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Thomas Lowth (4 November 1858 – 26 May 1931) was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ardwick, a constituency in Manchester from 1922 until his death. He was a member of the Labour Party.

Biography

Lowth was born at Billingborough, Lincolnshire on 4 November 1858. Having received elementary school education, he entered the railway service in 1875 and moved to Manchester. He worked on the railway for 23 years, doing various jobs, then became the general secretary of the General Railway Workers' Union in 1898, a trade union he had helped to establish some years earlier lowth died at the age of 73.


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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byAugustine Hailwood Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick 1922 – 1931 Succeeded byJoseph Henderson Trade union offices Preceded byAndrew Clark General Secretary of the General Railway Workers' Union 1898 – 1913 Succeeded byPosition abolished Preceded byNew position Assistant General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen 1913–1919 With: Samuel ChorltonWalter HudsonJ. H. Thomas (1913–1916) Succeeded byCharlie Crampas Industrial General Secretary


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