Walter Windsor

[5] The Conservative Party candidate Robert Tasker had fought an unconventional campaign,[7] proclaiming that he was "without any organisation or the usual machinery",[7] and won only 12.5% of the votes.

Defending the seat at the 1924 general election, Windsor was opposed only by Edmonds,[10] who hoped to win the support of the Conservative voters who had backed Tasker in 1923.

[11] Unemployment remained a major issue in Bethnal Green at the 1929 general election, both workers and for rate-payers, who had seen high rates to pay for relief for those out of work, leading to closure of factories.

[4] The Conservative campaign of Captain Alan Bell focused on de-rating, and the Liberal candidate Major Harry Nathan stressed the employment-generating prospects of LLoyd George's plans to cut armaments and boost road-building.

In 1937 he introduced a private member's bill which would allow a court to make provisions out of the estate of a deceased person for the benefit of surviving spouse or child, to protect against widows and children being left destitute.

[15] It was granted a second reading on 22 January 1937,[14] and after scrutiny by a standing committee, it failed to pass into law because not time was found for the report stage before the end of that session of Parliament.

[16] In a heated debate on the adjournment in June 1937, William Wedgwood Benn complained that the bill was "to be defeated, not on its merits, but because the Government have seen fit to suppress the only chance which it has of being discussed in the House at all".