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Benjamin Charles Spoor (2 June 1878 – 22 December 1928) was a British Labour Party politician. He took a particular interest in India and in the Movement for Colonial Freedom.
Born in Witton Park, County Durham, he went to Elmfield College, York, and came from a family of Primitive Methodists. An engineer by training, he later went into business as a builder's merchant. Before entering politics he was a lay preacher in the Methodist Church.
At the 1918 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for the Bishop Auckland constituency, and held the seat until his death at the age of 50. In parliament, he found himself at odds with many Labour MPs and contemplated joining the Liberals. He was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip in 1924, when he was made a Privy Councillor.
He had suffered from poor health since contracting malaria at Salonika during World War I. On a visit to London in December 1928, he was found dead in bed at the Regent Palace Hotel. At the inquest, his son said that his father had taken to drinking heavily. His death, it was decided, was due to syncope from disease of the heart and liver, due to chronic alcoholism.
References
- The Times, 24 December 1928 (obituary), 27 December 1928 (inquest report)
- The Fall of Lloyd George: The Political Crisis of 1922
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ben Spoor
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded bySir Henry Havelock-Allan, Bt | Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland 1918–1928 |
Succeeded byFlorence Ruth Dalton |
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| Preceded byBolton Eyres-Monsell | Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1924 |
Succeeded byBolton Eyres-Monsell |
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