Single or Return - the official history of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association

Table 46

Voices of the Association in Parliament

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Alderman Batty Langley* JP MP: Sat as National Liberal for Attercliffe 1894-1909. Died 19th February 1914
Sir James Fortescue Flannery* Bart. MP: Sat as Unionist for Shipley 1895-1906, Maldon 1910-1922. Died 5th October 1943.
Lord Avebury*: (formerly Rt. Hon. Sir John Lubbock Bart. FRS). Sat as Liberal Unionist for Maidstone 1870-1880, London University June 1880 until created Lord in January 1900. Chairman Public Accounts Committee 1888-89. Died 28th May 1913.
Sir Frederick George Milner* MP: Sat as Conservative for York City 1883-1885, Bassetlaw 1890-1906. Died 8th June 1931.
Sir John Stirling Maxwell* MP: Sat as Conservative and Unionist for College Division of Glasgow 1895-1906. PPS to Lord Knutsford Colonial Secretary 1887-1892. Died 30th May 1956.
Sir John Leng* MP: Sat as Liberal for Dundee 1889-1906. Died 13th December 1906.
Sir John Walton* MP: Sat as Liberal for South Leeds 1892-19th January 1908 when he died. Knighted 1905.
Sir Francis Allston Channing* MP: Sat as Liberal for Northamptonshire East from 1885-1910. Member Royal Commission on Agriculture 1893. Small Holdings Committee 1905. Served on many Parliamentary Enquiries. Chairman of Standing Committees 1906. Died 20th February 1926.
Sir Ernest Francis Swan Flower* MP: Sat as Conservative and Unionist for Bradford West 1895-1906. Knighted 1903. Died 30th April 1926.
Ernest Gray MP*: Coalition Unionist. President NUT. Sat for West Ham North 1895-1906, Accrington 1918-1922. Knighted 1925. Died 6th May 1932.
James Henry Yoxall* MP: Liberal. Gen. Sec. NUT 1892-1924. President NUT. Sat for Nottingham West 1895-1918. Royal Commission on Secondary Education 1894-1895. Knighted 1925. Died 2nd February 1925.
Edmund Robertson* MP: Sat as Liberal for Dundee 1885-1908. Parliamentary Secretary to Admiralty December 1905-April 1908. Created Lord Lochee 1908. Died 13th September 1911.
Rowland Hirst Barron* MP: Sat as Liberal and Imperialist for Leeds North 1902-1918. Knighted 1917. Died 6th August 1949.
Charles Ernest Schwann* MP: Sat as Liberal for Manchester North 1886-1918. Died 13th July 1929.
Sir Joseph Lawrence* MP: Conservative and Imperialist. Pioneer of Manchester Ship Canal. Sat for Monmouth 1901-1906. Knighted 1902. Created Bart. in 1918. Died 24th October 1919.
George James Wardle MP: Labour. NUR. Sat for Stockport 1906-1920. Parliamentary Secretary Board of Trade August 1917-January 1919; Ministry of Labour January 1919-March 1920. Died 18th June 1947.
Major Patrick Malone* MP: Conservative. RCA. Sat for Tottenham South 1918-1923, 1924-1929. Resigned from RCA during his first period in Parliament. Died 31st December 1939.
William Graham MP: Labour. Sat for Edinburgh Central 1918-1931. Financial Secretary to Treasury 1924. Junior Lord of Treasury February-November 1924. President Board of Trade June 1929-August 1931. Chair Public Accounts Committee 1924-1929. Died 8th January 1932.
Herbert George Romeril MP: ILP. RCA. Sat for St. Pancras South-East 1923-1924, May 1929-1931. Chairman of Estimates Committee 1930-1931. Died 2nd October 1963.
Arnold Ernest Townend MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Stockport 1925-1931. Died 1968.
Arthur William Longbottom JP MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Halifax 1928-1931. PPS to G. M. Gillett Sec. of Dept. of Overseas Trade 1929-1931. Died 12th September 1943.
Sir Thomas Henry Gill MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Blackburn 1929-1931. Knighted 1950. Died 20th May 1955.
George Lathan MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Sheffield Park 1929-1931 and 1935-14th June 1942 when he died.
George Mathers MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Edinburgh West 1929-1931, Linlithgow (later West Lothian) 1935-1950, West Lothian 1950-1951. PPS to Dr Drummond Shiels, Under Secretary for India June 1929 and Under Secretary for Colonies November 1929-August 1931. Scottish Whip November 1935-June 1945. Comptroller of HM's Household October 1944-May 1945. Chief Whip August 1945-March 1946. Chairman, Committee of Selection House of Commons 1946-1951. Speakers Panel of Temporary Chairmen of Committees from 1947. Created Baron Mathers in 1951. Died 26th September 1965.
Alexander George Walkden MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Bristol South 1929-1931 and 1935-1945. Capt. Yeoman of the Guard August 1945 - July 1949. Created Lord Walkden of Great Bookham 1945. Died 25th April 1951.
Frederick Charles Watkins MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Hackney Central 1929-1931 and 1935-1945. PPS to Under-Secretary for Home Affairs Alfred Short and the Rt. Hon. Herbert Morrison Secretary of State Home Office July 1942 - May 1945. Died 1st February 1954.
Frederick Brown Simpson MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Ashton-under-Lyne 1935-1939 when he died.
Frank Anderson MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Whitehaven 1935-April 1959. Died 25th April 1959.
Thomas William Burden CBE MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Sheffield Park 1942-1950. Created Baron Burden of Hazelbarrow 1950. Opposition Chief Whip in House of Lords 1951-1964. Appointed CBE 1948. Died 27th May 1970.
George Ridley MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Clay Cross 1935-4 January 1944 when he died. PPS to Rt. Hon. Arthur Greenwood when Minister without Portfolio, May 1940-February 1942.
Percy T Morris MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Swansea West July 1945-1950. Died 16th December 1976.
James Haworth MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Liverpool Walton 1945-1950. Died 16th December 1976.
George Samuel Lindgren MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Wellingborough 1945-1959. Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of National Insurance August 1945-October 1946. Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Civil Aviation October 1946-March 1950. Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Town and Country Planning March 1950-January 1951. Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Local Government and Planning January-October 1951. Created Baron Lindgren 1961. Parliamentary Secretary to Minister for Transport October 1964-January 1966 and to Minister for Power January-April 1966. Died 8th September 1971.
Henry Hynd MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Hackney Central 1945-1950, Accrington 1950-1966. Member of House of Commons Chairmen's Panel. PPS to Rt. Hon. A. V. Alexander when 1st Lord of the Admiralty January-October 1946 and Minister of Defence December 1946-January 1950. Commander, Order of the Crown (Luxembourg), Died 1st February 1986.
John William Belcher MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Sowerby Bridge 1945-1949. PPS to Board of Trade January 1946-December 1948. Took the Chiltern Hundreds in 1949. Died 26th October 1964.
Raymond Jones Gunter MP: Labour. TSSA. Sat for South-East Essex 1945-1950, Doncaster 1950-1951, Southwark 1959-1972. Opposition Spokesman on Power 1960-1961 and on Labour 1961-1964. Minister of Labour October 1964-April 1968. Minister of Power April-June 1968. Resigned Labour Party 16th February 1972 and took the Chiltern Hundreds 3rd March 1972. Died 12th April 1977.
Cecil Charles Poole MP: Labour. TSSA/NUR. Sat for Birmingham Perry Barr 1950-1955. PPS to Rt. Hon. H. Wilson, President Board of Trade 1951. Died 2nd February 1956.
George Henry Roland Rogers CBE MP: Labour. TSSA. Sat for Kensington North 1945-1970. Appointed CBE 1965. Hon. Secretary Parliamentary Painting Group 1950-1970. PPS to Rt. Hon. G. Strauss, Minister of Supply 1947-1949 and to the Hon. Kenneth Younger, Minister of State. Opposition Whip 1954-1964. Member of the Commons Chairmen's Panel 1952-1954 and 1966. A Lord Commissioner of The Treasury and Government Whip October 1964-January 1966. Died 19th February 1983.
Albert Edward Davies MP: Labour. TSSA. Sat for Stoke-on-Trent Burslem Constituency 1945-1950, Stoke-on-Trent North 1950-19th January 1953 when he died.
Charles Barton MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Wembley South 1945-1950. Died 15th September 1957.
Thomas Steele MP: Labour. RCA. Sat for Lanark 1945-1950, Dunbartonshire West 1950-1970. Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of National Insurance October 1946-February 1950. Opposition Spokesman on Pensions and National Insurance to 1957 and the Admiralty 1957-1960. Chairman of Select Committee on Scottish Affairs 1969-1970. Died 28th May 1979.
Joseph Alfred Sparks* MP: Labour. NUR/TSSA. Sat for Acton 1945-1959. Labour Whip 1950-1951. Died 12th January 1981.
Charles Mapp MP: Labour. TSSA. Sat for Oldham East 1959-1970. Died 3rd May 1978.
Alfred Hargreaves MP: Labour. TSSA. Sat for Carlisle 1950-1955. Died 11th March 1978.
Thomas George Bradley MP: Labour. TSSA. Sat for Leicester North-East 1962-1974, Leicester East from 1974-1983. PPS to Minister of Aviation 1964-1965; to Home Secretary 1965-1967; to Chancellor of Exchequer 1967-1970. Opposition spokesman on Transport 1970-1974. Chairman of Select Committee on Transport from 1979. Left Labour Party for SDP in 1981 and TSSA sponsorship ceased.
Harry Howarth MP: Labour. TSSA. Sat for Wellingborough 1964-8th August 1969 when he died.
Walter Hamlet Johnson MP: Labour. TSSA. Sat for Derby South 1970-1983. Assistant Government Whip 1974-1975.
Stanley Cohen MP: Labour. TSSA. Sat for Leeds South-East 1970-1983. PPS to Harold Walker, Minister of State for Employment 1976 and to Gordon Oakes, Minister of State for Education 1977.
Alan Williams MP: Labour. TSSA. MP for Swansea West since 1964. Member of Public Accounts Committee 1966-1967; Chairman of Welsh Parliamentary Labour Group 1966-1967; PPS to Postmaster General 1966-1967; Joint Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Technology 1969-1970; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State D.E.A. 1967-1969. Opposition Spokesman on Industry 1970-1971; on Higher Education 1971-1972; on Consumer Affairs 1973-1974. Minister of State, Prices and Consumer Protection 1974-1976; Minister of State, Industry 1976-1979. Opposition Spokesman on Wales 1979-1980; on the Civil Service 1980-1983; and on Industry and Consumer Affairs 1987. Shadow Secretary of State for Wales 1987-1988. Deputy Shadow Leader of the House and Campaigns Co-ordinator 1983-1989. Joint Chairman All-Party Minerals Committee 1979-1986. Member, Public Accounts Select Committee 1990. Member Select Committee on Science and Technology 1992.
John Home Robertson MP: Labour. TSSA. Sat for Berwick and East Lothian 1978-1983 and for East Lothian 1983-2001. Member Select Committee on Scottish Affairs 1979-1983. Chairman, Scottish Group Labour MPs 1982-1983. Opposition Scottish Whip 1983-1984. Oppisition Front Bench Spokesman on Agriculture 1984-1987; on Scottish Affairs 1987-1988; on Agricultural and Rural Affairs 1989-1990. Member, Select Committee on Defence 1990.
Lawrie Quinn MP: Labour. TSSA. MP for Scarborough & Whitby 1997-2005.

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