1. John Turner Walton Newbold, generally known as Walton Newbold, was the first of the four Communist Party of Great Britain members to be elected as MPs in the United Kingdom.
10 Facts About Walton Newbold
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John Turner Walton Newbold was born in Culcheth, Lancashire, on 8 May 1888, and was educated at Buxton College and the University of Manchester.
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On leaving university, Newbold lectured in history and politics, and was engaged in industrial and economic research.
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In 1917 Walton Newbold joined the Labour educational Plebs' League and the British Socialist Party.
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Walton Newbold had a number of articles published in The Call, the paper of the BSP.
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Walton Newbold received the support of the Labour Party, but unlike many other Communist candidates, including Shapurji Saklatvala who was elected in the same general election, he stood under the label "Communist".
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Saklatvala was accepted into the Labour Party's parliamentary caucus but while Walton Newbold applied for the same he was rejected.
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Walton Newbold lost his seat in the 1923 general election, after just over a year in Parliament.
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In 1928 Walton Newbold joined the Social Democratic Federation, and edited its journal, Social Democrat, from 1929 until 1931, when he supported the National Labour split from Labour.
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Walton Newbold stood unsuccessfully as the Labour candidate in Epping in the 1929 general election.