Sir Sydney Frank Markham was a British politician, who represented three parties in Parliament. He was elected as a Labour MP at the 1929 general election as MP for Chatham, and defected with Ramsay MacDonald to become a National Labour MP prior to standing down at the 1931 general election. It was under these colours that he was elected for Nottingham South in 1935.

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  • Sir Sydney Frank Markham was a British politician, who represented three parties in Parliament. He was elected as a Labour MP at the 1929 general election as MP for Chatham, and defected with Ramsay MacDonald to become a National Labour MP prior to standing down at the 1931 general election. It was under these colours that he was elected for Nottingham South in 1935. At the 1950 general election, he stood as the Conservative candidate in the Buckingham constituency, but failed to unseat the sitting Labour Member of Parliament, Aidan Crawley. However, at the 1951 general election, he beat Crawley by a majority of only 54 votes. He held the seat with narrow majorities at the 1955 election and at the 1959 election, but at the 1964 general election he was defeated by the Labour candidate, Robert Maxwell. In retirement, he is best noted for his A History of Milton Keynes and District (two volumes) ISBN 0-900804-29-7. There is a school in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire that is named after him.
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  • Sir Sydney Frank Markham was a British politician, who represented three parties in Parliament. He was elected as a Labour MP at the 1929 general election as MP for Chatham, and defected with Ramsay MacDonald to become a National Labour MP prior to standing down at the 1931 general election. It was under these colours that he was elected for Nottingham South in 1935.
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  • Frank Markham
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