James Alexander Lovat-Fraser (16 March 1868 – 18 March 1938) was a British Labour Party and then National Labour politician. He sat in the

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from 1929 to 1938. He unsuccessfully contested Llandaff and Barry at the 1922 general election, and Bristol Central at the 1924 general election. He was elected at the 1929 general election as the

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(MP) for the Lichfield division of Staffordshire. When the Labour Party split in 1931 over the budget, Lovat-Fraser was one of the minority of Labour MPs who supported the Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in forming a National Government with

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support. He was re-elected as a National Labour candidate in

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and in 1935 and held the seat until his death in March 1938, aged 70.

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* 1868 births 1938 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies National Labour (UK) politicians UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub