Quotes by Crawshaw, Richard

Richard Crawshaw, Baron Crawshaw of Aintree, known as Dick Crawshaw (September 25, 1917July 16, 1986) was elected as a British Labour Party Member of Parliament in 1964 but left, or "defected" as the media reported to join the SDP in 1981. Crawshaw was a strong supporter of the Territorial Army and on one occasion voted against the annual Defence Estimates because they failed to make a large enough provision for it..