Godfrey Lagden (politician)

Godfrey William Lagden (12 April 1906 – 31 August 1989) was a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hornchurch from 1955 to 1966.

[1] Lagden entered politics after the war; he was elected to the Hornchurch Urban District in 1948 and to the Essex County Council in 1949.

[1] The Daily Telegraph described him as a member of the party's right who "oppos[ed] Rhodesian sanctions and the abolition of capital punishment".

[1] Lagden held Hornchurch until his defeat at the 1966 general election by the Labour candidate Alan Lee Williams.

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