Aidan Crawley

Aidan Merivale Crawley MBE (10 April 1908 – 3 November 1993) was a British journalist, television executive and editor, and politician. He was a member of both of Britain's major political parties: the Labour Party and Conservative Party, and was elected to the House of Commons as a Labour MP from 1945 to 1951, and as a Conservative MP from 1962 to 1967.

Aidan Crawley
MBE
Member of Parliament
for West Derbyshire
In office
6 June 1962  25 October 1967
Preceded byEdward Wakefield
Succeeded byJames Scott-Hopkins
Member of Parliament
for Buckingham
In office
5 July 1945  5 October 1951
Preceded byLionel Berry
Succeeded byFrank Markham
Personal details
Born
Aidan Merivale Crawley

(1908-04-10)10 April 1908
Benenden, Kent, England
Died3 November 1993(1993-11-03) (aged 85)
Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Political partyLabour (until 1957)
Conservative
Spouse
Virginia Cowles
(m. 1945; died 1983)
Children3
EducationHarrow School
Alma materTrinity College, Oxford
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