page_title: Bridget Elizabeth Talbot
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: Bridget Elizabeth Talbot / Politics
caption_attribution_description: English: A map of Bermondsey constituency within the London County Council area, as it existed from 1950 to 1974.
context_page_description: Bridget Elizabeth Talbot, was a British politician and campaigner.
context_section_description: She joined the National Labour Party in 1931, assisting Ramsay MacDonald in his election campaign. She was a member of the National Labour Council. She campaigned energetically for improvements in the conditions of merchant seamen and in 1937 to gain first-hand experience served before the mast in a " windjammer" to Finland. In 1939 she started the National Labour enquiry into the state of the Merchant Navy. She also organized sports camps for blind soldiers from St. Dunstan's.
  She then joined the Liberal Party and was Liberal candidate for the Bermondsey Division of London at the 1950 General Election. Although it was a new seat, the area had not polled well for the Liberals since the 1920s.
  She did not stand for parliament again though in 1964 she considered standing as an Independent candidate for Richmond, Yorkshire. She was opposed to Britain joining the Common Market.
  She was Lord of the Manor of Scorton. She was hereditary Governor of Scorton Grammar School. She was Vice-President of the Red Ensign Club. She was Vice-President of the Watch Ashore Association. She was an Honorary Member of St Dunstan's Governing Committee. She was an Honorary Officer of the Roman Grenadier Guards (appointed following the battle of Monte Santo in 1917) She was awarded the Croce di Guerra.
caption: Bermondsey in London,1950
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