Elaine Burton, Baroness Burton of Coventry
Elaine Frances Burton, Baroness Burton of Coventry (born March 2, 1904 in Scarborough , England , † October 6, 1991 in Westminster , England) was a British politician .
Life
It took Burton three tries to get elected to Parliament. Her first election was in 1943 for the Common Wealth Party . Her second choice was in 1945 , this time for the Labor Party . In the British general election in 1950 she got a seat in Parliament for the newly created constituency Coventry South , which she kept until 1959 when she was replaced by Philip Hocking .
Burton was raised to the nobility in April 1962 as Baroness Burton of Coventry, Warwickshire .
Burton left the Labor Party in 1981 to join the newly formed Social Democratic Party , becoming the House of Lords spokeswoman for civil aviation and consumer protection.
Web links
- Elaine Burton, Baroness Burton of Coventry at Hansard (English)
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Burton, Elaine, Baroness Burton of Coventry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burton, Elaine Frances, Baroness Burton of Coventry; Burton, Elaine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Scarborough , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1991 |
| Place of death | Westminster , England |