John Edward Sutton (1862 - 1945)

Born 23 Dec 1862 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Hannah Maria (Etchells) Sutton — married 6 Nov 1880 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

John was born in 1862. He passed away in 1945.

At the age of 14, Sutton took up employment at Bradford Colliery, Manchester. He became a check-weighman and secretary of the Bradford branch of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation. In 1894 he was elected to Manchester City Council as an Independent Labour Party councillor for the Bradford ward.

At the general election of January 1910 Sutton was elected as Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester East, the constituency that included the Bradford area. He held the seat until its abolition in 1918.

At the 1918 general election Sutton stood in the new seat of Manchester Clayton, losing to the Conservative candidate who died in 1922, forcing a by-election, and Sutton was elected as the Labour candidate. He lost the seat at the 1922 general election but regained it in 1923, and held it until the 1931 general election. Sutton did not contest another parliamentary election.

Sources

Primary

• https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-john-sutton-1/index.html

Secondary

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Sutton