Richard Austin Spencer

Richard Austin Spencer (8 August 1892 – 8 December 1956) was Conservative MP for St Helens.

During the First World War, he joined the Manchester Regiment, before transferring to the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of captain, and was mentioned in despatches.

Interested in local government, Spencer was elected chairman of the Hale Urban District Council.

He contested St Helens in the 1929 general election, won the seat from Labour in the National Government landslide in 1931, but lost it back to them in 1935.

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