Ben Turner (politician)
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Sir Ben Turner was an English
trade unionist and Labour Party
Member of Parliament
(MP) for Batley and Morley
from 1922 to 1924 and from 1929 to 1931. He was a founder member of the Independent Labour Party
in 1893.
Turner was Secretary of the Heavy Woollen district branch of the West Yorkshire Power-Loom Weavers Association.http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp04563/sir-ben-turner
In 1928 Turner was President
of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress
at the time of the talks with Sir Alfred Mond
. http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/tuc-3225-f5.cfm
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
trade unionist and Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Batley and Morley
Batley and Morley (UK Parliament constituency)
Batley and Morley was a parliamentary constituency centred on the towns of Batley and Morley in West Yorkshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
from 1922 to 1924 and from 1929 to 1931. He was a founder member of the Independent Labour Party
Independent Labour Party
The Independent Labour Party was a socialist political party in Britain established in 1893. The ILP was affiliated to the Labour Party from 1906 to 1932, when it voted to leave...
in 1893.
Turner was Secretary of the Heavy Woollen district branch of the West Yorkshire Power-Loom Weavers Association.http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp04563/sir-ben-turner
In 1928 Turner was President
President of the Trades Union Congress
The President of the Trades Union Congress is a prominent but largely honorary position in British trade unionism.The President is elected at the annual conference of the Trades Union Congress . They officially fill the office for the remainder of the year and then preside over the following...
of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress
Trades Union Congress
The Trades Union Congress is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade unions...
at the time of the talks with Sir Alfred Mond
Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett
Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett PC, FRS , known as Sir Alfred Mond, Bt, between 1910 and 1928, was a British industrialist, financier and politician...
. http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/tuc-3225-f5.cfm