Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Dixon Mayhew TD JP DL MP (2 October 1884 – 27 January 1954) was a British industrialist, army officer and Conservative Party politician.
A general election was called and Mayhew was selected to be the Conservative and Government candidate at East Ham North.
The government won a large majority and Mayhew was elected to the Commons, unseating the Labour Party MP, Susan Lawrence.
[2] During the Second World War Mayhew acted as an army welfare officer, and he was knighted in the 1945 Dissolution Honours List.
He attempted to defend his parliamentary seat at 1945 general election, but was heavily defeated as the Labour Party won a landslide victory.