Sunday, 23 September 2018
2037 John Tattersall
Constituency : Stalybridge and Hyde 1923-4
John took Stalybridge and Hyde from the Tories at the second attempt, helped by Labour's withdrawal.
John was the son of a Manchester cotton merchant. He ran a mill for his father. He was a Congregationalist and a strong temperance supporter. Despite his nonconformity he gave generously to the parish church at Fenny Bentley.
John spoke on a trade agreement with the Sudan government which affecyed the cotton industry in 1924.
In 1924 John came third when Labour re-entered the contest.
John held various trade association positions and in 1929 became a director of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation, a government-sponsored cotton combine.
He died in 1942 aged 77.
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