Ian Lavery Ian Lavery Ian Lavery (born 6 January 1963) is a British Labour Party politician and former trade union leader from Northumberland who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wansbeck since the 2010 general election. Born and raised in Ashington, Lavery began work in the construction industry after leaving school before becoming a mining apprentice. Noted for being the sole apprentice to refuse to work during the miners' strike of 1984-1985, he gradually rose up the ranks of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and was chosen to succeed Arthur Scargill as NUM President in 2002. Once elected to
Samuel Clowes (Labour politician) his death in 1928, aged 63. Samuel Clowes (Labour politician) Samuel Clowes (17 September 1864 – 25 March 1928) was an English Labour Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1924 to 1928. Born in Milton, Staffordshire, Clowes was secretary of the National Society of Pottery Workers from 1916. He also served as president of the National Council of Pottery Industry. Clowes was a supporter of the Labour Party, and served on Stoke-on-Trent City Council. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Hanley division of Stoke-on-Trent at the 1924 general election. He held