Alfred Hill (1867 – 14 July 1945) was a British Labour Party politician. He sat in the

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from 1922 to 1923 as the

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(MP) for

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. At the 1922 general election, he won the Leicester West seat in a 3-way contest, defeating the sitting MP

Joseph Frederick Green Joseph Frederick Green (5 July 1855 – 1 May 1932) was a British politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1918 to 1922 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester West. Green worked as a curate in his youth, but later left the church ...

. Green had been elected in 1918 general election as a

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, but stood in 1922 as

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candidate. Hill did not stand again at the 1923 general election, when the seat was held for Labour by

Frederick Pethick-Lawrence Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence, PC (né Lawrence; 28 December 1871 – 10 September 1961) was a British Labour politician who, among other things, campaigned for women's suffrage. Background and education Bo ...

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* 1867 births 1945 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1922–1923 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub