His reaction to the arrival of Jewish refugees verged on antisemitism and he hosted Hitler's representative at the House of Commons; however his alleged neglect of his constituency caused difficulties and he was defeated for re-election after a single term.
[5] Doran was an experienced traveller in Canada and the USA and gave lectures on life in North America, and on the history of the western United States.
Having received a discouraging answer, he pressed again to stop "hundreds of thousands of Jews .. scurrying .. to this country", eventually adding that a British version of Hitler would arise if action was not taken.
[14] On 26 April, Doran hosted a meeting at the House of Commons in the name of 'The Liberator Group' at which Adolf Hitler's representative in London spoke on "the true meaning of Germany's attitude towards the Jews".
[15] On 25 May he put down a written question asking for the number of registered moneylenders and their nationality; and in December 1933 he was to be found demanding action against 3,000 "fraudulent bankrupts, who are mainly alien Jews".
[17] In March 1935 he made a speech which drew much laughter, claiming that George Lansbury had smuggled some of the Russian Crown Jewels to Britain in an attempt to raise funds for the Labour Party.
[24] An antisemitic journal called "The Patriot" founded by the Duke of Northumberland later ascribed Doran's loss of his seat to attacks made on him by Conservative Central Office.