Walter Johnson (politician)
Walter Hamlet Johnson (21 November 1917 – 12 April 2003) was a British Labour Party politician. Early life. Johnson was born in Hertford. Political career. Before being elected, Johnson stood several times for Parliament without success. In the 1955 General Election he fought Bristol West, but was defeated by the Conservative Cabinet Minister Walter Mockton. He contested South Bedfordshire in 1959, and a by-election at Acton in 1968 that was one of three Labour seats lost that day (in Johnson's case to the future Cabinet Minister Kenneth Baker). Following the retirement of Philip Noel-Baker as  the Member of Parliament, Johnson retained Derby South at the 1970 general election for the Labour Party, and was an assistant government whip from 1974 to 1975. He stood down as an MP at the 1983, after which he was succeeded by Margaret Beckett. Johnson was partly funded by the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association. He was treasurer of that Association from 1965 to 1977. Death. He died in Haywards Heath, aged 85.