Sir Walter Robert Dempster Perkins, also known as Robert Perkins,[1] (3 June 1903 – 8 December 1988)[2] was a Conservative Party politician in England.
[3] However, he was defeated at the 1945 general election by the Labour Party candidate, Ben Parkin.
At the 1950 general election he and Parkin both contested the new Stroud and Thornbury constituency, and Perkins took the seat with a majority of only 28 votes.
[5] Perkins retired from the House of Commons at the 1955 general election, having been knighted in February 1954.
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