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== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Cyril Smith was born in Rochdale, Lancashire in 1928. The ''Daily Mail'' suggested in 2014 that Smith's upbringing with a [[promiscuous]] mother and childhood bullying turned him into a "twisted predator".<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2606472/A-promiscuous-mother-childhood-taunts-turned-Cyril-Smith-twisted-predator.html A promiscuous mother and the childhood taunts that turned Cyril Smith into a twisted predator ]</ref>
Cyril Smith was born in Rochdale, Lancashire in 1928. The ''Daily Mail'' suggested in 2014 that Smith's upbringing with a [[promiscuous]] mother and childhood bullying turned him into a "twisted predator".<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2606472/A-promiscuous-mother-childhood-taunts-turned-Cyril-Smith-twisted-predator.html A promiscuous mother and the childhood taunts that turned Cyril Smith into a twisted predator ]</ref>
== Political career ==
At the 1970 UK general election, Smith failed to win the parliamentary seat of Rochdale for the Liberal Party, coming 2nd place.
Smith was elected to the House of Commons after won the a by-election in Rochdale on 26 October 1972 with 42% of the constituency vote.
In May 1979, some of the first accusations of sexual assault against Smith emerged. ''Rochdale Alternative Press'', an underground magazine in Smith's home town, published accusations that Smith had spanked and sexually assaulted young boys at a hostel he co-founded.
== References ==
== References ==
[[Category:Criminals]]
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[[Category:Sexual Immorality]]
[[Category:Sexual Immorality]]
[[Category:Worst Liberal Politicians]]
[[Category:Worst Liberal Politicians]]