Walter Ernest Padley (24 July 1916 – 15 April 1984) was a British Labour Member of Parliament for Ogmore.
He was educated at Chipping Norton Grammar School and Ruskin College, Oxford with a TUC scholarship.
[1] During the Second World War, he registered as a conscientious objector, but after appearances at both his Local and the Appellate Tribunals, he was permitted only exemption from combatant service, and was required to serve in the Non-Combatant Corps (NCC).
[citation needed] Padley was a member of the National Council of the Independent Labour Party from 1940 to 1946.
There was no Labour Party candidate, due to a pact between members of the wartime coalition.