Emrys Hughes

Emrys Hughes (10 July 1894 – 18 October 1969) was a British Labour politician, best known for being the biographer and son-in-law of Keir Hardie, the Scottish Labour politician.

Hughes was born in Tonypandy, Wales, the son of the Reverend J. R. Hughes. He was educated at Abercynon Council School, Mountain Ash Secondary School and City of Leeds Training College, and became a teacher by profession. In the First World War he was imprisoned as a conscientious objector. In 1924, he married Nan Hardie, the daughter of Keir Hardie. He also became editor of the socialist journal Forward. In the late 1930s, Forward was one of the few left-wing publications to criticise the Moscow Trials.

On 7 February 1946 Hughes stood in the South Ayrshire (Scotland) by-election, following the death of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Alexander Sloan. He was elected as the constituency's Member of Parliament, and re-elected in the general elections of 1950, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1964, and 1966. A left-winger, he was frequently at odds with the leadership of the Labour Party and twice had the whip withdrawn, between November 1954 and April 1955 (over German rearmament), and between March 1961 and May 1963 (over nuclear weapons). However, his Constituency Labour Party always backed him in his clashes with the leadership.

In 1952, Hughes caused further controversy by calling for a reducing of the civil list payments to the British Royal Family. During the debate, Hughes identified himself as an anti-monarchist and "a republican, like President Eisenhower".

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