Alfred James Wellbeloved (29 July 1926 – 10 September 2012) was a British politician who was the MP for Erith and Crayford from 1965 to 1983.
After the war, he attended South London Technical College, and worked in the building and appliance industries, becoming active as a union officer.
[2] He was elected Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Erith and Crayford at a 1965 by-election following the death of Norman Dodds, whose constituency chairman he had been.
[3] Wellbeloved served successively as parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to Defence Minister Gerry Reynolds and Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart, and was under-secretary of state for the Air Force in the Callaghan government.
[1] Wellbeloved was known for his brusque, uncompromising personality, leading some colleagues to remark upon his surname with irony.