Tom Horabin

Horabin was born in Merthyr Tydfil[2] and educated at Cardiff High School, and during the First World War he served from 1914 to 1918 with the Cameron Highlanders.[4] He was also a strong advocate, along with Sir Stafford Cripps, of a Popular Front of left-of-centre parties coming together to defeat the Conservative led National government.[7] The North Cornwall Liberals wanted him to resign the seat and seek re-election, but he refused, saying that the principles for which he stood had been set out clearly in his address to voters at the general election.[2] A further factor was that his injuries in the crash had been severe, keeping him away from Parliament for a year,[7] and a campaign in the scattered North Cornwall constituency might have been too great a strain.[2] Instead he fought Exeter as the Labour candidate, but lost to the sitting Conservative MP John Cyril Maude.
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