David Quibell, 1st Baron Quibell

He lost his seat two years later, when Labour split over the decision of its leader, Ramsay MacDonald, to form a National Government, but was re-elected at the 1935 general election.

He retired from the House of Commons at the 1945 general election,[1][2] when he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Quibell, of Scunthorpe in the County of Lincoln,[3] in recognition of his "political and public services".

After his death, Quibell's daughter Edith Ellen Bennard (1904-2000) was unsuccessful in claiming her father's title.

In her application under the Equal Opportunities Act, Mrs. Bennard, who was not in court, had argued that attending Parliament and receiving the daily minimum allowance of 13.50 pounds amounted to employment.

Powerfully built, he never hesitated to say what he thought and in his early days was one of the most forceful propagandists of the Independent Labour Party.

His determination to represent his own locality in Parliament was so strong that he contested the Brigg Division no fewer than six times, four without success.

Eventually, in 1929, he secured election, but two years later his political career was interrupted, and he did not return to the House of Commons until 1935.

He represented the constituency during the next 10 years, and was elevated to the Peerage in the Dissolution Honours in recognition of his political and public services.

Of all the honours conferred upon him none gave him greater satisfaction than that which made him the first Freeman of his native borough of Scunthorpe.

David John Kingsley Quibell, who was a forceful Labour supporter, died on 16 April, aged eighty-eight.