Thomas Walter Grundy (1864 – 28 January 1942) was an English Labour Party politician. He was the

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(MP) for Rother Valley.* Grundy worked as a

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before winning election as a

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. He became active in the

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, and also in the Labour Party. He was elected to

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in 1893, then Rotherham Borough Council in 1900, serving as Mayor of Rotherham in 1915/16. Grundy stood in Rother Valley at the

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, and held the seat until he stood down in 1935.

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Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Miners' Federation of Great Britain-sponsored MPs 1864 births 1942 deaths Place of death missing UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub