the greatest age at which any future prime minister had first been elected to the Commons.

MP and minister (1919-1931)

Rise from the backbench

Chamberlain threw himself into parliamentary work, begrudging the times when he was unable to attend debates and spending much time on committee work. He was chairman of the national Unhealthy Areas Committee (1919-21) and in that role, had visited the slums of London, Birmingham, Leeds,

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