Alan Green CBE (29 September 1911 – 2 February 1991) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Green was educated at Brighton College and the University of London. In 1935 he joined a Blackburn manufacturer as a manager, and became a company director and a member of a firm of textile engineers. He volunteered for the British Army at the outbreak of World War II and was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1942, serving in the Middle East and attaining the rank of Major.
Green contested Nelson and Colne in 1950 and 1951. He was twice Member of Parliament for the marginal Preston South constituency, from the 1955 general election until he lost his seat at the 1964 election and again from the 1970 election until his second defeat at the February 1974 election. At the end of both terms he lost to the Labour candidate, on the latter occasion to Stan Thorne.
Green was a junior government minister, serving as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour from 1961 to 1962, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade from 1962 to 1963, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1963 to 1964.
References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1955, 1966 and October 1974
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Alan Green
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded byEdward Shackleton | Member of Parliament for Preston South 1955–1964 |
Succeeded byPeter Mahon |
| Preceded byPeter Mahon | Member of Parliament for Preston South 1970 – Feb 1974 |
Succeeded byStan Thorne |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded byAnthony Barber | Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1963–1964 |
Succeeded byNiall MacDermot |
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