Walter Hudson (British politician)

Walter Hudson (25 January 1852 – 18 March 1935) was a Labour Party politician in England. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK Parliament constituency) from 1906 to 1918.

Hudson in the mid 1900s

Hudson worked as a guard with the North Eastern Railway for twenty-five years, and joined the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (ASRS). He served as president of the ASRS for eight years, and in 1899 served on the Royal Commission on Accidents to Railwaymen.[1]

From 1898 to 1906, Hudson was the Irish Secretary of the ASRS, and in the role became active in the Irish Trades Union Congress (ITUC), serving as its president in 1903. He was also active in the British Labour Party, and was elected as Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne at the 1906 United Kingdom general election. He presided over the Labour Party's 1908 conference, and remained active in the ASRS and its successor, the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR), as chief of its movements department.[1]

General election 1918: Newcastle upon Tyne East[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry Barnes 8,682 58.1 n/a
Labour Walter Hudson 5,195 34.7 n/a
NFDDSS John Thompson 1,079 7.2 n/a
Majority 3,487 23.4 n/a
Turnout 48.7 n/a

Hudson lost his Parliament seat at the 1918 United Kingdom general election, and retired completely in 1923.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Hudson, Walter", Who Was Who
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
19061918
Served alongside: Thomas Cairns 1906–1908;
George Renwick 1908–1910;
Edward Shortt 1910–1918
Constituency abolished
Trade union offices
Preceded by President of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
1892 – 1899
Succeeded by
George Thaxton
Preceded by
William Cave
President of the Irish Trades Union Congress
1903
Succeeded by
Preceded by
New position
Assistant General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen
1913–1919
With: Samuel Chorlton
Thomas Lowth
J. H. Thomas (1913–1916)
Succeeded by
Charlie Cramp
as Industrial General Secretary
Party political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Labour Party
1907–1908
Succeeded by