Ralph Morley [SEP] date of death
Ralph Morley
Ralph Morley (25 October 1882 – 14 June 1955) was a Labour politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1929 to 1931, and from 1945 until his death.
Born in Chichester, Morley was educated privately, then at University College Southampton, before becoming a schoolteacher. He joined the Social Democratic Federation, and served as the secretary of its Southampton branch from 1908 until 1913, but later moved to the Independent Labour Party. He was also president of
with the Conservatives to form the National Government.
Morley and Lewis returned to the House of Commons in the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election. When the two-seat Southampton constituency was divided at the 1950 general election, Morley was returned for the new Southampton Itchen constituency, which he represented until his death shortly before the 1955 general election.
Outside Parliament.
Before and during World War II, Morley taught at Sholing Boys' School, Southampton. He is commemorated in local schools by the "Ralph Morley