Wesley Perrins

Wesley Perrins, MBE (21 September 1905 – 12 January 1990)^[1] was an English trade unionist and Labour Party politician from Stourbridge. He had a long career in local government in Worcestershire, and sat in the House of Commons from 1945 to 1950.

Early life[]

Perrins was the son of Councillor Amos Perrins of Stourbridge.^[2] He was educated at Wollescote Council School and at the Upper Standard School in Lye. A socialist, and a trade union official from 1935, Perrins was a member of from 1928 to 1933, and of from 1933 to 1936.

He was elected at the 1945 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley,^[3] defeating the sitting Conservative MP Sir Edward Salt.^[4] Perrins served only five years in Westminster, and retired from the Parliament at the 1950 general election.^[2]

He was awarded the MBE in the New Year Honours List 1952^[5] for his work as Birmingham and District secretary of the General and Municipal Workers Union,^[5] later became a member of the West Midlands Economic Planning Council. He was a members of Worcestershire County Council from 1955 to 1974 and of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party from 1965 to 1965.^[2]

Family[]

In July 1932, Perrins married Mary Evans, the daughter of Charles Evans.^[2] They had 2 children Inga (8 March 1935) and Bryn (18 January 1944) who both pursued successful careers in higher education.

References[]

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Y"
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephens (1981). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979. Brighton: The Harvester Press. p. 294. ISBN 0-85527-335-6.
^ "No. 37238". The London Gazette. 24 August 1945. p. 4289.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 91. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
^ ^a ^b "No. 39421". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1951. p. 21.

External links[]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Wesley Perrins

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Edward Salt	Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley 1945 – 1950	Succeeded by Henry Usborne

[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "Y"

[whos-who-mps-iv-2] Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephens (1981). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume IV, 1945–1979. Brighton: The Harvester Press. p. 294. ISBN 0-85527-335-6.

[3] "No. 37238". The London Gazette. 24 August 1945. p. 4289.

[craig1918-1949-4] Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 91. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

[gazette-mbe-5] "No. 39421". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1951. p. 21.

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