Henry Twist (30 January 1870 – 16 May 1934) was a British miner's agent and Labour politician.
Henry Twist, third from left, with Henry Roughley, Thomas Greenall and John McGurk visiting the Western Front in World War I, believed to be discussing mining under enemy lines
henry, twist, january, 1870, 1934, british, miner, agent, labour, politician, third, from, left, with, henry, roughley, thomas, greenall, john, mcgurk, visiting, western, front, world, believed, discussing, mining, under, enemy, lines, twist, born, platt, brid. Henry Twist 30 January 1870 16 May 1934 was a British miner s agent and Labour politician Henry Twist third from left with Henry Roughley Thomas Greenall and John McGurk visiting the Western Front in World War I believed to be discussing mining under enemy lines Twist was born at Platt Bridge near Wigan Lancashire and after primary education at the local Wesleyan School began employment at Bamfurlong coal mine at the age of eleven 1 At the age of thirty he became a checkweighman at the mine having also been elected to the Wigan Rural District Council In 1906 he succeeded Sam Woods as the area s agent for the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners Federation and was the organisation s vice president in 1929 He subsequently served on the executive of the Miners Federation of Great Britain 1 Twist was twice elected to the House of Commons as a Labour Member of Parliament At the January 1910 general election he became Wigan s first Labour MP However he was defeated at the subsequent contest in December of the same year At the 1922 general election he was returned as member for Leigh another Lancashire coal mining constituency However he was forced to retire due to ill health and did not stand at the subsequent election in 1923 Henry Twist died in Blackpool in May 1934 aged 64 1 References editLeigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs a b c Obituary Mr Henry Twist The Times 18 May 1934 p 16External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Henry Twist Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded bySir Francis Powell Member of Parliament for WiganJanuary 1910 December 1910 Succeeded byReginald Neville Preceded byPeter Raffan Member of Parliament for Leigh1922 1923 Succeeded byJoe Tinker 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Twist amp oldid 1163281500, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
