David Adams (27 June 1871 – 16 August 1943) was a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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from 1922 to 1923, and

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from 1935 until his death in 1943.

Career

He was educated at the School of Art and Science at Newcastle's Armstrong College."Obituary: Mr David Adams M.P.", ''The Times'', 17 August 1943, p. 6 He took up a career as an engineer with the local shipping company of D. Adams and Company and the Anglo-Scottish Trading Company. He was elected to

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in 1902, and held the office of

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from 1922 to 1923 and

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from 1930 to 1931. At the 1918 general election, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the new Newcastle upon Tyne West constituency, losing to the

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cabinet minister

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. Shortt stood down at the 1922 general election, and Adams won the seat with a majority of only 156 over the

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candidate

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. At the 1923 general election, Ramage took the seat from Adams with a majority of over 3,500. Adams unsuccessfully contested

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at the 1924 general election and

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at the 1931 contest. He returned to the

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following the 1935 general election as the MP for Consett, County Durham, gaining a majority of 7,522 over the

s. Following his death, Adams was succeeded by James Glanville in the

1943 Consett by-election The 1943 Consett by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Consett on 15 November 1943. The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament David Adams had died on 16 August 1 ...

Personal life

Adams married Elizabeth Havelock Patterson in 1897; the couple had two sons and a daughter.

Death

He died at his home at

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, Newcastle on 16 August 1943, aged 72.

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* 1871 births 1943 deaths Amalgamated Engineering Union-sponsored MPs Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1935–1945 Councillors in Tyne and Wear Mayors of Newcastle upon Tyne {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub