Egerton Wake

Egerton Percival Wake (1871 – March 1929) was a prominent official in the British Labour Party.

Born in Chatham in Kent, Wake trained as a law clerk and an accountant. He joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP) in the 1890s, and became chair of its Lancashire Divisional Council, while also serving on its National Committee.

The ILP supported the Labour Party, and in 1908, Wake moved Barrow-in-Furness to act as the Labour Party agent and organiser there and, He opposed the First World War, and served as a commissioner of the Union of Democratic Control.

In 1918, Wake was appointed as the party's national Organisational Secretary, reorganising the Scottish and Welsh sections of the party. In October 1919, he was given the vacant post of National Agent, in which he worked closely with Arthur Henderson to centralise the party, while also organising regional conferences.

Wake died in March 1929.