Sir James Sexton CBE (13 April 1856 – 1938) was a British trade unionist and politician. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Sexton was a founder member of the Independent Labour Party. Newcastle upon Tyne ( (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England See Independent Labor Party for the Political party in Burundi, Independent Labour Group for the Irish party and Labour candidates He later became general secretary of the National Union of Dock Labourers, clashing with James Larkin over leadership. The National Union of Dock Labourers ( NUDL) was a Trade union in the United Kingdom. For his son see James Larkin Jnr, and for the English actor see James Larkin (actor. In 1917 was awarded a CBE. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. He was the member of Parliament for St Helens from 1918 until 1931. St Helens was a county constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In 1931 he received a knighthood. In 1934 he was granted freedom of the City of Liverpool. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary
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| Preceded by Rigby Philip Wason Swift |
Member of Parliament for St Helens 1918–1931 |
Succeeded by Richard Austin Spencer |
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| Preceded by Richard Bell |
President of the Trades Union Congress 1905 |
Succeeded by D. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. St Helens was a county constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for 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 The UK general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday Richard Bell (1859 Merthyr Tydfil &mdash 1 May, 1930) was one of the first two British Labour Members of Parliament The President of the Trades Union Congress is a prominent but largely honorary position in British Trade unionism. C. Cummings |