Janet Adamson

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Janet Laurel Adamson (9 May 1882 – 25 April 1962) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Janet "Jennie" Adamson was originally elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dartford in a by-election in 1938. In the 1945 general election, after boundary changes, Adamson was elected MP for Bexley. She resigned in 1946, precipitating a by-election won by Labour candidate Ashley Bramall. The constituency was subsequently gained (in 1950) by future Prime Minister Edward Heath.

She served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary from 1940 to 1945 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions from 1945 to 1946.[1]

The Labour Party campaign centre and headquarters building in Bexleyheath is named "Jennie Adamson House" in honour of the former MP.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Frank Edward Clarke
Member of Parliament for Dartford
19381945
Succeeded by
Norman Dodds
New constituency Member of Parliament for Bexley
19451946
Succeeded by
Ashley Bramall


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