Editing Harold Macmillan (section)

===Member of Parliament (1924–1929)===
Macmillan contested the depressed northern industrial constituency of [[Stockton-on-Tees (UK Parliament constituency)|Stockton-on-Tees]] in [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923]]. The campaign cost him about £200-£300 out of his own pocket;{{sfn|Horne|1988|p=69}} at that time candidates were often expected to fund their own election campaigns. The collapse in the Liberal vote let him win in [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]].{{sfn|Campbell|2010|p=246}} In 1927, four MPs, including Boothby and Macmillan, published a short book advocating radical measures.{{sfn|Campbell|2010|p=246}} In 1928, Macmillan was described by his political hero, and now Parliamentary colleague, David Lloyd George, as a "born rebel".{{sfn|Thorpe|2010}}{{pn|date=October 2022}}{{sfn|Fisher|1982|pp=32–33}}

Macmillan lost his seat in [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929]] in the face of high regional unemployment. He almost became Conservative candidate for the safe seat of [[Hitchin (UK Parliament constituency)|Hitchin]] in 1931.{{sfn|Horne|1988|p=243}} However the sitting MP, [[Guy Kindersley]] cancelled his retirement plans, in part because of his own association with the anti-Baldwin rebels and his suspicion of Macmillan's sympathy for [[Oswald Mosley]]'s promises of radical measures to reduce unemployment. Instead, the resignation of the new candidate at Stockton allowed Macmillan to be re-selected there, and he returned to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] for his old seat in [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]].{{sfn|Fisher|1982|pp=32–33}}