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Mr Joseph Symonds is a former MP for Whitehaven.

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Former MP for Whitehaven

Entered the House of Commons on 8 October 1959 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 29 April 1970 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Frank Anderson
• William Nunn
• Morgan Price
• Robert Hudson
• Thomas Duffy
• James Grant
• Thomas Richardson
• James Grant
• John Jackson
• James Grant
• William Burnyeat
• Augustus Helder
• Thomas Little
• James Bain
• George Cavendish-Bentinck
• George Lyall
• Robert Hildyard
• Matthias Attwood

Future MPs in this constituency

• Jack Cunningham

Recent appearances

• Debate on the Address 30 Oct 1968

  I rise this evening to pay tribute to the Loyal Address which has been so ably moved this afternoon. I am greatly interested in two points in the Queen's Speech. The first concerns the economic situation of the country. It may be all right for those in the South-East and in other places to have a nice, comfortable living and to be able to state that the comfort they have derived has been...

• Debate on the Address 30 Oct 1968

  The hon. Member went to the wrong part of Millom.

• Orders of the Day — Prices and Incomes 22 Jul 1968

  Is my hon. Friend suggesting that those with higher wages should sacrifice the increased rate so that lower-paid men can get more instead of getting an equal amount?

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