John Scurr

John Scurr (6 April 1876 – 10 July 1932) was a Labour Party politician and trade union official in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mile End from 1923 to 1931.

Scurr was born in Australia but was brought to London from Brisbane aged six months and spent his life in the East End a lifelong supporter of left-wing and Labour causes.

In 1913, when Scurr was Chairman of London District Committee, Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union he was a last minute socialist candidate at the Chestefield by-election. At the 1918 general election, he unsuccessfully contested the Conservative Party safe seat of Buckingham. He was defeated again at the 1922 general election in the Mile End constituency in the East End of London.

Scurr won the Mile End seat at the 1923 general election, unseating the Conservative MP Sir Walter Preston. He was re-elected in 1924 and 1929, but lost his seat when the Labour Party split at the 1931 general election.

Scurr also served as a Labour member of Poplar Borough Council and the London County Council. He died in 1932, aged 56.

References

*
*Rayment
*Obituary, "The Times" 11 July 1932