John Wadsworth

John Wadsworth was a British trade unionist and Liberal or Lib-Lab politician.
Born in West Melton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Wadsworth worked as a coal miner and was elected checkweighman. He joined the Yorkshire Miners Association, a constituent part of the Miners [Federation of Great Britain], rising to become the Yorkshire Association's general secretary, then in 1904 its president.
Wadsworth was elected as the Lib-Lab Member of Parliament for Hallamshire at the 1906 [United Kingdom general election|1906 general election].
In 1909, with the other MFGB-sponsored MPs, he joined the Labour Party, retaining his seat in his new colours.
In 1915 he resigned the Labour whip and re-joined the Liberals. He continued as MP until the seat's abolition for the 1918 United [Kingdom general election|1918 general election].