George Wadsworth (politician)

Wadsworth was a Liberal member of Halifax Town Council.^[2] He served from 1938 to 1945. He was Vice-Chairman of Halifax Watch, Safety First, Lighting Committee.^[3]

At the 1945 general election, Wadsworth was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for the East Riding of Yorkshire constituency of Buckrose. He gained the seat from the Conservatives by a majority of 949 votes, benefiting from the absence of a Labour candidate.

In the House of Commons, he served on the Public Accounts Select Committee from 1945 to 1949. He was a member of parliamentary delegations to Hungary, Switzerland and Italy. In 1949 he attended the European military exercises in Germany as a Parliamentary observer.^[4]

At the 1950 election, following boundary changes, Wadsworth contested the re-drawn seat of Bridlington. This time he had a Labour opponent as well as a Conservative. The Conservative comfortably won the seat.

Wadsworth contested the Sheffield Hillsborough constituency in the 1951 general election as a National Liberal candidate but failed to take the seat from Labour.

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by George Wadsworth

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