page_title: Leonard Stein (Liberal politician)
section_title: Political career
hierarchical_section_title: Leonard Stein (Liberal politician) / Political career
caption_attribution_description: A map of Bermondsey West constituency within the London County Council area.
context_page_description: Leonard Jacques Stein OBE, was a British Liberal Party politician, writer, barrister and President of the Anglo-Jewish Association.
context_section_description: Stein was firstly Liberal candidate for the Dover division of Kent at the 1922 General Election. This was a safe Unionist seat that a Liberal had not won since 1857. The Unionists held the seat. He was then Liberal candidate for the Kensington North division of London at the 1923 General Election. This was a Unionist seat and not a good prospect either as the Liberals had come third in 1922. However, he did manage to increase the Liberal share of the vote;
  He did not contest the 1924 General Election.
  He was then Liberal candidate for the Bermondsey West division of London at the 1929 General Election. This was a Labour seat that the Liberals had last won in 1923. He might have entertained hopes of regaining the seat, however the Unionists who had not run a candidate in 1923, chose to intervene. As a result, Labour comfortably held the seat;
  He did not stand for parliament again. After the split in the Liberal Party in 1931 he was active in the National Liberals as Vice-Chairman of their London organisation.
caption: Bermondsey West within the County of London showing boundaries used in 1929
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