He was elected Member of Parliament for Birmingham Perry Barr at the 1955 general election, and served until the 1964 general election when the seat was gained against the national trend by the Conservative candidate Wyndham Davies.
A politician from Birmingham Perry Barr was elected to serve as a member of parliament in the 1955 general election and remained in that role until the 1964 general election, when his constituency bucked the national trend to support the Conservative party's candidate Wyndham Davies.