Thomas Naylor

Thomas Ellis Naylor (5 March 1868 – 24 December 1958) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Life A compositor, as his father had been, Naylor was educated at a London Board School and Working Men's College. He became a journalist.

In 1906 Naylor succeeded C. W. Bowerman as secretary of the London Society of Compositors. During the London printers' strike 1911, he produced the first editions under the Daily Herald title. He also supported the separate existence, from 1912, of the Daily Citizen.

In 1915 Naylor became chairman of the London Labour Party, holding the position to 1928. In 1921 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Southwark South East. He lost the seat the following year but regained it, sitting 1923–1931 and 1935–1950.

Works Naylor published:

Rules and Conduct of Debate Principles and Practice of Newspaper Make-up

From 1906 to 1938 he edited the London Typographical Journal.