Levi Lovett
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Levi Lovett was a British
trade unionist.
Born in Hugglescote
, Leicestershire
, Lovett worked in coal mining
from the age of 12. A devout Methodist and lay preacher, he was elected as checkweighman at Snibston
No.2 colliery in 1885, then in 1887 was the founding President of the Coalville and District Miners' Association. He served in this post until 1902, when he became the union's agent.
Although generally politically liberal, Lovett was asked to stand for the Labour Party
in Bosworth
at the 1918 UK general election. He continued as agent of the renamed Leicestershire Miners' Association
until 1923, when he was replaced by Jack W. Smith
.
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
trade unionist.
Born in Hugglescote
Hugglescote
Hugglescote is a village in North West Leicestershire, England. It formerly formed a civil parish with the adjacent settlement of Donington le Heath, though this was dissolved in 1936, when the area joined the urban district of Coalville...
, Leicestershire
Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...
, Lovett worked in coal mining
Coal mining
The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States,...
from the age of 12. A devout Methodist and lay preacher, he was elected as checkweighman at Snibston
Snibston
Snibston is a former coal mining village in Coalville, north west Leicestershire, in the English Midlands, now part of the civil parish of Ravenstone with Snibston. Its 13th century church of St Mary is the smallest church still in use for regular worship in England...
No.2 colliery in 1885, then in 1887 was the founding President of the Coalville and District Miners' Association. He served in this post until 1902, when he became the union's agent.
Although generally politically liberal, Lovett was asked to stand for the 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...
in Bosworth
Bosworth (UK Parliament constituency)
Bosworth is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
at the 1918 UK general election. He continued as agent of the renamed Leicestershire Miners' Association
Leicestershire Miners' Association
The Leicestershire Miners' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded in 1887 as the Coalville and District Miners' Association to represent coal miners in the Coalville area of Leicestershire...
until 1923, when he was replaced by Jack W. Smith
Jack W. Smith
Jack W. Smith was a British trade unionist.Born in Coalville, Leicestershire, Smith worked at Linby Colliery from the age of thirteen...
.