 Following the Second World War Benn worked briefly as a BBC Radio producer . On 1 November 1950 , he was selected to succeed Stafford Cripps as the Labour candidate for Bristol South East , after Cripps stood down because of ill @-@ health . He won the seat in a by @-@ election on 30 November 1950 . Anthony Crosland helped him get the seat as he was the MP for nearby South Gloucestershire at the time . Upon taking the oath on 4 December 1950 Benn became " Baby of the House " , the youngest MP , for one day , being succeeded by Thomas Teevan , who was two years younger but took his oath a day later . He became the " Baby " again in 1951 , when Teevan was not re @-@ elected . In the 1950s , Benn held middle @-@ of @-@ the @-@ road or soft left views , and was not associated with the young left wing group around Aneurin Bevan . 
