William Joseph Jarrett (5 February 1876''

1939 England and Wales Register The National Registration Act 1939 was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. The initial National Registration Bill was introduced to Parliament as an emergency measure at the start of the World War II, Second World War. The Act provided ...

'' – 15 December 1943)''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995'' was a

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politician and trade unionist. Born in

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, in London, Jarrett received an elementary education before becoming a boot closer. He joined the

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, eventually becoming the union's general president. Jarrett was elected to

Kensington Metropolitan Borough Council The Metropolitan Borough of Kensington was a Metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1900 to 1965, which since 1901 was known as the Royal Borough of Kensington, following the death of Queen Victoria, in accordance with her wishes. Hi ...

in 1906, and he became vice-president of Kensington Trades Council and Labour Party. He was also active in the

Independent Labour Party The Independent Labour Party (ILP) was a British political party of the left, established in 1893 at a conference in Bradford, after local and national dissatisfaction with the Liberals' apparent reluctance to endorse working-class candidates ...

, and chaired its North Kensington branch. He stood unsuccessfully for Kensington North at the 1913 London County Council election, and the equivalent constituency at the

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and 1923 UK general elections. By 1925, much of the North Kensington Labour Party was sympathetic to the

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. Jarrett was part of a minority who were not, and he was deselected as a councillor. He and two colleagues chose to stand as independent "Moderate Labour" candidates, and he put out a leaflet explaining the situation, which was publicised by the ''

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''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jarrett, William Joseph 1876 births 1943 deaths Labour Party (UK) councillors Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Members of Kensington Metropolitan Borough Council People from Kensington Presidents of British trade unions