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Lib-Lab pact

In British politics, a Lib-Lab pact is a working arrangement between the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party.There have been four such arrangements, and one alleged proposal, at the national level...

 for UK Liberal Party-Labour Party agreements and LibLab

LibLab

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 for the Norwegian think-tank.

The Liberal–Labour movement refers to the practice of local Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 associations accepting and supporting candidates who were financially maintained by trade union

Trade union

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s. These candidates stood for the British Parliament

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 with the aim of representing the working class

Working class

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es, while remaining supportive of the Liberal Party in general.

The first Lib–Lab candidates, Alexander MacDonald

Alexander Macdonald (Lib-Lab politician)

Alexander Macdonald was a Scottish miner, teacher, trade union leader and Lib–Lab politician.-Family and education:Macdonald was born in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, the son of Daniel McDonald and his wife Ann...

 and Thomas Burt

Thomas Burt

Thomas Burt PC was a British trade unionist and one of the first working-class Members of Parliament.-Career:...

, both members of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB), were elected in the 1874 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1874

-Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

. In 1880

United Kingdom general election, 1880

-Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...

, they were joined by Henry Broadhurst

Henry Broadhurst

Henry Broadhurst was a leading early British trade unionist and a Lib-Lab politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1885 and 1906....

 of the Stonemasons' Union and the movement reached its peak in 1885

United Kingdom general election, 1885

-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...

, with twelve MPs elected.

The candidates generally stood with the support of the Liberal Party, the Labour Representation League

Labour Representation League

The Labour Representation League, organised in 1869, was a forerunner of the British Labour Party. Its original purpose was to register the working class to vote, and get workers into Parliament. It had limited power and was never intended to become a full political party, but played a role in...

 and one or more trade union

Trade union

A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

s. After 1885, decline set in. Disillusion grew from the defeat of the Manningham Mills Strike, a series of decisions restricting the activity of unions, culminating in the Taff Vale Case

Taff Vale Case

Taff Vale Railway Co v Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants [1901] , commonly known as the Taff Vale case is a formative case in UK labour law...

 and largely unchallenged by the Liberal Party, and the foundation of the Independent Labour Party

Independent Labour Party

The Independent Labour Party was a socialist political party in Britain established in 1893. The ILP was affiliated to the Labour Party from 1906 to 1932, when it voted to leave...

 in 1892 followed by its turn towards trade unionism.

The formation of the Labour Representation Committee in 1900 followed by 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 1906, meant that in the House of Commons, there were two groups of MPs containing Trade Union sponsored MPs, sitting on either side of the chamber. (about 28 took the Labour whip and about 23 took the Liberal whip) The Trades Union Congress decided to instruct its affiliate unions to require their MPs to stand at the next election as Labour Party candidates and take the Labour whip. Of the 23 Trade Union sponsored Liberal MPs, 15 were sponsored by unions affiliated to the Miners Federation of Great Britain (MFGB). When the MFGB affiliated to the Labour Party in 1909, most of their MPs joined Labour after the January 1910 general election.

The Liberal-Labour group finally died out at the 1918 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1918

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, when Thomas Burt (by then Father of the House) and Arthur Richardson

Arthur Richardson (politician)

Arthur Richardson was a British merchant and Liberal-Labour politician from Nottingham. He sat in the House of Commons between 1906 and 1918....

 stood down.

List of Liberal-Labour MPs

Name	Constituency	Union	From	To	Notes
William Abraham William Abraham (Welsh politician) William "Mabon" Abraham was a Welsh trade unionist and Labour politician, and a Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1920. Although an MP for 35 years, it was as a trade unionist that Abraham is most well known...	Rhondda Rhondda (UK Parliament constituency) Rhondda is a parliamentary 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...	SWMF South Wales Miners' Federation The South Wales Miners' Federation , nicknamed "The Fed", was a trade union for miners in South Wales.The union was founded on 24 October 1898, following the defeat of the South Wales miners' strike of 1898... /MFGB	1885	1910	Joined the Labour Party in 1910
Joseph Arch Joseph Arch Joseph Arch was an English politician, born in Barford, Warwickshire who played a key role in what Karl Marx called the "Great awakening" of the agricultural workers in 1872.-Biography:...	North West Norfolk	NALU	1885	1886
Joseph Arch Joseph Arch Joseph Arch was an English politician, born in Barford, Warwickshire who played a key role in what Karl Marx called the "Great awakening" of the agricultural workers in 1872.-Biography:...	North West Norfolk	NALU/None	1892	1900
Henry Broadhurst Henry Broadhurst Henry Broadhurst was a leading early British trade unionist and a Lib-Lab politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1885 and 1906....	Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (UK Parliament constituency) Stoke-on-Trent constituency may refer to:*Stoke-upon-Trent , 1832-1918*Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke , 1918-1950*Stoke-on-Trent Burslem , 1918-1950...	Stonemasons	1880	1885
Henry Broadhurst Henry Broadhurst Henry Broadhurst was a leading early British trade unionist and a Lib-Lab politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1885 and 1906....	Birmingham Bordesley Birmingham Bordesley (UK Parliament constituency) Birmingham Bordesley was a borough constituency in the city of Birmingham, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...	Stonemasons	1885	1886
Henry Broadhurst Henry Broadhurst Henry Broadhurst was a leading early British trade unionist and a Lib-Lab politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1885 and 1906....	Nottingham West Nottingham West (UK Parliament constituency) Nottingham West was a borough constituency in the city of Nottingham. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....	Stonemasons	1886	1892
Henry Broadhurst Henry Broadhurst Henry Broadhurst was a leading early British trade unionist and a Lib-Lab politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1885 and 1906....	Leicester Leicester (UK Parliament constituency) Leicester was a parliamentary borough in Leicestershire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1918, when it was split into three single-member divisions.-History:...	Stonemasons	1894	1906
John Burns John Burns John Elliot Burns was an English trade unionist and politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly associated with London politics. He was a socialist and then a Liberal Member of Parliament and Minister. He was anti-alcohol and a keen sportsman...	Battersea Battersea (UK Parliament constituency) Battersea is a parliamentary constituency located in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, to which it elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post voting system.- Boundaries :The...	ASE Amalgamated Society of Engineers Amalgamated Society of Engineers may refer to one of the following trade unions:* Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union in the United Kingdom, known as the Amalgamated Society of Engineers from 1851 until 1920...	1892	1918
Thomas Burt Thomas Burt Thomas Burt PC was a British trade unionist and one of the first working-class Members of Parliament.-Career:...	Morpeth Morpeth (UK Parliament constituency) Morpeth was a borough constituency centred on the town of Morpeth in Northumberland represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then the Parliament of the United Kingdom....	NMA Northumberland Miners' Association The Northumberland Miners' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded in 1864 to represent coal miners in Northumberland, following the collapse of a short-live union covering both Northumberland and Durham miners... /MFGB	1874	1918
William Pollard Byles William Pollard Byles Sir William Pollard Byles was a British newspaper owner and Liberal politician.Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, in 1839, W P Byles was the son of William Byles, proprietor of the Bradford Observer. He eventually succeeded his father as owner of the newspaper, which had been renamed the Yorkshire...	Shipley Shipley (UK Parliament constituency) -Elections in the 2000s:-Elections in the 1990s:-Elections in the 1980s:-Elections in the 1970s:-Elections in the 1910s:...	None	1892	1895
Herbert James Craig Herbert James Craig Herbert James Craig was the son of prominent Newcastle upon Tyne Liberal politician James Craig. Elected as a 'Liberal' MP in the 1906 Liberal landslide, he was MP for Tynemouth until the 'coupon' election of 1918.Craig also was the proprietor of a newspaper....	Tynemouth Tynemouth (UK Parliament constituency) Tynemouth is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament using the first past the post voting system.-History:...	None	1906	1918
William Crawford William Crawford (Durham politician) William Crawford was an English miner, trade unionist and a Liberal politician.Crawford was born at Cullercoats Northumberland and worked in Hartley Coal Mines from the age of 10. In 1862 actively opposed the attempt of the Northumberland mine owners to impose the system of yearly hiring...	Mid Durham Mid Durham (UK Parliament constituency) Mid Durham was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....	DMA Durham Miners' Association The Durham Miners' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded in 1869 and its membership quickly rose to 4,000, but within a year had fallen back to 2,000...	1885	1890
Randal Cremer	Haggerston Haggerston (UK Parliament constituency) Haggerston, formally known as the "Haggerston Division of Shoreditch", was a borough constituency centred on the Haggerston district of the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch in London...	None	1885	1895
Randal Cremer	Haggerston Haggerston (UK Parliament constituency) Haggerston, formally known as the "Haggerston Division of Shoreditch", was a borough constituency centred on the Haggerston district of the Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch in London...	None	1900	1908
John Charles Durant John Charles Durant John Charles Durant was an English printer and a Liberal politician.Durant was born at Fordingbridge, Hampshire, the son of Christopher William Durant and his wife Sarah Coles. His father was an ironmonger of Epping, Essex. He was educated at British School, Fordingbridge, Hampshire...	Stepney Stepney (UK Parliament constituency) Stepney was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Stepney district of the East End of London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:...	None	1885	1886
Enoch Edwards Enoch Edwards Enoch Edwards was a British trade unionist and politician.Edwards was born at Talk-o'-the Hill and became a coal miner as a child. He was elected to Staffordshire County Council before becoming President of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain in 1904, and then MP for Hanley in 1906.- External...	Hanley Hanley (UK Parliament constituency) Hanley was a borough constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1885 and 1950. Elections were held using the first past the post voting system.- History :...	MFGB	1906	1909	Joined the Labour Party in 1909
Charles Fenwick Charles Fenwick Charles Fenwick was a British trade unionist and Liberal–Labour politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1918....	Wansbeck Wansbeck (UK Parliament constituency) Wansbeck is a parliamentary 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 :...	NMA Northumberland Miners' Association The Northumberland Miners' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded in 1864 to represent coal miners in Northumberland, following the collapse of a short-live union covering both Northumberland and Durham miners... /MFGB	1885	1918
Frederick Hall Frederick Hall (politician) Frederick Hall was a Liberal Party then Labour Party politician in England.He was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in 1905 as a Liberal, following the death of the sitting Member of Parliament , William Parrott. In 1909 his trade union instructed him to take the Labour Party whip...	Normanton Normanton (UK Parliament constituency) Normanton was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...	MFGB	1905	1909	Joined the Labour Party in 1909
William Edwin Harvey William Edwin Harvey William Edwin Harvey , known as W. E. Harvey, was a British Lib-Lab Member of Parliament.Born in Hasland, Derbyshire, Harvey worked in a coal mine from the age of ten. He joined the South Yorkshire Miners' Association in 1869, and was a the union's local delegate by 1872...	North East Derbyshire North East Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency) North East Derbyshire 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:...	MFGB	1907	1910	Joined the Labour Party in 1910
George Howell	Bethnal Green North East Bethnal Green North East (UK Parliament constituency) Bethnal Green North East was a parliamentary constituency in London, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...	Operative Bricklayers Operative Bricklayers' Society The Operative Bricklayers' Society was a British New Model Trade Union based in London.The society was founded in 1818 as the London Bricklayers' Society, but by 1829 had developed into a national operative union. By the 1840s the union had about 1,400 members, roughly 2% of the total number of...	1885	1895
John Hagan Jenkins John Hagan Jenkins John Hagan Jenkins , was a British trade unionist from Cardiff, and a firstly Liberal-Labour and then Labour Party politician.Jenkin was President of the Trades Union Congress in 1895....	Chatham Chatham (UK Parliament constituency) Chatham was a parliamentary constituency in Kent which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom...	Associated Shipwrights	1906	1906	Joined the Labour Party soon after election
John Johnson John Johnson (British politician) -Trade Unionist:He worked in the mining industry. In 1890 he became Treasurer of the Durham Miners' Association and then in 1897 their Financial Secretary.-Politician:...	Gateshead Gateshead (UK Parliament constituency) Gateshead is a borough 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. A previous Gateshead constituency existed from 1832 to 1950....		1904	1910 Jan
William Johnson William Johnson (Nuneaton MP) William Johnson was an English coal miner, trade unionist and Liberal-Labour politician from Warwickshire. He sat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1918.- Early life :...	Nuneaton Nuneaton (UK Parliament constituency) Nuneaton 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.- Pre-2010 :...	MFGB	1906	1909	Joined the Labour Party in 1909
Barnet Kenyon Barnet Kenyon Barnet Kenyon was a British colliery worker, trade union official and Lib–Lab, later Liberal politician.-Early career:...	Chesterfield Chesterfield (UK Parliament constituency) Chesterfield is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a marginal seat between Labour and the Liberal Democrats. The best-known MP was Tony Benn from 1984 to 2001...	MFGB	1913	1918	Broadly a Liberal after 1918
Joseph Leicester	West Ham South West Ham South (UK Parliament constituency) West Ham South was a parliamentary constituency in the County Borough of West Ham, in what was then Essex but is now Greater London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system.- History...	Glassmakers	1885	1886
Alexander Macdonald	Stafford Stafford (UK Parliament constituency) Stafford 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. The sitting MP is the Conservative Jeremy Lefroy....	MNA	1874	1881
Fred Maddison	Sheffield Brightside	Typographical Association Typographical Association The Typographical Association was a British trade union.The National Typographical Association collapsed in 1848, and delegates from across Yorkshire and Lancashire met at Angel Street in Sheffield to found the Provincial Typographical Association, intended to recreate the former Northern...	1898	1900
Fred Maddison	Burnley Burnley (UK Parliament constituency) Burnley is a borough constituency centred on the town of Burnley in Lancashire, which is 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....	Typographical Association Typographical Association The Typographical Association was a British trade union.The National Typographical Association collapsed in 1848, and delegates from across Yorkshire and Lancashire met at Angel Street in Sheffield to found the Provincial Typographical Association, intended to recreate the former Northern...	1906	1910 Jan
George Nicholls George Nicholls (MP) George Nicholls was a British evangelical pastor, and Liberal-Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament for North Northamptonshire from 1906 to 1910.Nicholls started life as a farm labourer and smallholder...	North Northamptonshire North Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency) North Northamptonshire was a county constituency in Northamptonshire, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.- Boundaries :...	None	1906	1910 Jan
William Parrott William Parrott William Parrott was a British coalminer, trade union official and Liberal–Labour politician.-Early life:...	Normanton Normanton (UK Parliament constituency) Normanton was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...	MFGB	1904	1905
Ben Pickard	Normanton Normanton (UK Parliament constituency) Normanton was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...	YMA Yorkshire Miners' Association The Yorkshire Miners' Association was a British trade union.The union was founded in 1881 with the merger of the South Yorkshire Miners' Association, and the West Yorkshire Miners' Association, agreed only because both organisations were weakened by unsuccessful disputes... /MFGB	1885	1904
Arthur Richardson Arthur Richardson (politician) Arthur Richardson was a British merchant and Liberal-Labour politician from Nottingham. He sat in the House of Commons between 1906 and 1918....	Nottingham South Nottingham South (UK Parliament constituency) Nottingham South is a borough 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....		1906	1910 Jan
Arthur Richardson Arthur Richardson (politician) Arthur Richardson was a British merchant and Liberal-Labour politician from Nottingham. He sat in the House of Commons between 1906 and 1918....	Rotherham Rotherham (UK Parliament constituency) Rotherham is a borough constituency covering the town of Rotherham in South Yorkshire. It returns one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system....		1917	1918
Thomas Richards Thomas Richards (politician) Thomas Richards was a Welsh trade unionist and politician.Richards was first elected as Liberal Member of Parliament for West Monmouthshire at a by-election in 1904. In 1909, he was instructed by his trade union, to resign the Liberal whip and take the Labour whip and at both the 1910 General...	West Monmouthshire West Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency) Western Monmouthshire was a parliamentary constituency in Monmouthshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.-History:...	MFGB	1904	1909	Joined the Labour Party in 1909
James Rowlands James Rowlands Jimmy Rowlands was a British Liberal politician.Rowlands served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Dartford, Kent.He was first elected at the General Election of 1906, defeating the Unionist MP and Father of the House, Rt Hon. Sir William Hart Dyke...	Finsbury East Finsbury East (UK Parliament constituency) Finsbury East was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Finsbury district of North London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.- History :...		1886	1895
Albert Stanley Albert Stanley (Labour politician) Albert Stanley was an English Labour politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for North West Staffordshire at a by-election in 1907, as a Liberal–Labour candidate...	North West Staffordshire North West Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency) North West Staffordshire was a constituency in Staffordshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Elections were held using the first past the post voting system.-History:...	MFGB	1907	1910	Joined the Labour Party in 1910
W. C. Steadman William Charles Steadman William Charles Steadman, usually known as W. C. Steadman , was a prominent trade unionist and politician....	Stepney Stepney (UK Parliament constituency) Stepney was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Stepney district of the East End of London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.-History:...	Barge Builders	1898	1900
W. C. Steadman William Charles Steadman William Charles Steadman, usually known as W. C. Steadman , was a prominent trade unionist and politician....	Finsbury Central Finsbury Central (UK Parliament constituency) Finsbury Central was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Finsbury district of North London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system....	Barge Builders	1906	1910 Jan
Henry Harvey Vivian Henry Harvey Vivian Henry Harvey Vivian was an English trade unionist, Lib–Lab, laterLiberal Party politician and campaigner for industrial democracy and co-partnership, especially noted for his work in co-partnership housing.-Biography:...	Birkenhead Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency) Birkenhead is a parliamentary 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.-History:...	ASCJ Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners was a New Model Trade Union in the 1860s in the United Kingdom, representing carpenters and joiners....	1906	1910 Dec
John Wadsworth John Wadsworth John Wadsworth was a British trade unionist and politician.Born in West Melton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Wadsworth worked as a coal miner and was elected checkweighman...	Hallamshire Hallamshire (UK Parliament constituency) Hallamshire was a Parliamentary constituency covering the Hallamshire district of England. The constituency was created in 1885 and abolished in 1918. It should not be confused with Sheffield Hallam...	MFGB	1906	1910	Joined the Labour Party in 1910
John Williams John Williams (Welsh politician) John Williams was a Welsh Labour Party politician.Williams was a Miners Agent, a close associate of William Abraham and a prominent Liberal-Labour politician....	Gower Gower (UK Parliament constituency) Gower is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament , using the first-past-the-post voting system....	MFGB	1906	1909	Joined the Labour Party in 1909
Havelock Wilson	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough (UK Parliament constituency) Middlesbrough is a borough 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 :...	Sailors and Firemen	1892	1900
Havelock Wilson	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough (UK Parliament constituency) Middlesbrough is a borough 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 :...	Sailors and Firemen	1906	1910 Jan
John Wilson John Wilson (1837-1915) John Wilson was an English coal miner, trade unionist, and a Member of Parliament for more than 25 years.- Early life :...	Houghton-le-Spring Houghton-le-Spring (UK Parliament constituency) Houghton-le-Spring was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983.Centred on the town of Houghton-le-Spring in the City of Sunderland, it elected one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election...	DMA Durham Miners' Association The Durham Miners' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded in 1869 and its membership quickly rose to 4,000, but within a year had fallen back to 2,000...	1885	1886
John Wilson John Wilson (1837-1915) John Wilson was an English coal miner, trade unionist, and a Member of Parliament for more than 25 years.- Early life :...	Mid Durham Mid Durham (UK Parliament constituency) Mid Durham was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....	DMA Durham Miners' Association The Durham Miners' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded in 1869 and its membership quickly rose to 4,000, but within a year had fallen back to 2,000... /MFGB	1890	1915
Sam Woods Sam Woods Sam Woods was a British trade unionist and politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the 1890s.Born at Peasley Cross in St Helens, Woods began working in coal mining at the age of seven...	Ince Ince (UK Parliament constituency) Ince was a parliamentary constituency in England which elected one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It comprised the town of Ince-in-Makerfield and other towns south of Wigan....	MFGB	1892	1895
Sam Woods Sam Woods Sam Woods was a British trade unionist and politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the 1890s.Born at Peasley Cross in St Helens, Woods began working in coal mining at the age of seven...	Walthamstow Walthamstow (UK Parliament constituency) Walthamstow is a borough 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.- 1885–1918 :...	MFGB	1897	1900