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Mr Hamer Russell is a former MP for Sheffield, Brightside.

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Former MP for Sheffield, Brightside

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

Left the House of Commons on 25 October 1935 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Fred Marshall
• Arthur Ponsonby
• John Walters
• James Hope
• Fred Maddison
• Anthony Mundella

Future MPs in this constituency

• Fred Marshall
• Richard Winterbottom
• Edward Griffiths
• Joan Maynard
• David Blunkett

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment.: Probation of Offenders Act (Motoring Offences). 28 Jun 1934

  12. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any police record is kept of cases in which a person who has been proved to have been in charge of a motor car while under the influence of drink has been dealt with under the Probation of Offenders Act; and whether he will consider an alteration in the law to pre vent the Probation of Offenders Act in connection with this class...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Housing.: Wooden Huts, Sheffield. 19 Jun 1934

  39. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that there are in Sheffield some 700 or 800 wooden huts, erected in 1915–16, for the purpose of providing temporary accommodation for munition workers; that the huts are now used permanently for human habitation; that they in no way comply with the building by-laws; that many of them are infested with bugs; and what steps he is prepared to...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Housing.: Wooden Huts, Sheffield. 19 Jun 1934

  Does my hon. Friend accept the statement of the local authority that there are worse houses in Sheffield than wooden bug-infested huts?

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