John Parkinson (UK politician)

For other people named John Parkinson, see John Parkinson (disambiguation).

John Allen Parkinson (15 October 1870 – 7 December 1941)^[1] was a British Labour Party politician.

He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wigan at the 1918 general election, replacing the Conservative MP Reginald James Neville.^[2]

Parkinson was re-elected at each subsequent general election until his death at the age of 71 in 1941, when he became the first of four Wigan MPs to die in office in the 20th century. In the consequent by-election in 1942, the seat was held for Labour by Wiliam Foster.^[2] Wigan has returned Labour MPs ever since.

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
^ ^a ^b Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 276. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Parkinson

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Reginald James Neville	Member of Parliament for Wigan 1918–1941	Succeeded by Wiliam Foster

Persondata
Name	Parkinson, John
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	15 October 1870
Place of birth
Date of death	7 December 1941
Place of death