Daniel Frankel, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Daniel Frankel

British politician

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1900

Date of Death: 16-May-1988

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Daniel Frankel

  • Daniel Frankel (18 August 1900 – 16 May 1988) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
  • He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Mile End from 1935 to 1945. Frankel worked as a tailor's cutter, and became prominent in the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers.
  • He joined the Labour Party, and was elected to Stepney Metropolitan Borough Council.
  • In 1929/30, he served as Mayor of Stepney.
  • At the 1931 London County Council election, he won a seat in Mile End, which he retained until 1946.At the 1935 United Kingdom general election, Frankel won the Mile End seat from the Conservative MP William O'Donovan.
  • He was the first Jewish Labour Party Member of Parliament for a seat in the East End of London.
  • At the 1945 general election, he lost the seat to the Communist Party candidate Philip Piratin, becoming one of a small number of Labour MPs defeated at the election.Outside politics, Frankel was active in the Jewish Friendly Societies Movement.

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