About William Oldfield
Lived 1881 – 1961 (aged 79–80). William Oldfield was a British trade unionist and politician.
William Henry Oldfield (1881 in Sowerby Bridge – 1961) was a British Labour member of Parliament (MP) and a trade unionist.
A cotton operative himself, Oldfield served as Secretary of the Cotton Trades and Labour Council and President of the Cotton Spinners' Association. He was a Manchester City Councillor 1928-1945 and Alderman 1945–61.
The Labour Agent for Gorton, he was selected to fight the Manchester constituency in a wartime by-election in 1942, following the elevation of William Wedgwood Benn to the peerage. He was elected unopposed and held the seat until 1955.
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Who was William Oldfield?
British politician (1881-1961)
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William Oldfield was born in 1881.
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William Oldfield died in 1961.
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William Oldfield was a trade unionist and politician.
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