Frederick Fox Riley (17 August 1869 – 3 February 1934) was a

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and politician. Born in

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in Leicestershire, Riley worked for the

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and became involved in the

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, rising to become its acting general secretary. He also became active in the Labour Party and stood unsuccessfully for the party in Leicester South at the 1918 general election and in the 1921 Bedford by-election. He was successfully in winning election to

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, on which he served for nine years.Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, ''Who's Who of British Members of Parliament'', vol.3, p.303 At the 1923 general election, Riley stood for Stockton-on-Tees, but did not win, and again missed election in

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China holds ...

, before finally taking the seat in

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. However, he lost the seat at the 1931 general election and died three years later.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Riley, Frederick Fox 1869 births 1934 deaths Councillors in Leicestershire Trade unionists from Leicestershire Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People from Hinckley UK MPs 1929–1931 Labour Party (UK) councillors Union of Communication Workers-sponsored MPs