Emrys Hughes, the son of Rev. J. R. Hughes, was born in Tonypandy,
Wales, on 10th July, 1894. Educated at Mountain
Ash School and the City of Leeds Training College, he became a school
teacher.
In
1924 Hughes married Nan Hardie, the daughter of James
Keir Hardie.
Hughes also became editor of Forward,
a socialist journal published in Glasgow.
A member of the Labour Party Hughes was
elected to the House of Commons in 1946. In the House
of Commons Hughes associated with a group of left-wing members
that included John Platts-Mills, Ian
Mikardo, Lester Hutchinson,
Leslie Solley, Sydney
Silverman, Geoffrey Bing, Konni
Zilliacus ,
D. N. Pritt, William
Warbey, William Gallacher
and
Phil Piratin.
Hughes
often criticized the leadership of the Labour Party and had the whip
withdrawn between November 1954 April 1955 and March 1961 - May 1963.
Emrys
Hughes died on 18th
October, 1969.
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