15 Facts About Leon Atkin

Leon Atkin was a Welsh Methodist and Congregationalist minister, human rights activist, and politician.

Leon Atkin was born on 26 July 1902 in Spalding, Lincolnshire.

Leon Atkin's father was a gas manager and his family were Anglicans.

Leon Atkin embraced the Social Gospel and was an active voice concerning political and social issues affecting the community.

Leon Atkin became increasingly involved in social issues two years later when he was moved to Bargoed.

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Leon Atkin accepted one of three offers from Congregationalist denominations in Cardiff to lead St Paul's in Swansea.

Leon Atkin began holding open-air ministry meetings, drawing up to 500 people, more so during the summer months.

Leon Atkin was not popular within the leadership of the Congregational Union of England and Wales due to his anti-Fascism positions in the Labour Party and reluctance to take direction from church leaders.

Leon Atkin became a representative for Brynmelyn Ward of the Swansea Borough Council in November 1936.

Leon Atkin joined the Royal Artillery in 1940, but became an Army Chaplain upon the intervention of the United Chaplains Board.

Leon Atkin served in Holland, North Africa, France, and Italy and became a captain.

Leon Atkin was a hero of the poor, and did many great things; Leon Atkin would baptise the children of unmarried mothers, and opened up the church's crypt during the cold winter of 1946, to let hundreds of people shelter there.

Leon Atkin returned to Swansea, where the chapel had been locked and he had lost his ministry.

Leon Atkin was able to settle back at St Paul's, without the Congregational Union's formal support, due to the allegiance of members of the community and former soldiers.

Leon Atkin formed The People's Party in 1947 to keep his seat on the Council, due to complaints he made against the Labour Party.