Richard Wainwright, the Liberals and Liberal Democrats : unfinished business / Matt Cole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cole, Matthew, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wainwright, Richard, 1918-2003.

Wainwright, Richard.

Liberal Party (Great Britain).

Liberal Democrats (Great Britain).

Legislators--Great Britain--Biography.

Legislators.

Politicians--Great Britain--Biography.

Politicians.

Liberalism--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Liberalism.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Richard Wainwright, the Liberals and Liberal Democrats: Unfinished Business offers new research on familiar themes involving loyalties of politics, faith and locality. Richard Wainwright was a Liberal MP for seventeen years during the Party's recovery, but his life tells us about much more than this. Wainwright grew up in prosperity, but learned from voluntary work about poverty; he refused to fight in World War Two, but saw war at its cruellest; he joined the Liberal Party when most had given up on it, but gave his fortune to it; lost a by-election but caused the only Labour loss in Harold Wi

Contents:

pt. 1. Before parliament

pt. 2. Outside parliament

pt. 3. In parliament

pt. 4. After parliament.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781847795984

1847795986

9781847794369

184779436X

OCLC:

818847519