Edward Smallwood

Smallwood made his home in Islington, living in the east of the Borough. He represented the area as a Liberal on the Borough Council,^[1] as a Progressive on the London County Council (from 1910–1917, having failed to be elected in 1907).^[3] He eventually got into Parliament as Liberal candidate at a by-election in 1917 following the death of the sitting Liberal MP Sir George Radford.^[4]

Smallwood contested the 1918 general election in Islington East as an independent Asquithian Liberal but was opposed by four other candidates. These included Alfred Baldwin Raper, a wartime airforce pilot and timber merchant.^[5] Raper was the Conservative candidate and had been awarded the Coalition Coupon and he took the seat by a majority of 3,384 votes and nearly 50% of the poll.^[6]

Smallwood tried to re-enter Parliament at the 1922 general election as Liberal candidate in East Ham South and in the same seat in 1923 both times losing to Labour and Co-op candidate A J Barnes. He did not stand for Parliament again.

To support his political career, Smallwood had undertaken charitable and social work in London.^[1] He was also a supporter of the Lords Day Observance Society, speaking at their meetings.^[2]

• Works by or about Edward Smallwood at the Internet Archive
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Smallwood