William Oldfield (British politician)
William Henry Oldfield (1881 in Sowerby Bridge – 1961) was a British Labour Member of Parliament (MP) and a trade unionist.
A cotton operative himself, Oldfield served as Secretary of the Cotton Trades and Labour Council and President of the Cotton Spinners' Association. He was a Manchester City Councillor 1928-1945 and Alderman 1945-61.
The Labour Agent for Gorton, he was selected to fight the Manchester constituency in a wartime by-election in 1942, following the elevation of William Wedgwood Benn to the peerage. He was elected unopposed[1] and held the seat until 1955.
Notes
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 188. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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