Wakefield MP
Creech Jones' opportunity to return to Parliament came in 1954 when Arthur Greenwood, Labour MP for Wakefield, died. He was selected to follow him and kept the seat in a by-election. He returned to the Labour front bench, but also retained his involvement in outside work. He was appointed to the Governing body of Queen Elizabeth House, a Colonial Office-sponsored institution at Oxford University, in March 1955.
Despite his age of nearly 70, Creech Jones was reappointed to the opposition front bench after the 1959 general election. In 1961 he signed a letter expressing disquiet at a British application to join the European Community and urging a Commonwealth conference to discuss the implications before formally applying. He left the front bench in 1963; although hoping to continue in Parliament, he was forced by ill health to announce his retirement in August 1964.
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