounted for, he got 27 262 votes ( 45.03 percent) and thus lost his House seat to Trew with only 560 votes.
However, it succeeded in Irving at the next general election on February 28, 1974 to retake the Dartford constituency by a margin of 3,654 votes: During this time he received 19,803 votes ( 41.98 percent), which accounted for only 16,149 Trew votes ( 34.24 percent).
After he ( 47.64 percent) could significantly compared with 15,331 ( 35.09 percent) defend on the part of his conservative rival candidate G. Bright constituency in the elections of 10 October 1974 with 20,817 votes, he suffered at the general election on 3 May 1979, a re- election defeat. With this choice was Bob Dunn of the Conservative Party 21,195 votes ( 45.87 percent), Irving only 19,803 votes ( 42.86 percent).
On February 26, 1976, he was also named one of the Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Kent.
By Letters Patent of July 10, 1979 Irving was raised after his retirement from the House of Commons because of the Life peerages Act 1958 as life peer with the title Baron Irving of Dartford of Dartford in the County of Kent in the peerage, and was until his death at the House of Lords as a member. Its official launch (House of Lords) took place on July 10, 1979 with the support of Hervey Rhodes, Baron Rhodes and George Darling, Baron Darling of Hillsborough.