Simon Goldblatt

Simon Goldblatt QC (December 1928-), is a British Barrister and was a Liberal Party politician.

Background

He was educated at Eton College where he was captain of the school and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.^[1]

Professional career

In 1953 he was Called to the bar, by Gray’s Inn. In 1972 he became a Queen's Counsel. In 1982 he became a Bencher^[2]

Political career

He was President of the West Midlands Young Liberals Federation. He was a Member of the Liberal Party Council.^[3] He was Liberal candidate for the Rugby division of Warwickshire at the 1959 General Election. He was Liberal candidate again for Rugby at the 1964 General Election. He was Liberal candidate for the Twickenham division of Middlesex at the 1966 General Election. He did not stand for parliament again.^[4]

Election results

General Election 1959:Rugby^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Roy Wise	17,429	42.6	-4.0
	Labour	James Johnson	16,959	41.4	-8.7
	Liberal	Simon Goldblatt	6,413	15.7	N/A
	Independent	Archibald S. Frost	142	0.4	N/A
Majority			470	1.2	-2.3
Turnout			40,924	85.6	+0.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

General Election 1964:Rugby^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Alfred Roy Wise	19,221	45.1	+2.5
	Labour	David H. Childs	17,532	41.2	-0.2
	Liberal	Simon Goldblatt	5,522	13.0	-2.7
	Social Credit Party	Archibald S. Frost	304	0.7	N/A
Majority			1,689	4.0	+2.8
Turnout			42,580	84.6	-1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Twickenham^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Roger Gresham Cooke	26,512	47.7
	Labour	David Carlton	18,884	34.0
	Liberal	Simon Goldblatt	10,160	18.3
Majority			7,628	13.7
Turnout			55,556	78.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

See also

• Rugby (UK Parliament constituency)
• Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency)

References

1. The Times House of Commons, 1964
2. ‘GOLDBLATT, Simon’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2013 ; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 8 Sept 2014
3. The Times House of Commons, 1959
4. British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F.W.S.
5. British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F.W.S.
6. British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F.W.S.
7. British parliamentary election results 1950-1973, Craig, F.W.S.