Hugh Delargy

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Hugh James Delargy (1908–1976) was a Labour Party politician and long-serving Member of Parliament in Britain. Born in Prestwich, Lancashire to Irish parents, he was educated in England, Paris and Rome and worked as a teacher, journalist, labourer and insurance official. He served as Manchester City Councillor from 1937 to 1946.

Delargy was MP for Manchester Platting from 1945 to 1950 and for Thurrock from 1950 until his death in 1976. He was a Labour whip from 1950 to 1952. He supported Irish causes, was a member of the Anti-Partition of Ireland League, secretary of the Friends of Ireland, and took part in the 1949 Manchester Martyrs commemoration addressed by Éamon de Valera. He received the Grand Cross of the Polonia Restituta from the Polish government-in-exile.

Delargy was also briefly involved in the aftermath of the John Bodkin Adams trial. After a confidential Scotland Yard report about Adams circulated, Delargy and MP Stephen Swingler questioned the Attorney-General in the House of Commons about Manningham-Buller’s contacts with the General Medical Council and the British Medical Association. The Attorney-General gave a written reply saying there had been no communications with the GMC in the last six months, while not explicitly mentioning the BMA. Adams was eventually acquitted of the murder of Edith Morrell, though a home office pathologist suspected him of killing many patients.