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James Victor Lavender, 1953 - 1954 Lavender first stood for election in November 1947, representing the Labour Party in the New Town Ward. Due to domestic difficulties weeks before the nomination he requeated that his agent JL Smallshire should run for another year. Smallshire refused and Lavender lost the election, winning only 900 votes. Lavender was eventually elected to Bilston Council in May 1949, representing the Ettingshall Ward. Four years later he became mayor. Lavender's occupation was as a builder's surveyor. He lived in Stowheath, Wolverhampton. Smallshire,
JL 1986: Pioneering in Black Country Local Government 1850-1950.
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