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Jan 21, 1920 Died on 20 Apr 1995 (aged 75)
British politician
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About Dennis Hobden
- Dennis Harry Hobden (21 January 1920 – 20 April 1995) was a British Labour Party politician. Hobden was a postal and telegraph worker who became an officer in the Union of Post Office Workers.
- Before being selected to contest the Brighton Kemptown seat he had been Chairman of the local Constituency Labour Party. In 1964 Hobden was elected MP for Brighton Kemptown by a margin of seven votes, defeating incumbent David James and becoming the first Labour MP for a Sussex constituency.
- He was re-elected in 1966 but lost his seat in 1970 to the Conservative Andrew Bowden.
- In 1974, Hobden attempted to regain the seat in both the February and October general elections, but was unsuccessful.
