Ernest Popplewell

The Right Honourable The Lord Popplewell CBE
Popplewell in 1947
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	10 December 1899
Died	11 August 1977
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour

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

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).^[1] 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.^[2]

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages ^{[self-published source] [better source needed]}