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Dec 13, 1904 Died on 01 Jan 1983 (aged 78)
British politician
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About Lester Hutchinson
- Hugh Lester Hutchinson (13 December 1904 – February 1983) was a Labour politician who was elected to represent Manchester Rusholme in the 1945 General Election, winning the seat by ten votes. He was a prominent Trade Unionist and participated in Trade Union movements in India in 1928-29.
- He was a journalist on the Indian Daily Mail.
- He was imprisoned in the Meerut Conspiracy Case along with 32 other Communist and Trade Union leaders in 1929.
- He was jailed for 4 years. Together with two other Labour MPs, Leslie Solley and Konni Zilliacus, he voted against the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty.
- The trio were expelled from the Labour Party on 16 May 1949, and subsequently sat as the Labour Independent Group.
- His constituency was abolished at the 1950 election.
- He unsuccessfully stood for the Walthamstow West seat, but never returned to Parliament.
- He was a historian, writer and teacher.
