| 词条 | James Booth (judge) |
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His Honour James Booth (3 May 1914 – 31 August 2000), was a British Judge and a Liberal Party politician. BackgroundBooth was a son of James and Agnes Booth.[1] He was educated at Bolton School, Bolton, Lancashire and Manchester University, where he received a Bachelor of Law with Honours.[2] In 1954 he married Joyce Doreen Mather. They had two sons.[1] Professional careerBooth qualified as a barrister and in 1936 he was call to the bar at Gray’s Inn, making him Britain's youngest barrister.[1] World War TwoIn 1941 Booth joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as a Flight lieutenant.[1] He served in Northern Ireland and Iceland.[2] Political careerBooth was Liberal candidate for the West Leeds division of West Yorkshire at the 1945 General Election. This was an unpromising seat that a Liberal had not fought since 1929. He finished third but managed to save his deposit, Five years later he was Liberal candidate for the Darwen division of Lancashire at the 1950 general election.[2] In a difficult election for the Liberal Party he saw the Liberal vote fall from 1945, however unlike many of his colleagues elsewhere, he again managed to save his deposit. He did not stand for parliament again.[3] Professional careerBooth returned to law and practised in Manchester. In 1967 he became Recorder of Barrow-in-Furness. In 1969 he became a Circuit Judge (formerly a County Court Judge). In 1984 he retired at the age of 70.[1] Electoral record{{Election box begin ||title=General Election 1945: Leeds West[4] }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Thomas William Stamford |votes = 26,593 |percentage = 59.0 |change =+14.7 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Samuel Vyvyan Adams |votes = 12,457 |percentage = 27.7 |change = -26.6 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Fl-Lt. James Booth |votes = 6,008 |percentage = 13.3 |change =n/a }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 14,136 |percentage = 31.4 |change =39.9 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = 76.1 |change = +5.6 }}{{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |loser = Conservative Party (UK) |swing =+20.0 }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | |title=General Election 1950:Darwen[5]}}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = William Robert Stanley Prescott |votes = 17,903 |percentage = 48.5 |change = +7.1 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Ronald Haines |votes = 13,334 |percentage = 36.1 |change = +1.8 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = James Booth |votes = 5,656 |percentage = 15.3 |change =-8.9 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 4,569 |percentage = 12.4 |change = }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = |percentage = 89.6 |change =+6.9 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = +2.6 }}{{Election box end}} References1. ^1 2 3 4 ‘BOOTH, His Honour James’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 7 November 2014 {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, James}}2. ^1 2 Who's Who of 475 Liberal Candidates fighting the 1950 General Election 3. ^British parliamentary election results 1950–1973, Craig, F.W.S. 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge45/i12.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=5 July 1945|work=Election 1945|publisher=Politics Resources|accessdate=2011-11-08}} 5. ^British parliamentary election results 1950–1973, Craig, F.W.S. 7 : 1914 births|2000 deaths|Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates|Alumni of the University of Manchester|People educated at Bolton School|Members of Gray's Inn|English judges |
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