Walter Padley
Walter Ernest Padley (24 July 1916 – 15 April 1984) was a British Labour politician.
Early life
Padley was educated at Chipping Norton Grammar School and Ruskin College, Oxford with a TUC scholarship. He was president of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers 1948–1964.
During the Second World War he registered as a conscientious objector, but after appearances at both his Local and the Appellate Tribunals, he was permitted only exemption from combatant service, and was required to serve in the Non-Combatant Corps (NCC).
Padley's first parliamentary contest was at the 1943 by-election in Acton, in which he was an Independent Labour Party (ILP) candidate. In 1950 he was elected Labour Party Member of Parliament for Ogmore and served until 1979. He was Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 1964 to 1967 and Labour Party chairman 1965–1966, having been on the National Executive Committee from 1956.
Bibliography
- The Economic Problem of the Peace London: Gollancz (1944)
- Marcus Aurelius (pen name) Am I My Brother's Keeper? London: Gollancz (1945)
- Britain: Pawn or Power? London: Gollancz (1947)
- Soviet Russia: Free Union or Empire? Bombay: National Info. & Publications (1947)
References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons October 1974
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Evans |
Member of Parliament for Ogmore 1950–1979 |
Succeeded by Ray Powell |
| Trade union offices | ||
| Preceded by Percy Cottrell |
President of USDAW 1948–1964 |
Succeeded by Richard Seabrook |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Jack Hammond |
London Division representative on the Independent Labour Party National Administrative Council 1940–1946 |
Succeeded by Tom Colyer |
| Preceded by Ray Gunter |
Chair of the Labour Party National Executive Committee 1965–1966 |
Succeeded by John McFarlane Boyd |