Walter Johnson (politician)

Walter Hamlet Johnson (21 November 1917 – 12 April 2003) was a British Labour Party politician.In the 1955 General Election he fought Bristol West, but was defeated by the Conservative Cabinet Minister Walter Monckton.He contested South Bedfordshire in 1959, and a by-election at Acton in 1968 that was one of three Labour seats lost that day (in Johnson's case to the future Cabinet Minister Kenneth Baker).Following the retirement of Philip Noel-Baker as the Member of Parliament, Johnson retained Derby South at the 1970 general election for the Labour Party, and was an assistant government whip from 1974 to 1975.This article about a Labour Party member of Parliament representing an English constituency is a stub.
Member of ParliamentDerby SouthPhilip Noel-BakerMargaret BeckettRailway Clerks' AssociationTom BradleyHertfordHertfordshireHaywards HeathWest SussexLabourLabour Party1955 General ElectionBristol WestConservativeCabinet MinisterWalter MoncktonSouth Bedfordshirea by-election at Acton in 1968Kenneth Baker1970 general electionTransport Salaried Staffs' AssociationHansardParliament of the United KingdomEnglish