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Wing Commander Archibald James is a former MP for Wellingborough.

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Former MP for Wellingborough

Entered the House of Commons on 27 October 1931 — General election

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

Previous MPs in this constituency

• George Dallas
• William Cove
• Geoffrey Shakespeare
• Walter Smith

Future MPs in this constituency

• George Lindgren
• Michael Hamilton
• Harry Howarth
• Peter Fry
• Paul Stinchcombe
• Peter Bone
• Gen Kitchen

Recent appearances

• Orders of the Day — Ministry of Fuel and Power Bill 23 Feb 1945

  This is a most topsy-turvy Debate. I find myself listening to a speech by a Minister of a Government which I support which convinces me not at all, and he is followed by an hon. Member from the Opposition Front Bench who makes a speech with almost every word of which I agree. It is most unexpected and peculiar. The first complaint we are entitled to make concerns the draftsmanship of this...

• Orders of the Day — Ministry of Fuel and Power Bill 23 Feb 1945

  I am referring to the system and not to the Minister. I beg the hon. Member not to try to lead me into making a longer speech than I wish to.

• Orders of the Day — Requisitioned Land and War Works Bill 13 Feb 1945

  The withdrawal by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of Sub-section 1 (a) of Clause 6 means that we know even less than before where we are on the question of restoration, and I would like the Attorney-General, when he replies, to tell us the Government's intentions on that subject. I want to put what is really a Committee point—an extreme case which is within my personal knowledge. In the...

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