Colegate abandoned his youthful ideology .
Colegate joined the Conservative Party and unsuccessfully contested the Sowerby constituency at the 1929 general election , but he was elected for The Wrekin at a by - election in September 1941 , following the death at sea of James Baldwin - Webb .
Abandoning his youthful ideology , Colegate joined the Conservative Party and unsuccessfully contested the Sowerby constituency at the 1929 general election , but he was elected for The Wrekin at a by - election in September 1941 , following the death at sea of James Baldwin - Webb .