Labour Representation Committee members of the British parliament elected in 1906
Labour Representation Committee members of the British parliament elected in 1906
At the general election of 1906, twenty-nine members of parliament were elected under the auspices of the Labour Representation Committee. They took the name Labour Party and were therefore the first members of the Parliamentary Labour Party, Keir Hardie being elected as their chairman in February 1906 see Leaders of the Labour Representation Committee and the Labour Party. They are listed below with their constituencies and affiliations.
George Nicoll Barnes (1859–1940); Glasgow (Blackfriars); engineers |
Charles William Bowerman (1851?–1947); Deptford; compositors |
John Robert Clynes (1869–1949); Manchester North East; Independent Labour Party |
Will Crooks (1852–1921); Woolwich; Poplar Labour League |
Charles Duncan (1865–1933); Barrow-in-Furness; engineers |
Alfred Henry Gill (1856–1914); Bolton; cotton spinners |
Thomas Glover (1852–1913); St Helens; miners |
(James) Keir Hardie (1856–1915); Merthyr; Independent Labour Party |
Arthur Henderson (1863–1935); Barnard Castle; ironfounders |
John Hodge (1855–1937); Gorton; steel smelters |
Walter Hudson (1852–1935); Newcastle upon Tyne; railwaymen |
John Hogan Jenkins (1852–1936); Cardiff; shipwrights |
Frederick William Jowett (1864–1944); Bradford West; Independent Labour Party |
George Davy Kelley (1848–1911); Manchester South-West; lithographic printers |
(James) Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937); Leicester; Independent Labour Party |
John Thomas Macpherson (1872–1921); Preston; steel smelters |
James O'Grady (1866–1934); Leeds East; furniture trades |
James Parker (1863–1948); Halifax; Independent Labour Party |
Thomas Frederick Richards (1863–1942); Wolverhampton West; boot and shoe operatives |
George Henry Roberts (1868–1928); Norwich; Typographical Association |
James Andrew Seddon (1868–1939); Newton, Lancashire; shop assistants |
David James Shackleton (1863–1938); Clitheroe; weavers |
Philip Snowden (1864–1937); Blackburn; Independent Labour Party |
Thomas Summerbell (1861–1910); Sunderland; Typographical Association |
Will Thorne (1857–1946); West Ham; gasworkers |
Stephen Walsh (1859–1929); Ince, Lancashire; miners |
George James Wardle (1865–1947); Stockport; railwaymen |
Alexander Wilkie (1850–1928); Dundee; shipwrights |
William Tyson Wilson (1855–1921); West Houghton, Lancashire; carpenters and joiners |
