Percy Shurmer

Percy Lionel Edward Shurmer (1888 – 29 May 1959) was a British Labour Party politician and postal worker.

In the 1945 general election, he won the Birmingham Sparkbrook constituency from the Conservative Member of Parliament, Leo Amery. Shurmer held the seat until death some months before the 1959 general election, when it was regained by the Conservatives.

He is commemorated by a blue plaque, erected by Birmingham Civic Society on the school named after him, Percy Shurmer Academy, near his former home, at 140 Belgrave Road in Birmingham in 2009.[1][2]

References
  1. @BirminghamCivic (29 May 2018). "Percy Shurmer MP & Alderman "a little man with a big heart" died #OTD 1959 Postal worker #Labour MP #Sparkbrook 1945. People's champion improved housing conditions held Xmas parties at Town Hall for underprivileged children aka Shurmer's Sparrows #thecitybeautiful100 #blueplaque" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. Plaque #27915 on Open Plaques
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Leo Amery		 Member of Parliament for Birmingham Sparkbrook
1945–1959		 Succeeded by
Leslie Seymour


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