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Mr William Cove is a former MP for Aberavon.

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Former MP for Aberavon

Entered the House of Commons on 6 December 1923 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 18 September 1959 — General election

Also represented Wellingborough

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Ramsay Macdonald
• John Edwards

Future MPs in this constituency

• Ramsay Macdonald
• John Morris
• Hywel Francis
• Stephen Kinnock

Recent appearances

• Housing (Local Authority Building) 1 May 1958

  There ought to be a means test.

• Orders of the Day — Roads Programme 22 Jul 1957

  Is the right hon. Gentleman tackling the Port Talbot scheme?

• Orders of the Day — Rating and Valuation Bill: Clause 3. — (Rating Liability of Area Gas Boards.) 20 Feb 1957

  I understand that we are rather pressed for time, so I shall be very brief. I want wholeheartedly to support the exhaustive and accurate case made by my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kettering (Mr. Mitchison). As time passes, the area which I represent here will find itself increasingly penalised because the purification of gas and the storage of gas are not included in the formula...

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