Daniel Somerville

Daniel Gerald Somerville (26 October 1879 – 1 July 1938)^[1] was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Somerville in 1931

He was elected at the 1922 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Barrow-in-Furness. He was re-elected in 1923, but was narrowly defeated at the 1924 election in a straight contest with the Labour Party candidate John Bromley.^[2]

He returned to the House of Commons at the 1929 general election as MP for the north-west London constituency of Willesden East. He held that seat until his death in 1938, aged 58.^[2] Somerville died on the same day as his predecessor as MP for Willesden East, George Frederick Stanley.

References

1. "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [First published 1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 277, 73. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Daniel Somerville

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Chadwick	Member of Parliament for Barrow-in-Furness 1922 – 1924	Succeeded by John Bromley
Preceded by George Stanley	Member of Parliament for Willesden East 1929 – 1938	Succeeded by Samuel Hammersley