William Robinson

Who was William Robinson?

William Oscar James Robinson was a British Labour Party politician.

He was elected at the 1966 general election as Member of Parliament for Walthamstow East, winning the seat with a majority of 1,807 over the sitting Conservative Party MP John Harvey. Robinson served only two years in Parliament, dying in office two years later aged 59.

The resulting by-election was held in March 1969 and won with a 5,479-vote majority by the Conservative Michael McNair-Wilson, whose brother Patrick had won a by-election in 1968.