Stanley Tiffany

Stanley Tiffany CBE (11 June 1908 – 19 March 1971)[1] was an English Labour Co-operative[2] politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1945 to 1950.

He was the son of Alert Tiffany from Rothwell in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[3] He was educated at the Leeds Boys' Modern School, and became an electrical engineer, and a director of the Peterborough and District Co-operative Society.[3]

He was elected at the 1945 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Peterborough division of Northamptonshire,[4]defeating the sitting Conservative MP John Hely-Hutchinson, known by his courtesy title as Viscount Suirdale.[2] He held the seat until his defeat at the 1950 general election by the Conservative Harmar Nicholls.[5]

After leaving Parliament he returned to Yorkshire, becoming a member of Wakefield Borough Council from 1952 to 1967,[3] and owned a hotel in Bridlington.[3] He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1967.[3]

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Peterborough
19451950
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