Harry Thorneycroft (21 February 1892 – 7 March 1956)[1] was a British hairdresser and Labour Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1942 to 1955.
[5] During the Second World War, the parties in the coalition government did not contest by-elections when vacancies occurred in seats held by their coalition partners, but in the Clayton by-election Thorneycroft was opposed by an independent candidate, Major Hammond Foot.
Thorneycroft received a letter of support signed by the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, and the leaders of the other coalition parties.
[5] He held the seat until the constituency was abolished for the 1955 general election,[1] when he retired from Parliament.
[3] He was then PPS to Arthur Henderson, the Secretary of State for Air, from 1947 until the Labour Government left office in 1951.