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Mr Benjamin Riley is a former MP for Dewsbury.

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Former MP for Dewsbury

Entered the House of Commons on 15 November 1922 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 15 June 1945 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Emil Pickering
• Walter Runciman
• Mark Oldroyd
• John Simon

Future MPs in this constituency

• Thomas Harvey
• Walter Rea
• William Paling
• David Ginsburg
• John Whitfield
• Ann Taylor
• Shahid Malik
• Simon Reevell
• Paula Sherriff
• Mark Eastwood

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Uganda: Trade Union Officials (Detention) 14 Mar 1945

  asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any information regarding the arrest of the president, secretary and members of the Motor Drivers' Trade Union in Uganda.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Yugoslavia: U.N.R.R.A. Supplies 7 Mar 1945

  asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the U.N.R.R.A. organisation is now working smoothly in Yugoslavia; and whether substantial supplies of goods are now being distributed to the civil population.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Yugoslavia: Provisional Government 7 Mar 1945

  asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the composition of the Provisional Yugoslav Government has now been completed; whether the Government contains representatives of all the main political parties in Yugoslavia; and whether he will indicate the parties which the respective members of the Provisional Government represent, and the names of the ministers.

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