Louis Tolley (1889-1959) was one of the town's first Labour councillors – elected first in 1919. his struggle was for better public services, particularly housing, in the years after each of the two world wars. He was Mayor of Kidderminster three times and served as the towns MP between 1945-50.

 

Sir George Eddy (1878-1967 was another significant political and town leader in the 20th Century. He brought a different mind set to the rather dynastic tradition of the Victorian Town Council and was also very active in other aspects of the town's activities such as the theatre and Kidderminster Harriers football club

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Charles Talbot MBE ( -2019) was a member of a family that has been active in the towns business political and cultural affairs since the late eighteenth century. A Mayor of the town, he was later Clerk to the Charter Trustees of Kidderminster and was a leading member of the successful campaign to establish a proper local representative body in the form of a Town Council. He devoted much effort to establishing facilities for the young people of Kidderminster and to twinning relations with Husum in Germany