Constituency : North West Staffordshire 1907-09 , 1909-15 ( Labour )
Albert took over from the deceased Alfred Billson at North West Staffordshire as a Liberal Labour candidate.
Albert's father was a miner. Albert went into the mines aged 11. He took up union work after being injured in an accident aged 19. He was Secretary of the Midland Counties Miners Federation but also a staunch Gladstonian Liberal. In 1894 he helped found the Midlands Liberal Federation. He was a long serving Staffordshire County Council. He had been asked to stand in previous contests but declined. He was a Primitive Methodist and started lay preaching early, becoming known as "The Boy Preacher".
Most of Albert's parliamentary contributions were on mining issues
Albert tried to prevent the miners affiliating to the Labour party but reluctantly obeyed the instruction to take the Labour whip in 1909.
He died in 1915 aged 52.
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