James Wignall

James Wignall (21 July 1856 – 10 June 1925)[1] was a British Labour Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons for seven years from 1918 to 1925.

Wignall was first elected at the 1918 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Forest of Dean division of Gloucestershire, defeating the sitting Liberal Party MP Sir Henry Webb, Bt.[2] He was re-elected three times, in 1922, 1923 and 1924, and held the seat until his death in June 1925, aged 68.[1] At the resulting by-election on 14 July, the seat was retained for Labour by Albert Arthur Purcell.[2]

References

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 360. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Wignall

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Henry Webb, Bt	Member of Parliament for Forest of Dean 1918–1925	Succeeded by A. A. Purcell
Trade union offices
Preceded by William Mullin and James O'Grady	Trades Union Congress representative to the American Federation of Labour 1904 With: William Abraham	Succeeded by David Gilmour and William Mosses

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[rayment-1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"

[craig1918-1949-2] Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 360. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.