George Spencer was the second son of eighteen children. His youngest daughter was the wife of the director of the NSPCC in the 1930s.[citation needed]
Trade unionismedit
Spencer was an official of the Nottinghamshire Miners Association, which was affiliated to the Miners Federation of Great Britain. In 1926, at the height of the General Strike, he negotiated on the behalf of the Nottinghamshire Miners Association a deal with the local mine owners at the request of miners from Digby Pit, near Eastwood, in Nottinghamshire. However, that brought him into conflict with the MFGB, which wished to see the strike continue. Unhappy with the influence of the MFGB, he led a breakaway from the NMA and set up the Nottinghamshire and District Miners' Industrial Union (NMIU) based mostly in The Dukeries, which lasted for eleven years separate from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain. In 1937, a merger agreement was reached between the NMA and the NMIU, with Spencer becoming the president of the new organisation.[2]
Political careeredit
During the Great War he combined with fellow Nottinghamshire Miners official and Liberal MP John Hancock to attempt to take the Nottinghamshire Miners Association out of the Miners Federation of Great Britain political fund, as he believed in trade union independence from party political control.[3] He was elected to parliament in 1918 as Labour MP for Broxtowe, and re-elected at the next three general elections. Following the Nottinghamshire miners union split of 1926, he was expelled from the Labour party. He continued to sit in parliament until 1929, speaking from the Liberal party benches.[4][5] The Broxtowe Labour party, instead of replacing him with another local miners candidate, chose Seymour Cocks, an outsider with no mining background.
george, spencer, labour, politician, george, alfred, spencer, 1873, november, 1957, english, miner, trade, union, leader, member, parliament, from, 1918, 1929, broxtowe, george, alfred, spencermember, parliamentfor, broxtowein, office, december, 1918, 1929prec. George Alfred Spencer 1873 21 November 1957 was an English miner trade union leader and Member of Parliament from 1918 to 1929 for Broxtowe 1 George Alfred SpencerMember of Parliamentfor BroxtoweIn office 14 December 1918 30 May 1929Preceded byConstituency createdSucceeded byFrederick Seymour CocksPersonal detailsBornGeorge Alfred Spencer1873Died21 November 1957 1957 11 21 aged 83 84 Political partyLabour Before 1926 Liberal After 1926 Contents 1 Family 2 Trade unionism 3 Political career 4 References 5 External linksFamily editGeorge Spencer was the second son of eighteen children His youngest daughter was the wife of the director of the NSPCC in the 1930s citation needed Trade unionism editSpencer was an official of the Nottinghamshire Miners Association which was affiliated to the Miners Federation of Great Britain In 1926 at the height of the General Strike he negotiated on the behalf of the Nottinghamshire Miners Association a deal with the local mine owners at the request of miners from Digby Pit near Eastwood in Nottinghamshire However that brought him into conflict with the MFGB which wished to see the strike continue Unhappy with the influence of the MFGB he led a breakaway from the NMA and set up the Nottinghamshire and District Miners Industrial Union NMIU based mostly in The Dukeries which lasted for eleven years separate from the Miners Federation of Great Britain In 1937 a merger agreement was reached between the NMA and the NMIU with Spencer becoming the president of the new organisation 2 Political career editDuring the Great War he combined with fellow Nottinghamshire Miners official and Liberal MP John Hancock to attempt to take the Nottinghamshire Miners Association out of the Miners Federation of Great Britain political fund as he believed in trade union independence from party political control 3 He was elected to parliament in 1918 as Labour MP for Broxtowe and re elected at the next three general elections Following the Nottinghamshire miners union split of 1926 he was expelled from the Labour party He continued to sit in parliament until 1929 speaking from the Liberal party benches 4 5 The Broxtowe Labour party instead of replacing him with another local miners candidate chose Seymour Cocks an outsider with no mining background References edit Mr George Spencer former MP Broxtowe Nottinghamshire NUM Area History Archived from the original on 14 July 2011 Retrieved 22 October 2010 Industrial Politics and the 1926 Mining Lockout The Fortnightly Review 1927 The Derbyshire miners a study in industrial and social history 1962 External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by George Alfred SpencerParliament of the United KingdomNew constituency Member of Parliament for Broxtowe1918 1929 Succeeded bySeymour CocksTrade union officesPreceded byJohn E Whyatt President of the Nottinghamshire Miners Association1912 1918 Succeeded byFrank VarleyPreceded byWilliam Carter General Secretary of the Nottinghamshire Miners Association1918 1926 Succeeded byFrank VarleyPreceded byBernard Taylor President of the Nottinghamshire Miners Association1937 1945 Succeeded byBill Bayliss nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Labour Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom MP representing an English constituency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article about a trade unionist in the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Spencer Labour politician amp oldid 1147265476, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
