Edward Griffiths
Politician
1929 – 1995
Who was Edward Griffiths?
Edward Griffiths was a British Labour politician and director of the British Steel Association.
Griffiths was elected Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside in a 1968 by-election. In September 1974, he was deselected as a candidate by his local Constituency Labour Party in favour of Joan Maynard one month before a general election, and then decided to stand against Maynard as an Independent Labour candidate. He lost by a margin of 7,926 votes, although he polled 28% of the vote and finished in second place. However, he was never elected an MP again.
In May 1979 Griffiths switched sides and supported the Conservatives in the 1979 General Election.
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