Constituency : Hallamshire 1906-09, 1909-15 ( Labour ), 1915-18
John took over from the long-serving Frederick Mappin. He was a Liberal- Labour candidate.
John was a miner and checkweighman from West Yorkshire. He rose through the Yorkshire Miners Association and in 1904 became its President. He was a Congregationalist.
In 1908, John was one of the TUC's two representatives to the American Federation of Labour. His parliamentary contributions were largely on mining issues.
John obeyed the MFGB instruction to take the Labour whip in 1909 but he was a very unenthusiastic conscript..The Liberals did not oppose him in the 1910 elections and he defected back to them in 1915.
In 1917 John praised the work done by German P.O.W.s in the mines in a report
John stood down when the seat was abolished in 1918.
He died in 1921 aged 71.
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