John Wadsworth (1850 – 10 July 1921) was a British trade unionist and Liberal or Lib-Lab politician.
Born in West Melton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Wadsworth worked as a coal miner and was elected checkweighman. He joined the Yorkshire Miners Association, a constituent part of the Miners Federation of Great Britain (MFGB), rising to become the Yorkshire Association's general secretary, then in 1904 its president.
Wadsworth was elected as the Lib-Lab Member of Parliament (MP) for Hallamshire at the 1906 general election.
In 1909, with the other MFGB-sponsored MPs, he joined the Labour Party, retaining his seat in his new colours.
In 1915 he resigned the Labour whip and re-joined the Liberals.The History of the Liberal Party, 1895–1970 by Roy Douglas (1971) p. 355 He continued as MP until the seat's abolition for the 1918 general election.
References
Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, Who's Who of British MPs: Volume II, 1886–1918
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