Joseph Compton (21 April 1881 – 18 January 1937)
was a British
Labour Party politician.
He was elected at the
1923 general election as
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Manchester Gorton
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. He had previously contested
Swindon
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at the
1918
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Events
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and
1922 general elections, without success,
and was selected for Gorton when the sitting Labour MP
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retired.
Compton was re-elected in
1924
Events
January
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and in
1929
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, but was defeated at the
1931 general election (when Labour split of
Ramsay MacDonald
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's decision to form a
national government with the
Conservative
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s). He was re-elected at the
1935 general election, and held the seat until his death in 1937, aged 55.
He was chair of the
National Executive Committee of the Labour Party
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from 1932 to 1933.
References
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1923–1924
UK MPs 1924–1929
UK MPs 1929–1931
UK MPs 1935–1945
1881 births
1937 deaths
Members of the Executive of the Labour and Socialist International
Chairs of the Labour Party (UK)
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