Frank Allaun
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Frank Julian Allaun (27 February 1913 – 26 November 2002) was a British Labour politician.
Allaun was educated at Manchester Grammar School and worked as an engineer, shop assistant, tour leader, chartered accountant and journalist. He helped to organise the first Aldermaston March in 1958 and was chair of the Labour Peace Fellowship. Allaun was against British membership of the EEC.[1]
Allaun contested Manchester Moss Side in 1951. He was Member of Parliament for Salford East from 1955 to 1983.
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by Edward Arthur Hardy |
Member of Parliament for Salford East 1955–1983 |
Succeeded by Stan Orme |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Joan Lestor |
Chair of The Labour Party 1978–1979 |
Succeeded by Lena Jeger |
[edit] Notes
- ^ David Butler and Uwe Kitzinger, The 1975 Referendum (London: Macmillan, 1976), p. 105, p. 235.
[edit] References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966 and 1979
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page