in order to come to conclusions before bringing in a Bill for the compulsory sterilisation of the unfit." The Commons voted by 167 votes to 89 against any second reading. Move to NLO and failed 1931 campaign When the Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald left the party in 1931 to co-lead a Conservative-dominated National Government, Church was one of the few Labour MPs to support him. He followed MacDonald into the new National Labour Organisation then that year stood in the 1931 general election as a National Independent for the London University seat, where he lost by a 27:73 ratio against one candidate. He stood again twice, as a National Labour (NLO) candidate: in Bristol East at the 1935 general election then in Derby at a by-election in July 1936, and in Tottenham South as an "Independent National" candidate (the local Conservatives had nominated their own candidate) at the 1945 general election Church came in third, Labour winning the seat. This was Church's last election. In March 1934 he was appointed as a member of a Royal Commission established to enquire into the organisation and work of the University of Durham. References External links 1886 births 1954 deaths British Army personnel of the Russian Civil War British Army personnel of World War I British eugenicists Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies National Labour (UK) politicians People educated at University College School Politics of the London Borough of Wandsworth Recipients of the Military Cross Royal Garrison Artillery officers UK MPs 1923–1924 Military personnel from Middlesex UK MPs 1929–1931