Hugh Delargy

Hugh James Delargy (26 September 1908 – 4 May 1976) was a Labour Party politician and MP.

He was born in Prestwich, Lancashire, of Irish parents.

Delargy was educated in England, Paris and Rome and worked as a teacher, journalist, labourer and insurance official. He was a Manchester City Councillor from 1937 to 1946.

Delargy was Member of Parliament for Manchester Platting from 1945 to 1950, and for Thurrock from 1950 until his death in 1976. He was a Labour whip from 1950 to 1952. His successor at the subsequent by-election was Oonagh McDonald.

He was a member of the Anti-Partition of Ireland League, secretary of the Friends of Ireland, and participated in the Manchester Martyrs commemoration in Manchester in 1949 which was addressed by Éamon de Valera.

He was a holder of the Grand Cross of the Polonia Restituta awarded by the Polish government-in-exile. Provided by Wikipedia