John Wadsworth

John Wadsworth (1850 – 10 July 1921) was a British trade unionist and politician.

Born in West Melton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Wadsworth worked as a coal miner and was elected checkweighman. He joined the Yorkshire Miners Association, a constituent part of the Miners Federation of Great Britain (MFGB), rising to become the Yorkshire Association's General Secretary, then in 1904 its President.

Wadsworth was elected as the Lib-Lab Member of Parliament for Hallamshire at the 1906 general election. In 1910, with the other MFGB-sponsored MPs, he joined the Labour Party, retaining his seat in his new colours until its abolition for the 1918 general election.

References

Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, Who's Who of British MPs: Volume II, 1886–1918

Political offices
Preceded by Edward Cowey	President of the Yorkshire Miners' Association 1904–1906	Succeeded by Herbert Smith
Preceded by William Parrott	General Secretary of the Yorkshire Miners' Association 1906–19??	Succeeded by Samuel Roebuck
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Frederick Mappin	Member of Parliament for Hallamshire 1906–1918	Constituency abolished