Ernest Popplewell

The Right Honourable The Lord Popplewell CBE
Popplewell in 1947
Opposition Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Commons
In office 10 June 1955 – 23 October 1959
Leader	Clement Attlee Hugh Gaitskell
Preceded by	Herbert Bowden
Succeeded by	John Taylor
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 6 June 1966 – 11 August 1977 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne West
In office 5 July 1945 – 10 March 1966
Preceded by	William Nunn
Succeeded by	Robert Brown
Personal details
Born	(1899-12-10)10 December 1899
Died	11 August 1977(1977-08-11) (aged 77)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour

Ernest Popplewell, Baron Popplewell, CBE (10 December 1899 – 11 August 1977) was a British Labour Party politician.

Political career

In the Labour landslide at the 1945 general election, Popplewell was elected as Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne West. In 1951 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

After his retirement from the House of Commons at the 1966 general election, he was made a life peer as Baron Popplewell, of Sherburn-in-Elmet in the West Riding of the County of York on 6 June 1966.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages