Tom Henderson (Labour politician)

For other people named Thomas Henderson, see Thomas Henderson (disambiguation).

Thomas "Tom" Henderson (1867/1868 28 January 1960) was a Scottish Labour Co-operative politician.

Henderson was born in Burntisland, Fife. He was apprenticed as a cabinet maker at the age of 11, but was later to work in the Clydeside and Belfast shipyards.[1]

After nearly thirty years in Belfast, he moved to Glasgow where he was elected to the city council in 1919 as an Independent Labour Party councillor.[1]

At the 1922 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Tradeston, becoming the first Co-operative MP in Scotland. He served on the executive of the National Co-operative Party. With the formation of the First Labour Government he was given the post of Comptroller of the Household and government whip for Scotland.[1]

There was a large swing against Labour at the 1931 election, and Henderson lost his seat. He was appointed a Commander of the British Empire in the 1931 Birthday Honours.[1] He regained the seat at the 1935 general election, and held it until 1945, when he retired.

Death

Henderson died in a hospital in Glasgow on 28 January 1960, aged 92.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Obituary: Mr. Thomas Henderson, The Times, 30 January 1960, p. 10

External links

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Vivian Henderson
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Tradeston
19221931
Succeeded by
William Hannah McLean
Preceded by
William Hannah McLean
Member of Parliament for Glasgow Tradeston
19351945
Succeeded by
John Rankin
Political offices
Preceded by
Sir William Cope
Comptroller of the Household
19291931
Succeeded by
Goronwy Owen
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, April 18, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.