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{{Short description|English barrister and Labour Party politician (1908–1990)}}
'''William Thomas Wells''' [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] (10 August 1908 – 3 January 1990) was an [[England|English]] barrister and [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician.▼
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▲'''William Thomas Wells''' [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] (10 August 1908
Wells was from an upper-class background and went to the [[Public school (UK)|Public School]] [[Lancing College]] near [[Brighton]], and to [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]], [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]. He was called to the Bar by the [[Middle Temple]] in 1932.
During [[World War II]], Wells served in the [[British Army|army]] on the General Staff to the [[War Office]], being promoted to the rank of Major. He was elected as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Walsall (UK Parliament constituency)|Walsall]] in the [[1945 United Kingdom general election
Although never taking Ministerial office, Wells's experience of the law was used on departmental committees. He was a member of the Lord Chancellor's Committee on the Practice and Procedure of the Supreme Court which sat from 1947 to 1953, of the Magistrates' Courts
Wells remained an active Barrister throughout his Parliamentary career and was made a [[Queen's Counsel]] in 1955. He was Deputy Chairman of Hertfordshire Quarter Sessions from 1961 to 1971, and in 1963 he became a Bencher of the Middle Temple. From 1965 to 1971 he was Recorder of King's Lynn, giving up the job when he became a Recorder of the Crown Court from 1972.
Moderate in politics, Wells supported British membership of the [[European Union|European Economic Community]] in 1971 against a three line whip. He retired at the end of the Parliament in 1974. From 1976 he was made a Chairman of Industrial Tribunals. He joined the [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|
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