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Fielding Reginald West (November 1892 – 6 October 1935) was a British Labour Party politician.

MP for Kensington North[]

At the 1929 general election, West contested the seat of Kensington North as a Labour Party candidate, and was elected, unseating the sitting Conservative MP, Percy Gates. Following the election a minority Labour government was formed. However this collapsed in 1931, and a National Government was formed. There was also a split in the Labour Party, with supporters of the Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, forming a National Labour Organisation. The remainder of the party found itself in opposition to the government.

The National Government called an election in October 1931, which they won by a landslide. West was among many Labour MPs who lost their seats, defeated by the government candidate, James Duncan of the Conservative Party.[4]

MP for Hammersmith North[]

In March 1934 the Conservative MP for Hammersmith North died. West was chosen to contest the resulting by-election for the Labour Party. In a three-cornered contest with Conservative and Communist opponents, West was elected with a majority of 3,516 votes.

Fielding West died while in office of cancer at Hammersmith Hospital in October 1935.

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