Ernest Perry (politician)


Ernest George Perry was a British Labour Party politician.

Biography

Early career

Perry was an insurance contractor and served as a councillor on Battersea Borough Council 1934–65 and was Mayor 1955–56, during which time he served as a Justice of the Peace, becoming a councillor on the successor London Borough of Wandsworth from 1964. He was President of Battersea Labour Party and Trades Council, and of the Federation of British Cremation Authorities.

Time as an MP

At the 1964 general election, Perry was elected Member of Parliament for Battersea South. He was a government whip from 1968 to 1970 and again in 1974. He retired as an MP at the 1979 general election, and was succeeded by Alf Dubs.