Born in Cowling in the West Riding of Yorkshire, he was educated at the local board school before establishing his own worsted cloth manufacturing business in Keighley.[1] He first contested a parliamentary election in 1918 as a Labour candidate for Shipley. He was not elected, but became a member of Bingley Urban District Council, of which he was chairman in 1921–22.[1]
He served three terms on the West Riding County Council as councillor for Bingley, from 1913–16, 1919–22, and 1925–28.[1][2] He was a governor of Giggleswick School.[3][1]
At the 1929 general election he was chosen to contest the Lancashire seat of Accrington.[4] The Labour Party made large gains throughout the country, and Snowden was elected as Accrington's member of parliament.[5] Labour formed a minority government. However this government collapsed in 1931 and the Labour Party split. At the ensuing general election in October 1931, Labour lost most of the seats it had won in 1929, including Snowden's.[6][1]
He did not contest another parliamentary election, but became a member of Keighley Borough Council, and was Mayor of Keighley in 1942–43. He was a justice of the peace and chairman of the Bingley Bench of Magistrates.[1]
He was a cousin of Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, a Labour cabinet minister, who also came from Cowling.[6] Following the viscount's death in 1937, Tom Snowden scattered his ashes on Ickornshaw Moor close to his birthplace.[7]
snowden, 1875, november, 1949, british, labour, party, politician, snowdenborn, cowling, west, riding, yorkshire, educated, local, board, school, before, establishing, worsted, cloth, manufacturing, business, keighley, first, contested, parliamentary, election. Tom Snowden CBE 1875 27 November 1949 was a British Labour Party politician 1 SnowdenBorn in Cowling in the West Riding of Yorkshire he was educated at the local board school before establishing his own worsted cloth manufacturing business in Keighley 1 He first contested a parliamentary election in 1918 as a Labour candidate for Shipley He was not elected but became a member of Bingley Urban District Council of which he was chairman in 1921 22 1 He made three more unsuccessful attempts to enter the Commons for Yorkshire constituencies for Skipton in 1922 and Sheffield Central in 1923 and 1924 1 He served three terms on the West Riding County Council as councillor for Bingley from 1913 16 1919 22 and 1925 28 1 2 He was a governor of Giggleswick School 3 1 At the 1929 general election he was chosen to contest the Lancashire seat of Accrington 4 The Labour Party made large gains throughout the country and Snowden was elected as Accrington s member of parliament 5 Labour formed a minority government However this government collapsed in 1931 and the Labour Party split At the ensuing general election in October 1931 Labour lost most of the seats it had won in 1929 including Snowden s 6 1 He did not contest another parliamentary election but became a member of Keighley Borough Council and was Mayor of Keighley in 1942 43 He was a justice of the peace and chairman of the Bingley Bench of Magistrates 1 He was a cousin of Philip Snowden 1st Viscount Snowden a Labour cabinet minister who also came from Cowling 6 Following the viscount s death in 1937 Tom Snowden scattered his ashes on Ickornshaw Moor close to his birthplace 7 He was made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire CBE in the Birthday Honours of 1949 for political and public services in the West Riding of Yorkshire 8 He died later in the same year at his home in Bingley aged 74 1 References edit a b c d e f g h i SNOWDEN Councillor Tom Who Was Who Oxford University Press Retrieved 7 April 2013 County Council Elections Additional Results The Times 9 March 1925 p 16 School Speech Days Giggleswick And The Eclipse The Times 27 January 1927 p 19 Election Campaign Sir H Samuel s Fight Strenuous Contest At Darwen Cotton Workers Vote The Times 22 May 1929 p 19 The General Election Labour Gains In The North The Times 31 May 1929 p 16 a b The Election National Gains Everywhere Huge Majorities Ex Ministers Routed A Landslide In Lancashire The Times 28 October 1931 p 12 Lord Snowden The Times 24 May 1937 p 17 No 38628 The London Gazette Supplement 3 June 1949 p 2803 External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Tom SnowdenParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byHugh Edwards Member of Parliament for Accrington1929 1931 Succeeded byHenry Adam Procter Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tom Snowden amp oldid 1140395802, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
