Arthur Duckworth

Who was Arthur Duckworth?

George Arthur Victor Duckworth, known as Arthur Duckworth, was a British Conservative Party politician.

He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury at the 1929 general election. He was re-elected in 1931 and 1935, and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1945 election.

In 1936, he won 7th place in the ballot for private member's bills, and proposed to bring forward a Medical and Surgical Appliances Bill.

He announced in April 1945 that he would not stand again at the next election.