John Wadsworth
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John Wadsworth (1850 – 10 July 1921) was a British trade unionist and Liberal or Lib-Lab politician.
Born in West Melton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Wadsworth worked as a coal miner and was elected checkweighman. He joined the Yorkshire Miners Association, a constituent part of the Miners Federation of Great Britain (MFGB), rising to become the Yorkshire Association's general secretary, then in 1904 its president.
Wadsworth was elected as the Lib-Lab Member of Parliament (MP) for Hallamshire at the 1906 general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Wadsworth | 8,375 | 55.2 | ||
Conservative | Frederic Kelley | 6,807 | 44.8 | ||
Majority | 1,568 | 10.4 | |||
Turnout | 83.9 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
In 1909, with the other MFGB-sponsored MPs, he joined the Labour Party, retaining his seat in his new colours.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Wadsworth | 10,193 | 62.2 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Sutton Timmis | 6,185 | 37.8 | ||
Majority | 4,008 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 82.2 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Wadsworth | 8,708 | 59.9 | ||
Conservative | David Thurston Smith | 5,837 | 40.1 | ||
Majority | 2,871 | 19.8 | |||
Turnout | 73.0 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
In 1915 he resigned the Labour whip and re-joined the Liberals.[1] He continued as MP until the seat's abolition for the 1918 general election.
References
[edit]- ^ The History of the Liberal Party, 1895–1970 by Roy Douglas (1971) p. 355
- Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, Who's Who of British MPs: Volume II, 1886–1918
External links
[edit]- 1850 births
- 1921 deaths
- English trade unionists
- Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Politics of Sheffield
- Liberal-Labour (UK) MPs
- Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
- Miners' Federation of Great Britain-sponsored MPs
- UK MPs 1906–1910
- UK MPs 1910
- UK MPs 1910–1918
- People from Brampton Bierlow