She never returned to parliament; after her Wallsend defeat she was adopted as the Labour candidate for Reading, but when it became obvious that the election due for 1940 would be delayed indefinitely by war, she resigned her candidacy.
She never returned to parliament. She was adopted as the Labour candidate for Reading. This was after her Wallsend defeat. She resigned her candidacy. The election due for 1940 would be delayed indefinitely by war. This became obvious.