sandy, sloan, alexander, sloan, november, 1879, november, 1945, labour, south, ayrshire, scotland, sloan, worked, coal, miner, ayrshire, joined, ayrshire, miners, union, union, affiliated, national, union, scottish, mineworkers, sloan, served, general, secreta. Alexander Sloan 11 November 1879 16 November 1945 was Labour MP for South Ayrshire in Scotland Sloan worked as a coal miner in Ayrshire and joined the Ayrshire Miners Union The union was affiliated to the National Union of Scottish Mineworkers and Sloan served as general secretary of both organisations In addition he served as a Labour Party member of Ayrshire County Council for many years 1 Sloan was elected to Parliament in the 1939 South Ayrshire by election and served until his death in 1945 1 One of his brothers one of four who died in the First World War was the footballer Donald Sloan His great great granddaughter Katy Clark is a member of the House of Lords The Scottish Parliament and was the Labour MP for North Ayrshire and Arran from 2005 to 2015 References edit a b Deaths Alexander Sandy Sloan Annual Report of the Labour Party Conference 37 1946 Sanny Sloan The Miners MP 2015 revised 2018 biography by his great granddaughter Esther DaviesExternal links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Alexander SloanTrade union officesPreceded byJames Brown Secretary of the National Union of Scottish Mineworkers1936 1940 Succeeded byJames CookPreceded byJames Brown Secretary of the Ayrshire Miners Union1939 1944 Succeeded byDan Sim Parliament of the United KingdomPreceded byJames Brown Member of Parliament for South Ayrshire1939 1945 Succeeded byEmrys Hughes nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Labour Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing a Scottish constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sandy Sloan amp oldid 1166359356, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,