# John Edward Sutton

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**John Edward Sutton** (23 December 1862 – 29 November 1945) was a British [trades unionist](/source/Trades_union) and [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) politician.

At the age of 14, Sutton took up employment at [Bradford Colliery](/source/Bradford_Colliery), [Manchester](/source/Manchester). He became a check-weighman and secretary of the Bradford branch of the [Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation](/source/Lancashire_and_Cheshire_Miners'_Federation).[1] In [1894](/source/1894_Manchester_City_Council_election) he was elected to [Manchester City Council](/source/Manchester_City_Council) as an [Independent Labour Party](/source/Independent_Labour_Party) councillor for the [Bradford](/source/Bradford,_Manchester) ward, an area previously represented by [Conservatives](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)).[2]

At the [general election of January 1910](/source/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election) Sutton was elected as Labour [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) (MP) for [Manchester East](/source/Manchester_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), the constituency that included the Bradford area. He held the seat until its abolition in 1918.

At the [1918 general election](/source/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election) Sutton stood in the new seat of [Manchester Clayton](/source/Manchester_Clayton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), losing to the Conservative, [Edward Hopkinson](/source/Edward_Hopkinson).[3] Hopkinson died in 1922, forcing [a by-election](/source/1922_Manchester_Clayton_by-election), and Sutton was selected as Labour candidate. The Coalition Government was very unpopular due to high unemployment and severe cutbacks recommended by the [Geddes Report](/source/Geddes_Axe), and Sutton easily won the seat.[4] He lost the seat at the 1922 general election but regained it in 1923, and held it until [1931](/source/1931_United_Kingdom_general_election) when a large swing to the Conservatives was reflected in Clayton. [William Flanagan](/source/William_Henry_Flanagan), Sutton's opponent in the 1922 by-election took the seat. Sutton did not contest another parliamentary election.

## References

1. *Progress of the General Election*, 17 January 1910, p.7

1. James Robert Moore, *Progressive Pioneers: Manchester Liberalism, the Independent Labour Party and Local Politics in the 1890s*, in *The Historical Journal*, Vol.44, No.4, December 2001

1. *Manchester Calm, The Cobden Gospel, "Walk Over" For Mr. Clynes.*, The Times, 4 December 1918, p. 10

1. *Labour Win at Clayton*, The Times, 20 February 1922, p.10

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