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Mr James Cooke is a former MP for Hammersmith South.

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Former MP for Hammersmith South

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

• Daniel Chater
• William Bull

Future MPs in this constituency

• William Adams
• Thomas Williams

Recent appearances

• Private Bills (Group B). 29 Jun 1944

  reported from the Committee on Group B of Private Bills, That, at the meeting of the Committee this day, a Message was received from the Rt. Hon. William Whiteley, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, indicating that Mr. Ritson, one of the Members of the said Committee, was unable, on account of illness, to attend the Committee yesterday and this day.

• Orders of the Day — Cancer Bill 12 Dec 1938

  I am glad to have an opportunity of saying a few words on this Bill, because in a previous incarnation I was a surgeon. This problem has been quite obviously divided into a lay problem and a scientific problem. From my position I obviously intend to deal largely with the scientific and therapeutic problem, not the lay problem and such points as to whether the road to profligacy and the road...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Unemployment.: Exchanges (Ex-Service Men). 25 Jul 1935

  1. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that temporary non-service clerks in the employment exchange service are rendered immune from discharge when raised to a higher grade; and whether, as the protection thus afforded to non-service men is contrary to the spirit of the recent agreement that non-service temporary clerks should be discharged before ex-service men, he will issue...

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