Jack Lees

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

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.

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British Parliamentary Election Results, 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 978-0-900178-06-1.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Jack Lees

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Herbert Wragg	Member of Parliament for Belper 1929–1931	Succeeded by Herbert Wragg
Party political offices
Preceded by W. E. Moll	Independent Labour Party National Administrative Council Member for the North East 1920–1925	Succeeded by Fred Tait