In the Labour landslide at the
1945 general election, Popplewell was elected as
Member of Parliament for
Newcastle upon Tyne West. In 1951 he was appointed a
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). After his retirement from the
House of Commons at the
1966 general election, he was made a
life peer as
Baron Popplewell, of
Sherburn-in-Elmet in the
West Riding of the County of York on 6 June 1966. ==References==