Tom Shaw (politician)

Tom Shaw (politician)

Tom Shaw PC CBE (9 April 1872 – 26 September 1938) was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician.

Born in Colne, Lancashire, he received elementary school education.

He was Secretary of the International Federation of Textile Workers from 1911-1929, and again from 1931. He was Joint Secretary of Labour and Socialist International from 1923-1925.

He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Preston from December 1918 until he was unseated at the 1931 general election. He served as a Junior Whip, 1919; as Minister of Labour in the Labour Government 1924 and as Secretary of State for War from 1929-1931. Shaw was awarded the CBE in 1919 and appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1924.

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