Stokes won the Ipswich seat in a 1938 by-election , which he kept in the 1945 , 1950 , 1951 and 1955 elections . He was known for his independence in parliament , including , with Bishop George Bell and fellow Labour Member of Parliament ( MP ) Alfred Salter , opposing area strategic bombing during World War II . Stokes was also a prominent critic of the inadequacy of Allied tank design . Prior to the war , he co-wrote a paper ( with Andrew MacLaren and George Lansbury ) analysing the economic forces menacing peace in Europe . After the RAF 's bombing of Dresden on the night of 13 February and the early hours of 14 February 1945 , his questions in the House about the act were in part responsible for the reappraisal of the Government 's bombing policy in the last month of the war in Europe . He raised other issues after the war relating to Yalta and the forced repatriation of Yugoslavs , and the treatment of Dr George Chatterton-Hill in Germany
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Richard Stokes