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Jack Lees

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Jack Lees
Member of Parliament
for Belper
In office
30 May 1929 – 27 October 1931
Preceded byHerbert Wragg
Succeeded byHerbert Wragg
Personal details
Political party

Jack Lees (1884 – 11 August 1940) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Belper in Derbyshire from 1929 to 1931.

Born in West Rainton in County Durham, Lees became a coal miner and joined the Northumberland Miners' Association, eventually becoming a full-time union official.[1]

He contested Belper unsuccessfully at the 1924 general election, losing by over 4,000 votes to the sitting Conservative Party MP Herbert Wragg. At the 1929 election he took the seat with a majority of 2,955, but at the 1931 general election Wragg retook the seat with a majority of nearly 8,000. He stood again at Belper in the 1935 general election but was again defeated. Lees did not stand for Parliament again.

References

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  1. ^ Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephen (1979). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament. Vol. 3. Brighton: Harvester Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-85527-325-5.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Belper
19291931
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Independent Labour Party National Administrative Council
Member for the North East

1920–1925
Succeeded by