James Walker (UK politician)

James Walker, (1883 – Brighton, 5 January 1945), was a Labour Party politician.

At Ruskin College he gained distinction in economics and social science. For years he was organiser of the Steel Smelters Society, and for many years a member of Glasgow Town Council. Walker became Member of Parliament (MP) in 1929, representing the Newport constituency in Monmouthshire from 1929 to 1931 and Motherwell from 1935 until he was knocked down and killed by an Army lorry in 1945, aged 61. At the time of his death, Walker was Political Secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation.

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