came to the attention of Special Branch, whose role it was to combat "Bolshevik subversion". He was frequently mentioned in reports to the cabinet on Revolutionary Organisations in the United Kingdom. Malone worked to promote the affiliation of the CPGB to the Labour Party, which was under consideration as a tactical matter, urged by Lenin. Malone was particularly keen and stated "There are still a few differences between the Communist Party and the Labour Party. I am glad to realise, however, that this will soon be settled by affiliation". Later political and military career Malone dissociated himself from the Communist Party of Great Britain and joined the Independent Labour Party, which was affiliated to the Labour Party, in 1922. He was the Labour candidate for Ashton-under-Lyne in the 1924 general election, but was unsuccessful. However, following the death of Arthur Holland in 1927, Malone was elected as MP for Northampton in the ensuing 1928 by-election. He was re-elected at the 1929 general election, and served in Ramsay MacDonald's government as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of Pensions, Frederick Roberts, in 1931. He was not re-elected in the 1931 general election. Malone returned to military service in the Second World War. In 1942 he was the staff officer to the chief warden of the City of Westminster Civil Defence. From 1943 to 1945 he served in the Admiralty Small Vessels Pool. Following the end of the war in 1945, he became the Vice President of the Royal Television Society, the founder and chairman of the Radio Association, and a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. By the time of his death his publications included The Russian Republic, New China, and Manchukuo: Jewel of Asia. Later life Malone married Leah Kay in 1921. After her death, he remarried in 1956. He died on 25 February 1965, aged 74. References External links Documents relating to Cecil Malone held at the National Archives of the United Kingdom |- 1890 births 1965 deaths Communist Party of Great Britain members Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies British Socialist Party members Independent Labour Party MPs People stripped of a British Commonwealth honour People from Dalton Holme UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 Communist Party of Great Britain MPs Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College Royal Navy officers Military personnel from Yorkshire Royal Navy personnel