# Howel Samuel

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'''Howel Walter Samuel''' (1881 – 5 April 1953)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|s|6|date=March 2012}}</ref> was a British [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) politician.

He was elected as the [member of parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) (MP) for [Swansea West](/source/Swansea_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) at the [1923 general election](/source/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election),<ref name="craig1918-1949">{{cite book
 |last=Craig
 |first=F. W. S.
 |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig
 |title=British parliamentary election results 1918–1949
 |orig-date=1969
 |edition=3rd
 |year=1983
 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services
 |location=Chichester
 |isbn= 0-900178-06-X
 |page=543
}}</ref> winning a 3-way contest by a majority of only 115 votes (0.6% of the total),<ref name="times-1924-10-18">{{cite news
|title=Labour Defending at Swansea
|date=18 October 1924
|work=The Times
|page=6
}}</ref> having contested the seat unsuccessfully in [1922](/source/1922_United_Kingdom_general_election). He was defeated at the [1924 general election](/source/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election) by the [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_(UK)) candidate [Walter Runciman](/source/Walter_Runciman%2C_1st_Viscount_Runciman_of_Doxford),<ref name="craig1918-1949" /> but at the [1929 general election](/source/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election) Ruciman stood instead in [St Ives](/source/St_Ives_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) and Samuel regained the seat.<ref name="craig1918-1949" />

In [1931](/source/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election), when Labour had split over its leader [Ramsay MacDonald](/source/Ramsay_MacDonald)'s decision to leave the party and form a [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK))-dominated [National Government](/source/National_Government_(United_Kingdom)), he faced only one opponent, the [Liberal National](/source/National_Liberal_Party_(UK%2C_1931)) candidate [Lewis Jones](/source/Lewis_Jones_(politician)), who took the seat. Samuel did not stand for Parliament again.<ref name="craig1918-1949" />

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 | title = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Swansea West](/source/Swansea_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
 | years = [1923](/source/1923_United_Kingdom_general_election) – [1924](/source/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election)
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 | title = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Swansea West](/source/Swansea_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
 | years = [1929](/source/1929_United_Kingdom_general_election) – [1931](/source/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election)
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{{s-aft | after = [Lewis Jones](/source/Lewis_Jones_(politician)) }}
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Category:Welsh Labour MPs
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Category:UK MPs 1929–1931
Category:Politics of Swansea

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