| 词条 | Gordon Lang |
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| honorific_prefix = Rev. | name = Gordon Lang | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|02|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Monmouth, Wales | death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|06|20|1893|02|25|df=y}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | education = Monmouth Grammar School | alma_mater = Cheshunt College | occupation = Member of Parliament | years_active = | employer = | organization = Labour Party | agent = | known_for = Minister and Member of Parliament | notable_works = | style = | influences = | influenced = | home_town = | television = | religion = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = }} Rev. Gordon Lang (25 February 1893 – 20 June 1981) was a Welsh Congregationalist minister and Labour Party politician.[1][1] He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Oldham from 1929 until 1931, and for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1945 until 1951. Lang was born in Monmouth, and attended the town's grammar school and Cheshunt College. He combined his pastoral work with political activity including being the honorary secretary of the United Europe Movement and a leading member of the Proportional Representation Society. MP for OldhamIn 1929 he was nominated as one of two Labour candidates for the two-seat Oldham constituency along with James Wilson.[2][3] The general election saw a large swing to the Labour Party, and Lang and Wilson were elected, unseating the two sitting members (one Conservative and one Liberal.)[4] Following the collapse of the second minority Labour Government and the formation of a National Government, a further general election was held in 1931.[5] Lang and Wilson defended their seats against two National Government candidates, but were heavily defeated.[6] Lang stood at Oldham again at the next general election in 1935, but failed to regain the seat for Labour.[7] MP for Stalybridge and HydeIn 1937, Philip Dunne, the Conservative MP for Stalybridge and Hyde retired due to ill health. Lang was chosen to contest the ensuing byelection, which was a straight fight with Horace Trevor-Cox, Conservative and National Government candidate.[8] Lang came close to winning the seat, reducing the Conservatives' majority from the 1935 general election of 5,081 votes to just 334.[9] With the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, elections were postponed. It was not until 1945 that another general election was held. Lang and Trevor-Cox were again the candidates of the Labour and Conservative parties respectively, joined by a Liberal candidate, Donald Burden.[10] The 1945 general election resulted in a Labour landslide victory, where the first majority Labour government was formed, and Lang was comfortably elected with a majority of 4,370 votes.[11] He retained the seat at the next general election in 1950.[12] The result of the election was a reduced Labour majority, and another general election was called in 1951 to increase it. Lang announced that we would not contest the election due to ill health, and retired from the House of Commons.[13] After politicsLang continued in his ministry, and was appointed chaplain to the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain.[1] He died at his home in Chepstow in June 1981, aged 88.[1][14] References
1. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=Obituary: Rev Gordon Lang |newspaper=The Times |page=16 |date=24 June 1981 }} 2. ^1 {{cite news |title=Lancashire Seats. Five Candidates At Oldham |work=The Times |page=7 |date=18 May 1929 }} 3. ^{{cite news |title=General Election: Nominations |newspaper=The Times |page=8 |date=21 May 1929 }} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Lancashire Seats. Disappointed Liberals |newspaper=The Times |page=6 |date=1 June 1929 }} 5. ^{{cite news |title=Lancashire Seats. Clear Issue At Oldham |work=The Times |page=17 |date=19 October 1931 }} 6. ^{{cite news |title=The General Election First Returns, Polling In The Boroughs |newspaper=The Times |page=6 |date=28 October 1931 }} 7. ^{{cite news |title=General Election: List Of Nominations |newspaper=The Times |page=8 |date=5 November 1935}} 8. ^{{cite news |title=Party Activity At Stalybridge. The Defence Issue |newspaper=The Times |page=8 |date=7 April 1937}} 9. ^{{cite news |title=By-Election Results |newspaper=The Times |page=8 |date=30 April 1937}} 10. ^{{cite news |title=Labour Hopes At Stockport. Effect Of Liberal Vote. Predominance Of Women |newspaper=The Times |page=8 |date=3 July 1945}} 11. ^{{cite news |title=The New House Of Commons. List Of Members, Constituencies And Parties |newspaper=The Times |page=8 |date=10 August 1945}} 12. ^{{cite news |title=Conservative Hopes In Cheshire. Local Election Pointer |newspaper=The Times |page=5 |date=14 February 1950}} 13. ^{{cite news |title=News in Brief |newspaper=The Times |page=26 |date=24 June 1981}} 14. ^{{cite news |title=Deaths |newspaper=The Times |page=4 |date=28 April 1951}} External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Oldham | years = 1929–1931 | with = James Wilson | before = William Wiggins and Duff Cooper | after = Anthony Crommelin Crossley and Hamilton Kerr }}{{succession box | title = Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde | years = 1945–1951 | before = Horace Trevor-Cox | after = Fred Blackburn }}{{S-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lang, Gordon}} 10 : 1893 births|1981 deaths|Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|UK MPs 1929–31|UK MPs 1945–50|UK MPs 1950–51|Politics of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham|People from Monmouth, Wales|Welsh Congregationalist ministers|Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Stalybridge and Hyde |
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