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From 1906 to 1909, Clement Attlee worked as manager of Haileybury House, a club for working class boys in Limehouse run by his old school.

Before this, Attlee's political views had been conservative, but he was shocked by the poverty and deprivation he saw while working with slum children, and this caused him to become a socialist.

He joined the Independent Labour Party in 1908, and became mayor of Stepney in 1919.

At the 1922 general election, Attlee became MP for the constituency of Limehouse, which he represented while Deputy Prime Minister.

After WWII he moved constituencies to Walthamstow West.