He was an elected member of Stoke on Trent council, becoming an Alderman and was later Mayor of the town circa 1918 for three years in succession. He had a particular interest in housing and transport issues.[2]
Robinson, perhaps mindful of his local arrangement with the Conservatives, voted against his own party in the division which brought in the first Labour government.[5] Robinson was also one of a minority of Liberal MPs who voted with the Tories to force a debate on unemployment in May 1924 [6] and again on an employment issue in August.[7] He decided not to defend his Burslem seat in 1924 when Labour was opposed by a Constitutionalist candidate, the former Liberal William Allen.[8] Allen later won election in Burslem at the 1931 general election. Constitutionalist was a label used by some anti-socialist candidates in UK general elections in the early 1920s. Most of the candidates were former Liberal Party members, and many of them joined the Conservative Party soon after being elected. The best known Constitutionalist candidate was Winston Churchill.[9]
william, edward, robinson, baseball, player, eddie, robinson, baseball, 1863, 1927, english, merchant, liberal, party, politician, robinson, 1917, contents, family, career, local, politics, parliament, death, referencesfamily, career, editrobinson, born, bursl. For the baseball player see Eddie Robinson baseball William Edward Robinson 1863 10 May 1927 was an English merchant and Liberal Party politician Robinson in 1917 Contents 1 Family and career 2 Local politics 3 Parliament 4 Death 5 ReferencesFamily and career editRobinson was born in Burslem Staffordshire the son of William Robinson of Stoke on Trent He married in 1892 1 By profession he was a potter s merchant and in religion he was a member of the United Methodist Church 2 Local politics editHe was an elected member of Stoke on Trent council becoming an Alderman and was later Mayor of the town circa 1918 for three years in succession He had a particular interest in housing and transport issues 2 Parliament editHe stood for Parliament only once being elected Liberal MP for Stoke on Trent Burslem at the 1923 general election In a straight fight apparently with Unionist support 3 he defeated the sitting Labour MP Andrew MacLaren by the narrow margin of 63 votes just 0 2 of the total poll 4 Robinson perhaps mindful of his local arrangement with the Conservatives voted against his own party in the division which brought in the first Labour government 5 Robinson was also one of a minority of Liberal MPs who voted with the Tories to force a debate on unemployment in May 1924 6 and again on an employment issue in August 7 He decided not to defend his Burslem seat in 1924 when Labour was opposed by a Constitutionalist candidate the former Liberal William Allen 8 Allen later won election in Burslem at the 1931 general election Constitutionalist was a label used by some anti socialist candidates in UK general elections in the early 1920s Most of the candidates were former Liberal Party members and many of them joined the Conservative Party soon after being elected The best known Constitutionalist candidate was Winston Churchill 9 Robinson did not try to re enter the House of Commons Death editRobinson died on 10 May 1927 aged 63 years 10 References edit Who was Who OUP 2007 a b The Times 7 December 1923 p6 The Times 14 October 1924 p7 F W S Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 1949 Political Reference Publications Glasgow 1949 p251 Chris Cook The Age of Alignment Electoral Politics in Britain 1922 1929 Macmillan 1975 p196n The Times 24 May 1924 p14 The Times 1 August 1924 p12 The Times 29 October 1924 p6 Chris Cook Sources in British Political History 1900 1951 Volume 1 Macmillan 1975 p73 Data leighrayment com Archived from the original on 10 August 2009 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Parliament of the United KingdomPreceded byAndrew MacLaren Member of Parliament for Stoke on Trent Burslem1923 1924 Succeeded byAndrew MacLaren Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Edward Robinson amp oldid 1118220916, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
