Election To The House of Commons 1945
Lindsay's political career had been put on hold during the war - he had resigned his Brigg candidacy - instead in June 1945, after the war ended, he was adopted as Conservative candidate for Solihull, a newly created constituency which was expected to be safely Conservative. His Labour opponent was the future cabinet minister Roy Jenkins, but Lindsay beat him by 5,049.
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