Frank Lee (1867 – 21 December 1941) was a Labour Party politician in the

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. He was born in

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and worked as a compensation agent for the Derbyshire Miners' Association, eventually becoming assistant secretary, and honorary secretary of the Derbyshire Miners' Convalescent Home at Skegness. He was also a governor of

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. He lived in

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. At the 1922 general election, he was elected

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(MP) for

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, and held the seat until 1931.LEE, Frank’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 200
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/ref> He regained it in 1935 and was still the sitting member when he died in

in 1941, aged 74.

References

* ''The Times'', Obituary, 22 December 1941 *

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* 1867 births 1941 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Miners' Federation of Great Britain-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1935–1945 People from Tibshelf People from Chesterfield, Derbyshire Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Derbyshire {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub