22 Facts About Fred Jowett

Frederick William Jowett was a British Labour politician.

Fred Jowett received little formal education and at the age of eight was working half-time at the local textile mill, moving to full-time work at the age of 13.

Fred Jowett was a founding member of the Bradford Labour Union, a group formed to support strikers at the Manningham Mills in Bradford.

Fred Jowett was a Christian Socialist and was furious when local churchmen criticised the strikers.

Fred Jowett responded by helping form the "Bradford Labour Church" in the town.

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In 1892 Fred Jowett became the first socialist to be elected to Bradford City Council, although fellow Bradford ILP member Leonard Robinson had won an election unopposed to Manningham ward earlier in the year.

Fred Jowett was a supporter of reforming the 1834 Poor Law.

Fred Jowett was elected as a Poor Law Guardian and attempted to improve the quality of the food given to the children in the Bradford Workhouse.

Fred Jowett supported David Lloyd George in his attempts to introduce Old Age Pensions in 1908.

Fred Jowett was re-elected in the January 1910 and December 1910 general elections.

Fred Jowett argued that the Cabinet system should be abolished and replaced with committees representing all political parties.

Fred Jowett believed this would give more power to individual MPs.

Fred Jowett supported those who resisted conscription and demanded heavy taxation on wartime profits.

Fred Jowett called on the British government to assume total control of the economy during the conflict.

When Ramsay MacDonald became Britain's first Labour Prime Minister in 1924, Fred Jowett was appointed as First Commissioner of Works and was appointed a Privy Counsellor.

Fred Jowett was defeated in the 1924 general election and while out of the House of Commons took the opportunity to consider the future policies of the Independent Labour Party.

Fred Jowett returned to the House of Commons at the 1929 general election, but MacDonald did not offer him a place in his government.

Fred Jowett opposed the formation of the National Government and as a result lost his seat in the 1931 general election.

Fred Jowett was ill during the campaign, so his ILP colleagues undertook almost all the activity.

Fred Jowett beat Heywood, but saw a substantial reduction in his vote, and could only take second place.

Fred Jowett was very critical of the way the government ran the country during the conflict.

Fred Jowett claimed that the government's Equality of Sacrifice policy was just propaganda and pointed out that workers' wages were falling well behind increasing prices.