Muriel Nichol
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Muriel Edith Nichol JP (2 February 1893 Wilmslow, Cheshire – 28 May 1983 Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire), née Wallhead, was a Labour Party politician in England.
Early life
The daughter of Richard Wallhead (Independent Labour Party chairman 1920–1922 and MP for Merthyr 1922–1934) was married with one son, and worked as a teacher before entering parliament. She served as Chair of Welwyn Garden City Urban District Council from 1937 to 1945.[1]
Political career
At the 1935 general election, she stood unsuccessfully in the Bradford North constituency in West Yorkshire, losing by a wide margin to the sitting Conservative Party member of parliament (MP) Eugene Ramsden. In the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election, she unseated Ramsden, winning the seat with a majority of 3,444 (a swing of 12.7%).
After boundary changes for the 1950 general election, she lost her seat to the Conservative and National Liberal Party candidate, William Taylor. She was unsuccessful in seeking to return to Parliament for Stockport North in the 1955 general election.
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- UK General Elections since 1832
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- 1893 births
- 1983 deaths
- British schoolteachers
- Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1945–1950
- Politics of Bradford
- 20th-century British women politicians
- 20th-century English women
- 20th-century English politicians