Henry Norman Smith (31 January 1890 – 21 December 1962) was a British Labour Party politician.
He held that seat for ten years, until his defeat at the 1955 election by the Conservative Party candidate Denis Keegan.
An outspoken MP, he was known for not always following the Government brief: "Mr. Smith has the engaging quality of hitting hard without making personal charges against the integrity and motives of those who think differently.
In his book Politics of Plenty[2] (published 1944) he warned his readers of the dangers of Keynes: "In due course the Keynes plan for an irresponsible world financial government came to maturity and, by hole and corner methods for which Britain's third Labour Government must share responsibility, was thrust on an unsuspecting world."
He was a supporter of Social Credit – believing that it could solve the problems of modern banking, highlighted by the 1930s depression.