1560 Alfred Scott

Constituency : Ashton-under-Lyne  1906-10

Alfred  took  Ashton-under-Lyne  from  the  Tories.

Alfred  was  born  in  Manchester. He  was  educated  at  a  number  of  local  grammar  schools. He  became  a  Manchester  merchant  and  a  city  councillor. In  1900  he  challenged  Balfour  in  Manchester  East  on  a  radical  platform  supporting  abolition  of  the  Lords  and  nationalisation  or  municipalisation  of  land, railways  and  mines.

In  1907  Alfred  became  Vice-President  of  the  Association  of  Municipal  Corporations. He  supported  female  suffrage.

In  January  1910  Alfred  held  his  seat  despite  the  intervention  of  an  Independent  Labour  candidate. In  the December  election  he  was  narrowly  defeated  by  Max  Aitken, the  futiure  Lord  Beaverbrook.

Alfred  moved  to  London  where  he  became  an  alderman  on  the  LCC.

Alfred  contested  Darlington  against  a  couponed  Conservative  candidate  but  was  easily  defeated. He  stood  for  West  Ham  Stratford  in  1922  but  came  a  distant  third. His  last  attempt  to  return  to  Parliament  was  at  Finsbury  in  1923  when  he  again  came  third..

He  died  in  1939  aged  71.