David Daniel Irving, known as Dan Irving (31 October 1854 - 25 January 1924) was a British socialist activist and Labour Party Member of Parliament. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament.
Born in Birmingham, Irving moved to Bristol in 1875, where he began working on the railways. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um After he lost his leg in an industrial accident, the Midland Railway forced him to take a pay cut. Industrial disasters are mass Disasters caused by industrial companies either by accident Negligence or incompetence The Midland Railway (MR was a Railway company in the United Kingdom, which existed from 1844 to 1922 when it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Angered by this injustice, he joined the Bristol Socialist Society and became an activist in a gasworkers' union, which soon merged into the National Union of General Labourers. The Bristol Socialist Society was a political organisation in South West England.
In 1892, Irving worked with Herbert V. Mills in an attempt to start a utopian socialist community at Starnthwaite, but this soon disintegrated, and Irving eventually won a legal case against Mills. Utopian socialism is a term used to define the first currents of modern socialist thought Instead, he became a socialist lecturer, and then in 1894, secretary of the Burnley branch of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF). Lecturer is a term of Academic rank. In the United Kingdom lecturer is the name given to University Teachers in their first permanent Burnley is a large Market town in the borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a population of around 73500 The Social Democratic Federation (SDF was established as Britain's first organised socialist Political party by H
Burnley was one of the SDF's most important branches, and Irving kept its profile high. In the 1906 UK general election, SDF leader H. M. Hyndman stood in the Burnley constituency, and came within 350 votes of winning the seat. The United Kingdom general election of 1906 was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906 Henry Mayers Hyndman ( March 7, 1842 - November 20, 1921) was an English Writer and Politician, and the founder Burnley is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In 1902, Irving was elected to Burnley Town Council, a post he held (with one gap) until 1922.
In the 1906 election, Irving himself stood for Accrington; he then stood in the Manchester North West by-election, 1908, and in the January and December 1910 general elections he stood in Rochdale. Accrington was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983 The United Kingdom general election of January 1910 was held from 15 January to 10 February 1910. The United Kingdom general election of December 1910 was held from 3 to 19 December Rochdale is a Borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. While his votes varied considerably, as an SDF candidate he never came close to winning a seat.
In 1911, Irving followed the SDF into the formation of the British Socialist Party. The British Socialist Party was a Socialist party founded in Britain in 1911 In 1914, he was a supporter of British action in World War I, and as a result, when the SDF split on the issue, he joined Hyndman's new group, the National Socialist Party. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The National Socialist Party was a small Political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1916. This group affiliated to the Labour Party, and as a Labour candidate he was finally able to win a Parliamentary seat, taking Burnley in the 1918 UK general election. Burnley is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom He held the seat in 1922 and 1923, but remained a low-profile MP and died in 1924. The UK general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922 It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish The UK general election of 1923 was held on 6 December 1923 The Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin, won the most seats but Labour, led by
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Member of Parliament for Burnley 1918–1924 |
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