Ben Spoor

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Benjamin Charles Spoor PC (2 June 1878 – 22 December 1928) was a British Labour Party politician.

Born in Witton Park, County Durham, he went to Elmfield College, York, and became a tradesman. He came from a family of Primitive Methodists.

At the 1918 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for the Bishop Auckland constituency, and held the seat until his death in 1928, aged 50. He was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury in 1924, when he was made a Privy Councillor.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir Henry Havelock-Allan, Bt	Member of Parliament for Bishop Auckland 1918–1928	Succeeded by Florence Ruth Dalton
Political offices
Preceded by Bolton Eyres-Monsell	Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 1924	Succeeded by Bolton Eyres-Monsell