Seymour Cocks

Seymour Cocks
CBE MP
Cocks in 1942
Member of Parliament
for Broxtowe
In office
30 May 1929 – 29 May 1953
Preceded byGeorge Spencer
Succeeded byWilliam Warbey
Personal details
BornFrederick Seymour Cocks
(1882-10-25)25 October 1882
Darlington, County Durham, England, UK
Died29 May 1953(1953-05-29) (aged 70)
Hendon
PartyLabour
Other political
affiliations
Independent Labour Party
External image
image icon Photographic portrait of Cocks in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Taken by Walter Stoneman, 13 January 1950.

Frederick Seymour Cocks CBE (25 October 1882 – 29 May 1953) was a British Labour MP.

Born in Darlington, Cocks was educated at Plymouth College and became a journalist. He joined the Independent Labour Party and wrote several tracts for the party and for the Union of Democratic Control. He stood unsuccessfully for Maidstone at the 1923 general election. He was elected to the safe seat of Broxtowe at the 1929 general election.

After World War II, it was revealed that he had been placed on the 'Special Search List G.B' of prominent subjects to be arrested by the Nazis had they succeeded in invading Britain. He was the author of a biography of fellow Labour Party member E. D. Morel, E.D. Morel, The Man and his work.[1]

Cocks remained as the MP for Broxtowe until his death in 1953, aged 70.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Ockerbloom, John Mark. "E. D. Morel: The Man and His Work". The Online Books Page. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "F. Seymour Cocks, 70, British M. P. is dead". The New York Times. 30 May 1953. p. 15. Retrieved 18 April 2026.

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