He unsuccessfully contested the safe Tory parliamentary seat of Barkston Ash in Yorkshire in the 1945 and 1950 elections, before returning to Norfolk to help North Norfolk Labour MP Edwin Gooch.
In the 1945 and 1950 elections, he tried but failed to secure the Tory parliamentary seat of Barkston Ash in Yorkshire. He then moved to Norfolk to assist North Norfolk Labour MP Edwin Gooch.