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Herbert William Butler JP -LRB- 30 January 1897 -- 16 November 1971 -RRB- was a British Labour politician .. Justice of the Peace. British. United Kingdom. Labour. Labour Party ( UK ). Butler was the son of Frank Butler .. He was educated at a London County Council elementary school , and served in the Royal Navy during World War I , from 1916 to 1919 .. London County Council. London County Council. elementary school. elementary school. Royal Navy. Royal Navy. World War I. World War I. as a stoker .. stoker. Stoker ( occupation ). Following the war he became involved in Labour politics , and in 1922 became agent for Herbert Morrison who was elected Member of Parliament -LRB- MP -RRB- for Hackney South at the 1923 general election .. Labour. Labour Party ( UK ). Herbert Morrison. Herbert Morrison. Member of Parliament. Member of Parliament. Hackney South. Hackney South ( UK Parliament constituency ). 1923 general election. United Kingdom general election, 1923. In the 1930s he was a leading opponent of Oswald Mosley 's Blackshirt movement , which was active in the Hackney area .. Oswald Mosley. Oswald Mosley. Blackshirt. British Union of Fascists. He became a Justice of the Peace -LRB- JP -RRB- for London in 1929 , and in 1934 he was elected to Hackney Borough Council .. Justice of the Peace. Justice of the Peace. Justice of the Peace. Hackney Borough Council. Metropolitan Borough of Hackney. He was subsequently made an alderman and Mayor of Hackney in 1936 / 37 .. alderman. alderman. Mayor. Mayor. He remained a member of the borough council for more than thirty years , and was also a member of the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board , chairman of the Hackney and Queen Elizabeth hospital group , and a freeman of the Borough of Hackney .. freeman. freedom of the City. Borough of Hackney. Metropolitan Borough of Hackney. At the 1945 general election he was elected to succeed Herbert Morrison as MP for Hackney South , and held the seat until its abolition in 1955 .. Herbert Morrison. Herbert Morrison. Hackney South. Hackney South ( UK Parliament constituency ). 1945 general election. United Kingdom general election, 1945. From 1950 to 1951 , Butler was Parliamentary Private Secretary -LRB- PPS -RRB- to the Civil Lord of the Admiralty , Walter `` Stoker '' Edwards .. Parliamentary Private Secretary. Parliamentary Private Secretary. Civil Lord of the Admiralty. Civil Lord of the Admiralty. the Hackney South constituency was abolished at the 1955 general election , when Butler was elected as MP for the new constituency of Hackney Central .. Hackney South. Hackney South ( UK Parliament constituency ). 1955 general election. United Kingdom general election, 1955. Hackney Central. Hackney Central ( UK Parliament constituency ). He held that seat until his retirement at the 1970 general election .. 1970 general election. United Kingdom general election, 1970. He died in St Leonard 's Hospital , Shoreditch in November 1971 , aged 74 .. Shoreditch. Shoreditch