The National Labour Organisation, also known simply as National Labour, was formed in 1931 by supporters of the National Government in Britain who had come from the Labour Party. Its leaders were Ramsay MacDonald (1931–1937) and his son Malcolm MacDonald (1937–1945).
William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt, was a British Liberal Party, National Labour and then Labour Party politician and lawyer who served as Lord Chancellor under Clement Attlee from 1945 to 1951.
Preston is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2000 by Sir Mark Hendrick, a member of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party.
Ashton-under-Lyne is a constituency in Greater Manchester that was created in 1832. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Angela Rayner of the Labour Party since 2015. Rayner currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in the cabinet of Keir Starmer, and was elected as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in 2020.
Stalybridge and Hyde is a constituency in Greater Manchester that was created in 1918. The seat has been represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Jonathan Reynolds of the Labour and Co-operative Party since 2010. Reynolds currently serves as Secretary of State for Business and Trade under the government of Keir Starmer.
Hervey Rhodes, Baron Rhodes, was a British Labour Party politician.
Cardiff South was a borough constituency in Cardiff, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The 1928 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election was held on 29 October 1928. It was notable for having the highest turnout of any Parliamentary by-election in Great Britain.
Sir Wilfrid Hart Sugden was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. A Member of Parliament (MP) for fourteen years, he represented three different constituencies, losing his seat twice and losing in three other elections which he contested.
Droylsden was a parliamentary constituency in the historic county of Lancashire in the North West of England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
The 1945 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election was a by-election held on 2 October 1945 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne.
Frederick Brown Simpson was a British Labour Party politician.
The 1920 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election was a by-election held on 31 January 1920 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne.
The 1931 Ashton-Under-Lyne by-election was held on 30 April. It was triggered by the death of the town's Labour MP, Albert Bellamy, and resulted in a victory for the Conservative candidate, Col John Broadbent.
The 1916 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election was a by-election held on 23 December 1916 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne.
The 1945 Newport by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 17 May 1945 for the British House of Commons constituency of Newport in Monmouthshire. It was the last by-election of the 1935–1945 Parliament.
The 1939 Monmouth by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Monmouth in Wales on 25 July 1939.
The 1939 North Cornwall by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 13 July 1939 for the British House of Commons constituency of North Cornwall.
The 1929 Preston by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England for the House of Commons constituency of Preston on 31 July 1929. The seat had become vacant when the Liberal Member of Parliament William Jowitt had resigned his seat after changing his party allegiance.
The 1928 parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Northampton.
