Walter Johnson (politician)

Walter Hamlet Johnson (21 November 1917 – 12 April 2003) was a British Labour Party politician.

Walter Johnson
Member of Parliament for Derby South
In office 1970–1983
Preceded by	Philip Noel-Baker
Succeeded by	Margaret Beckett
President of the Railway Clerks' Association
In office 1977–1981
Preceded by	Tom Bradley
Succeeded by	Jim Mills
Personal details
Born	Walter Hamlet Johnson (1917-11-21)21 November 1917 Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Died	12 April 2003(2003-04-12) (aged 85) Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England
Political party	Labour

Early life

Johnson was born in Hertford.

Political career

Before being elected, Johnson stood several times for Parliament without success. In the 1955 General Election he fought Bristol West, but was defeated by the Conservative Cabinet Minister Walter Monckton. He contested South Bedfordshire in 1959, and a by-election at Acton in 1968 that was one of three Labour seats lost that day (in Johnson's case to the future Cabinet Minister Kenneth Baker).

Following the retirement of Philip Noel-Baker as the Member of Parliament, Johnson retained Derby South at the 1970 general election for the Labour Party, and was an assistant government whip from 1974 to 1975. He stood down as an MP at the 1983, after which he was succeeded by Margaret Beckett.

Johnson was partly funded by the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association. He was treasurer of that Association from 1965 to 1977.

Death

He died in Haywards Heath, aged 85.

References

• Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Walter Johnson