What electoral ward of Manchester, England, did Leonard "Len" Benker Johnson spend time in prior to World War II?
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Len Johnson (boxer) Leonard "Len" Benker Johnson (22 October 1902 – 28 September 1974 (aged 71)) born in Clayton, Manchester was an English professional middle/light heavyweight boxer of the 1920s, and 1930s, who won the Australian version of the British Empire middleweight title in 1926. Johnson (who was of mixed race) was denied the opportunity to fight for championships in Great Britain because of the colour bar that existed in boxing at that time. He was managed by his father Bill Johnson. Johnson fought on boxing booths in the 1920s, and from 1930 to 1939 owned his own travelling booth. Just prior to the outbreak of World War Two Johnson briefly tried his hand at professional wrestling, but once war came he lost interest in both boxing and wrestling, and sold his booth. During World War Two Johnson was a member of the Civil Defence heavy Rescue Squad in Manchester. Len Johnson was also a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (joining the party in 1944 and later writing a boxing column for the party newspaper "The Daily Worker"), a trade unionist, a community leader in Moss Side, a local civil rights activist, and attended the 5th Pan-African Congress in Manchester. Following the Second World War, he was a co-founder of the New International Society in Manchester, which provided a vehicle for black political and social self-organisation in the city and campaigning against racism at home and abroad, including organising a concert and a rally featuring Paul Robeson in support of the Trenton Six, which were both attended by 10,000 people.
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Moss Side Moss Side is an inner-city area and electoral ward of Manchester, England. It lies 1.9 mi south of Manchester city centre and had a population of 18,902 at the 2011 census. Moss Side is bounded by the neighbourhoods of Hulme to the north, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Rusholme and Fallowfield to the east, Whalley Range to the south, and Old Trafford to the west.
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Heywood by-election, 1915 The Heywood by-election of 1915 was held in England on 10 November 1915. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Harold Thomas Cawley, being killed in the Battle of Gallipoli. It was won by the Liberal candidate Albert Illingworth who was unopposed due to a War-time electoral pact.
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Bickerstaffe Bickerstaffe is a village and civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. According to the 2001 Census the population of the civil parish was 1,196, reducing to 1180 at the 2011 census, although the population of the electoral ward, which includes Lathom South, was slightly greater at 2,013, reducing to 1,988 at the 2011 census.
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John Ward (trade unionist) Lieutenant-Colonel John Ward {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (21 November 1866 – 19 December 1934) was an English Liberal Party politician, trade union leader and soldier.
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Maurice Edwards Maurice Henry Edwards, OBE (17 May 1886 – 26 April 1961) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the twentieth century. During World War II, from 1940 to 1944, he was Chaplain-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force.
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Coal Pool Coal Pool is a housing estate in Walsall, West Midlands, England. Most of the homes in area were built by the local council during the 1930s, with a smaller development taking place in the late 1940s which marked the resumption of council house building in the borough after World War II.
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South Lancashire (UK Parliament constituency) South Lancashire, formally called the Southern Division of Lancashire or Lancashire Southern, is a former county constituency of the South Lancashire area in England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the British House of Commons from 1832 to 1861, and then three until the constituency was divided in 1868.
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Herbert Cecil Benyon Berens Herbert Cecil Benyon Berens (16 October 1908, in Bromley, formerly Kent – 27 October 1981, in Bentworth, Hampshire) was a British accountant, banker and businessman, a military figure during World War II, and a cricketer.
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Stretford (ward) Stretford is an electoral ward of Trafford, Greater Manchester, covering the south-west part of Stretford, including the town centre.
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Wardle, Greater Manchester Wardle (pop. 7,092) is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the South Pennines, 1.8 mi east-southeast of Whitworth, 2.5 mi north-northwest of Rochdale and 12 mi north-northeast of the city of Manchester.
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United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom. It was the first election held in the United Kingdom in which more than a million votes were cast; nearly triple the number of votes were cast compared to the previous election.
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Manchester Borough Council election, 1945 Elections to Manchester Borough Council were held in 1945. One third of the council was up for election, although there were several additional vacancies. The council stayed under Labour Party control.
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George Kemp, 1st Baron Rochdale George Kemp, 1st Baron Rochdale {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (9 June 1866 – 24 March 1945) was a British politician, soldier, businessman and cricketer.
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St Mary's (ward) St. Mary's is an electoral ward of Trafford covering most of the southern half of Ashton upon Mersey in Sale.
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Leeds City Council election, 1945 The Leeds municipal elections were held on Thursday 1 November 1945. Although a third of the council would ordinarily be up for election, the suspension of elections during World War II meant the council had last held elections in 1938, and with the amount of vacancies and co-options throughout near to two-thirds of the council needed electing.
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Northwich Northwich is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It lies in the heart of the Cheshire Plain, at the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane. The town is about 18 mi east of Chester and 15 mi south of Warrington. 19 miles south of Manchester and 12 miles south of Manchester Airport. Northwich has been part of the Manchester City region since 2004. Northwich has been named as one of the best places to live in the United Kingdom according to "The Sunday Times" in 2014.
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Benwell and Scotswood Benwell and Scotswood is an electoral ward of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England. The ward encompasses the Benwell and Scotswood housing areas, as well as the Newcastle Business Park, which is located on the banks of the River Tyne and houses offices of companies such as British Airways and the Automobile Association. The population of the ward is 13,759, which is 5.3% of the total population of Newcastle upon Tyne. Car ownership in the area is 45.1%, lower than the city average of 54.7%. The 2011 Census gave a population of 12,694.
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Leslie Lever, Baron Lever Leslie Maurice Lever, Baron Lever, GCSG (29 April 1905 – 26 July 1977) was a British Labour politician. He was Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick from 1950 to 1970, when he retired. Subsequently, he was given a life peerage as Baron Lever, of Ardwick in the City of Manchester on 10 July 1975.
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George Lansbury George Lansbury, PC (22 February 1859 – 7 May 1940) was a British politician and social reformer who led the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935. Apart from a brief period of ministerial office during the Labour government of 1929–31, he spent his political life campaigning against established authority and vested interests, his main causes being the promotion of social justice, women's rights and world disarmament. Originally a radical Liberal, Lansbury converted to socialism in the early 1890s, and thereafter served his local community in the East End of London in numerous elective offices. His activities were underpinned by his Christian beliefs which, except for a short period of doubt, sustained him through his life. Elected to parliament in 1910, he resigned his seat in 1912 to campaign for women's suffrage, and was briefly imprisoned after publicly supporting militant action.
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Birkenhead Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. Historically in Cheshire, it is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the west bank of the River Mersey, opposite the city of Liverpool. The Birkenhead Urban Area defined as the contiguous built-up area along the eastern side of the Wirral had a total population of 325,264 in the 2011 Census. In the 2011 census, the Parliamentary constituency of Birkenhead had a population of 88,818. The Birkenhead and Tranmere electoral ward, covering a much smaller area, had a population of 15,879.
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Old Moat (ward) Old Moat is an area and electoral ward of Manchester, England. It is represented in Westminster by Jeff Smith MP for Manchester Withington. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 14,490.