In 1909, he was instructed by his trade union to resign the Liberal whip and take the Labour whip and at both the 1910 General Elections he stood as a Labour candidate. He held the seat until its abolition at the 1918 general election, when he was elected for the new Ebbw Vale constituency.
He was advised by his labor union to relinquish his Liberal whip role and assume the Labour whip position in 1909. Subsequently, at both the 1910 General Elections, he ran as a Labour candidate. He maintained the seat until it ceased to exist in 1918, when he won the new Ebbw Vale constituency.