Walter Padley

Walter Ernest Padley (24 July 1916 – 15 April 1984) was a British Labour politician.

Early life

Padley was educated at Chipping Norton Grammar School and Ruskin College, Oxford with a TUC scholarship. He was president of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers 1948–1964.

During the Second World War he registered as a conscientious objector, but after appearances at both his Local and the Appellate Tribunals, he was permitted only exemption from combatant service, and was required to serve in the Non-Combatant Corps (NCC).

Padley's first parliamentary contest was at the 1943 by-election in Acton, in which he was an Independent Labour Party (ILP) candidate. In 1950 he was elected Labour Party Member of Parliament for Ogmore and served until 1979. He was Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from 1964 to 1967 and Labour Party chairman 1965–1966, having been on the National Executive Committee from 1956.

Bibliography
  • The Economic Problem of the Peace London: Gollancz (1944)
  • Marcus Aurelius (pen name) Am I My Brother's Keeper? London: Gollancz (1945)
  • Britain: Pawn or Power? London: Gollancz (1947)
  • Soviet Russia: Free Union or Empire? Bombay: National Info. & Publications (1947)
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References
    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    John Evans    		 Member of Parliament for Ogmore
    1950–1979    		 Succeeded by
    Ray Powell
    Trade union offices
    Preceded by
    Percy Cottrell    		 President of USDAW
    1948–1964    		 Succeeded by
    Richard Seabrook
    Party political offices
    Preceded by
    Jack Hammond    		 London Division representative on the Independent Labour Party National Administrative Council
    1940–1946    		 Succeeded by
    Tom Colyer
    Preceded by
    Ray Gunter    		 Chair of the Labour Party National Executive Committee
    1965–1966    		 Succeeded by
    John McFarlane Boyd
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