John Edward Sutton (23 December 1862 – 29 November 1945) was a British

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ist and Labour Party politician. At the age of 14, Sutton took up employment at

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. He became a check-weighman and secretary of the Bradford branch of the

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.''Progress of the General Election'', 17 January 1910, p.7 In

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he was elected to

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as an

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councillor for the

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ward, an area previously represented by

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. At the general election of January 1910 Sutton was elected as Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Manchester East, the constituency that included the Bradford area. He held the seat until its abolition in 1918. At the 1918 general election Sutton stood in the new seat of Manchester Clayton, losing to the Conservative,

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. Hopkinson died in 1922, forcing a by-election, and Sutton was selected as Labour candidate. The Coalition Government was very unpopular due to high unemployment and severe cutbacks recommended by the Geddes Report, and Sutton easily won the seat.''Labour Win at Clayton'', The Times, 20 February 1922, p.10 He lost the seat at the 1922 general election but regained it in 1923, and held it until

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when a large swing to the Conservatives was reflected in Clayton. William Flanagan, Sutton's opponent in the 1922 by-election took the seat. Sutton did not contest another parliamentary election.

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* 1862 births 1945 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Miners' Federation of Great Britain-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 Councillors in Manchester {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub