sentences:  He was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Colchester constituency, in the 1950 general election and held the seat until 16 February 1961, when he was created Baron Alport, of Colchester in the County of Essex, a life peerage.On his elevation to the peerage, the Colchester constituency was held by the Conservatives in a by-election by Antony Buck.Alport held the post of Assistant Postmaster-General between 1955 and 1957.