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Simon Mahon | |
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| Member of Parliament forBootle | |
| In office 1955–1979 | |
| Preceded by | John Kinley |
| Succeeded by | Allan Roberts |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1914-04-04)4 April 1914 Bootle,Lancashire, England |
| Died | October 19, 1986(1986-10-19) (aged 72) Crosby,Merseyside, England |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Veronica Robertshaw |
| Relations | Peter Mahon (brother)Peter Dowd (great-nephew) |
Simon Mahon (4 April 1914 – 19 October 1986) was a BritishLabour Party politician.
Simon Mahon was born into a prominentRoman Catholic family of Irish descent inBootle. His father,Alderman Simon Mahon (1886–1961), was a mayor ofBootle who ran forLiverpool Exchange MP in1935.[1] His brother,Peter, was elected MP forPreston South in 1964. His great-nephew, Peter Dowd, has been the Labour MP for the Bootle constituency since 2015, and served in the Shadow Cabinet underJeremy Corbyn until 2020.[citation needed]
Mahon was educated at St Joseph'sIrish Christian Brothers school and at St James' School,Bootle. He became a general contractor. Mahon was a councillor and later analderman ofBootle Borough Council and was chairman of the housing committee andMayor of Bootle from 1962 to 1963. He was chairman of BootleTrades Council and Labour Party. Mahon wasMember of Parliament forBootle from 1955 to 1979. He served as an oppositionwhip from 1959 to 1961. In 1968, Mahon and his brother, Peter, together with another Catholic Labour MP,Walter Alldritt, threatened to resign the Whip.[clarification needed] They had taken exception to remarks made byDouglas Houghton, Chairman of theParliamentary Labour Party, that large families were a form of "social irresponsibility". Only a midnight meeting withPrime MinisterHarold Wilson and a written statement that Houghton's views were not party policy reportedly dissuaded the MPs from carrying out their threat. In 1969, Mahon was created aPapal Knight.[citation needed]
Mahon married Veronica Robertshaw in 1941; the couple had no children. After his retirement, Mahon moved to live inCrosby, where he died in 1986, aged 72.[citation needed]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forBootle 1955–1979 | Succeeded by |
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