William Wellwood

Captain William Wellwood MC (1893 – 28 Jun 1971)[1] was the Ulster Unionist Party MP for Londonderry in the Westminster Parliament from 1951 to 1955.

Following the resignation of incumbent MP Ronald Ross, Wellwood was elected unopposed in a by-election on 19 May 1951.[2][3] He was one of the last four MPs to be unopposed in a general election, on 25 October 1951.

He retired at the 1955 United Kingdom general election, and was replaced by Robin Chichester-Clark.

References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)
  2. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/dldy.htm
  3. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/39236/pages/2875/page.pdf
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Ronald Ross, Bt		 Member of Parliament for Londonderry
1951–1955		 Succeeded by
Robin Chichester-Clark


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