Joseph Sullivan was a Scottish

Scotland

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 Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

 politician who served as a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) from 1922 to 1924, and from 1926 to 1931.

At the 1918 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1918

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, he unsuccessfully contested the North Lanarkshire

North Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)

North Lanarkshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 to 1885 and from 1918 to 1983...

 constituency, but won the seat at the 1922 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1922

The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...

. He was re-elected in 1923

United Kingdom general election, 1923

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, but was defeated at the 1924 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1924

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 by the Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

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 candidate Sir Alexander Sprot.

In 1926 he was returned to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

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 as MP for Bothwell

Bothwell (UK Parliament constituency)

Bothwell was a county constituency in Lanarkshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It was formed by the division of Lanarkshire constituency.- Boundaries :...

, at a by-election

By-election

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 following the death of the Labour MP John Robertson

John Robertson (Bothwell MP)

John Robertson MBE was a Scottish Labour Party politician.He began work in the coal mines as a boy of thirteen, eventually becoming Chairman of the Scottish Miners' Union...

. He was re-elected in 1929

United Kingdom general election, 1929

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, but lost the seat at the 1931 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1931

The United Kingdom general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. It was also the last election, and the only one under universal suffrage, where one party received an absolute majority of the votes cast.The 1931 general election was the...

 when the Labour vote collapsed as the party split over its leader Ramsay MacDonald

Ramsay MacDonald

James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....

's formation of a National Government.

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