Alfred Davies (1871 – 3 December 1940)
was a British
Labour Party politician who sat in the
House of Commons
The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...
from 1918 to 1922.
Born in
Stockport
Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here.
Most of the town is within ...
, Davies became a cotton spinner, working in
Hollingworth
Hollingworth is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. It is about 11 miles (19 km) east of Manchester on the Derbyshire border near Glossop. Historically part of Cheshire, it gave its name to a ...
. He became active in the Hyde Operative Cotton Spinners' Association, serving on its executive.
Davies was elected at the
1918 general election as the
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 the
Clitheroe division of Lancashire,
but was defeated at the
1922 general election.
He contested the seat again in
1923
Events
January–February
* January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory).
* January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...
, but without success.
References
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1871 births
1940 deaths
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1918–1922
People from Clitheroe
United Textile Factory Workers' Association-sponsored MPs
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