Fred Simpson (politician) explained

Fred Simpson
Constituency Mp:Ashton-under-Lyne
Parliament:United Kingdom
Term Start:14 November 1935
Term End:23 September 1939
Predecessor:John Broadbent
Successor:William Jowitt
Office2:Lord Mayor of Leeds
Term2:1931
Predecessor2:Arthur Hawkyard
Successor2:Robert Holliday Blackburn
Birth Date:6 November 1886
Birth Place:Nottingham, England
Death Place:Headingley, England
Birthname:Frederick Brown Simpson
Citizenship:British
Party:British Labour Party

Frederick Brown Simpson (6 November 1886 – 23 September 1939) was a British Labour Party politician.

Born in Nottingham and in 1922 Simpson was elected to Leeds City Council as an alderman, and in 1931 was Lord Mayor of the city.[1] [2] He was a prominent trades unionist, and served as president of the Railway Clerks' Association from 1932 to 1937.[1] [3] He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne, defeating the Conservative MP John Broadbent by a majority of only 114 votes.F B Simpson died suddenly while playing golf at Headingley, near Leeds in September 1939.[1] He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.[4] In the by-election for his seat the Labour candidate William Jowitt was returned unopposed.

References

. F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . 1969 . 3rd . 1983 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-06-X.

Notes and References

  1. Obituary: Mr F. B. Simpson M. P., The Times, 25 September 1939, p.10
  2. Web site: Lord Mayors & Aldermen of Leeds since 1626 . 2008-11-06 . Leeds City Council . 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090304120256/http://www.leeds.gov.uk/files/2007/week30/inter__79A23928963937DC80256E160032DB3C_4ea312d9-0e7c-4bfa-b98a-a8d5b516580f.pdf . 2009-03-04 .
  3. Web site: Presidents of the Association . 2008-11-06 . Transport Salaried Staffs' Association . 20 October 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071020021526/http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/table41.htm . dead .
  4. Web site: Fred Simpson (1886-1939) . 2022-04-24 . Find a Grave . en.