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Tom Proctor (trade unionist)

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frequently for a week at a time to campaign and give speeches, gradually attracting larger crowds to hear him. However, he ultimately finished in third place at the election, with 2,248 votes.
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Proctor returned to Nottingham where he completed an apprenticeship in engineering, before travelling to
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Proctor's Death Certificate shows, died 5 Jul 1925, South Devon Hospital, Plymouth, Devon, England.
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candidates or only independent labour ones, it gradually grew in strength and hosted the national
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Political Change and the Rise of Labour in Comparative Perspective
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in 1892. Despite early disagreements over whether to support
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In 1903, Proctor was adopted as the LRC candidate for the
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Proctor did not stand for Parliament again until the
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Thomas Proctor (trade unionist)
Thomas Proctor

Nottingham
Trade unionist
trade unionist
Labour Party
Nottingham
France
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Army of the Vosges
Franco-Prussian War
United Kingdom
Australia
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Social Democratic Federation
Plymouth
Devonport Dockyard
trades council
Liberal-Labour
Trades Union Congress
Independent Labour Party
Liberal Party
Labour Representation Committee
1906 general election
Great Grimsby
Grimsby
1918 general election
Nottingham East
Labour Party

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