John Paton (British politician)

For other people named John Paton, see John Paton (disambiguation).

John Paton (8 August 1886 – 14 December 1976) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom, and a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1964.

He was born in Aberdeen; his father James Paton was a master baker and his mother Isabella Bruce was a seamstress. After leaving school at 13 he became a printer's devil in what is now the Aberdeen Press and Journal. He then became a barber, running his own establishment until the war years. His socialist views repelled his wealthy customers and the shop failed soon after the war. Moving to Glasgow, he worked as a journeyman barber before becoming a full time political organizer for the Independent Labour Party. he married Jessie Thomson of Springburn, Glasgow and they had a son, John. He moved to London to become the editor of the New Leader.

He was General Secretary of the Independent Labour Party from 1927 to 1933. He was elected at the 1945 general election as MP for the two-seat Norwich constituency. When that constituency was divided at the 1950 general election, he was returned to the House of Commons for the new Norwich North seat, which he held until he retired at the 1964 general election.

His second wife Florence Paton was MP for Rushcliffe from 1945 to 1950.

References

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)

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Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by John Paton

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Geoffrey Shakespeare and Henry Strauss	Member of Parliament for Norwich 1945–1950 With: Lucy Noel-Buxton	Constituency divided
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Norwich North 1950–1964	Succeeded by George Wallace
Political offices
Preceded by John Taylor	General Secretary of the Independent Labour Party 1927–1933	Succeeded by Fenner Brockway
Media offices
Preceded by Fenner Brockway	Editor of the New Leader 1930–1931	Succeeded by Fenner Brockway

Independent Labour Party

Chairs	1894: Keir Hardie 1900: Bruce Glasier 1903: Philip Snowden 1906: Ramsay MacDonald 1909: Fred Jowett 1910: W. C. Anderson 1913: Keir Hardie 1914: Fred Jowett 1917: Philip Snowden 1920: R. C. Wallhead 1923: Clifford Allen 1926: James Maxton 1931: Fenner Brockway 1934: James Maxton 1939: C. A. Smith 1941: John McGovern 1943: Bob Edwards 1948: David Gibson 1951: Fred Barton 1953: Annie Maxton 1958: Fred Morel 1962: Emrys Thomas

Secretaries	1893: Shaw Maxwell 1894: Tom Mann 1898: John Penny 1903: Francis Johnson 1924: John Taylor 1927: John Paton 1933: Fenner Brockway 1939: John McNair 1955: Wilfred Wigham

Treasurers	1893: John Lister 1896: France Littlewood 1902: T. D. Benson 1920: Philip Snowden 1923: George Benson 1924: Charles Roden Buxton 1927: Fred Jowett 1944: Percy Williams Anne Gill

Authority control	VIAF: 14578092

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John Paton (British politician)

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