Arthur Tiley

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| constituency_MP = Bradford West

| parliament = United Kingdom

| majority = 3159

| predecessor = Constituency created

| successor = Norman Haseldine

| term_start = 26 May 1955

| term_end = 10 March 1966

| birth_date = 17 January 1910

| birth_place = Bradford, England

| death_date =5 June 1994

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| nationality = British

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| party = Conservative and National Liberal

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| residence = Bradford

| alma_mater = Grange High School, Bradford

| occupation = Businessman

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Arthur Tiley (17 January 1910 – 5 June 1994) was a British businessman and Conservative and National Liberal politician. Upon the re-creation of the Bradford West constituency in 1955, Tiley was elected as its Member of Parliament. He held the seat until his defeat at the 1966 general election by Labour's Norman Haseldine. He was the MP for Bradford during the city's smallpox outbreak in 1962.

Early life and education

Arthur Tiley was born in Bradford on 17 January 1910.{{Cite web|title=Obituary: Arthur Tiley|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-arthur-tiley-1413075.html|date=11 July 1994|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=1 May 2020}} He was educated at the Grange High School in Bradford,{{Cite web|title=Tiley, Arthur, (17 Jan. 1910–5 June 1994)|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-175885|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u175885|access-date=2 May 2020}} and is best known as a business professional.{{cn|date=February 2024}}

Career

Tiley had a career in business before entering politics. Between 1934 and 1950, he was treasurer of the Young Women's Christian Association in Bradford. From 1939 to 1945, he was senior company officer for the National Fire Service.

He was Conservative and National Liberal politician as he entered the House of Commons in year 1955. Upon the re-creation of the Bradford West constituency in the same year, Tiley was elected as its Member of Parliament. He held the seat until his defeat at the 1966 general election by Labour's Norman Haseldine.

He was the MP for Bradford during the city's smallpox outbreak in 1962.{{Cite book|last=Hampshire|first=James|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hteGDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA166|title=Citizenship and Belonging: Immigration and the Politics of Demographic Governance in Postwar Britain|date=2005|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-51052-4|pages=166|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Bivins|first=Roberta E.|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7jlICgAAQBAJ&pg=PA147|title=Contagious Communities: Medicine, Migration, and the NHS in Post-war Britain|date=2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-872528-2|pages=147|language=en|chapter=3. Smallpox, 'Social Threats", and Citizenship, 1961-1966}} Following the outbreak, his speech in parliament included details of Bradford's losses in its textile trade.{{Cite journal|last=Bivins|first=Roberta|date=1 November 2007|title="The People Have No More Love Left for the Commonwealth": Media, Migration and Identity in the 1961–62 British Smallpox Outbreak|journal=Immigrants & Minorities|volume=25|issue=3|pages=263–289|doi=10.1080/02619280802407376|issn=0261-9288|pmc=2899858|pmid=20622927}}

From 1964 to 1966, he was opposition spokesman on Pensions and National Insurance.

His later career focused on his insurance business and involved himself in many charities. Although he was known as a politician, he was a devout Christian, and would like to be remembered as a religious man.