James took over from Thomas Bayley at Chesterfield as a Liberal-Labour candidate.
James was a founder member then Secretary of the Derbyshire Miners Association. He had started work in the pits at 10. He stood for Chesterfield as an independent Radical, coming third in 1885.
James asked a couple of questions during his time in the Commons.
James obeyed the instruction to switch to the Labour whip in 1909. During his January 1910 campaign he gave ambiguous replies as to whether he had actually made the switch.
He died in 1913 aged 71.
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