Stephen Furness (Sunderland MP)

Stephen Noel Furness (18 December 1902 – 14 April 1974), was a British barrister and Liberal National politician.

A UK-wide Liberal revival in 1929 helped Furness, but not enough for him to re-take the seat, falling just 138 votes short.

A snap election was called and Liberals were encouraged not to oppose sitting Conservative MPs.

In parliament he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir John Simon, the Liberal National Leader, from 1936 to 1937.

He served as a second lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles, which was commanded by the MP John Robert Jermain Macnamara.