About Jack Lees
Lived 1884 – 1940 (aged 55–56). Jack Lees was a British politician.
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.
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.
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Who was Jack Lees?
British politician (1884-1940)
When was Jack Lees born?
Jack Lees was born in 1884.
When did Jack Lees die?
Jack Lees died on 11 August 1940.
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Jack Lees was a politician.
What nationality was Jack Lees?
Jack Lees was British.
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