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Harry Thorneycroft (21 February 1892 – 7 March 1956)[1] was a British hairdresser and Labour Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1942 to 1955. He was educated at an elementary school, and began work in a hairdresser's shop at the age of 9. He later became President of the National Federation of Hairdressers.[2] During the First World War, he served overseas with the Royal Field Artillery. He was elected to Manchester City Council in 1923, and became an alderman in 1939.[3] Thorneycroft unsuccessfully contested the borough of Blackpool at the 1935 general election,[4] and was elected to Parliament seven years later at a Manchester Clayton by-election in October 1942 after the death of the Labour MP John Jagger.[5] During the Second World War, the parties in the coalition government did not contest by-elections when vacancies occurred in seats held by their coalition partners, but in the Clayton by-election Thorneycroft was opposed by an independent candidate, Major Hammond Foot. Thorneycroft received a letter of support signed by the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, and the leaders of the other coalition parties.[6] He was the first Labour candidate to receive such a letter,[6] and won the seat with 93.3% of the votes.[5] He held the seat until the constituency was abolished for the 1955 general election,[1] when he retired from Parliament.[3] From 1945 to 1947, he was Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India and Burma.[3] He was then PPS to Arthur Henderson, the Secretary of State for Air, from 1947 until the Labour Government left office in 1951.[3] He died in hospital in London[2] on 7 March 1956, aged 64.[3] References1. ^1 {{Rayment-hc|c|4|date=March 2012}} 2. ^1 {{cite news|title=Mr. Harry Thorneycroft, Former Labour M.P. And Alderman|date=8 March 1956|work=The Times|page=14|accessdate=10 October 2010|location=London}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book |last1=Stenton |first1=Michael |last2=Lees |first2=Stephens |title=Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979 |year=1981 |publisher=The Harvester Press |location=Brighton |isbn=0-85527-335-6 |page=370}} 4. ^{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 |origyear=1969 |edition=3rd |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |isbn= 0-900178-06-X |page=93}} 5. ^1 Craig, page 186 6. ^1 {{cite news|title=Clayton By-Election|date=17 October 1942|work=The Times|page=2|accessdate=10 October 2010|location=London}} External links
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