Albert Law (28 December 1872 – 22 October 1956) was a British Labour Party politician. Law was born in

Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish people, Flemish weavers settled in the area i ...

, and worked as a cotton spinner in the town. He became active in the

Bolton and District Operative Cotton Spinners' Provincial Association The Bolton and District Operative Cotton Spinners' Provincial Association (BOCSPA) was a trade union representing cotton spinners across central Lancashire, in England. It was the most important union of cotton spinners, and dominated the Spinn ...

, serving as it president from 1916 to 1918 and then again from 1920 to 1922. He was also active in the Labour Party, serving as president of Bolton Trades Council and Labour Party. He was a

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

(MP) for

, a two-member constituency, from 1923 to 1924, and again from 1929 to 1931. He stood again in 1935 but was unsuccessful. Law also served as a Methodist preacher.

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Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People from Bolton UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1929–1931 1872 births 1956 deaths United Textile Factory Workers' Association-sponsored MPs {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub