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Created page with "{{Contribute notice}} {{Person}} {{ShortDescription|MP for Rothwell (1918-1942) |short description=<b>William</b> ("Willie") <b>Lunn</b> (1 November 1872 - 16 May 1942) was the Member of Parliament for Rothwell between 1918 and 1942. |long description=Prior to his entry into politics, Lunn was a coalminer from the age of 12 and worked in Rothwell Haigh and Middleton Colliery. Lunn was active in the trade union movement during his time as a coalminer and helped found the..."
 
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{{ShortDescription|MP for Rothwell (1918-1942)}}
{{Person}}
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{{ShortDescription|MP for Rothwell (1918-1942)
|short description=<b>William</b> ("Willie") <b>Lunn</b> (1 November 1872 - 16 May 1942) was the Member of Parliament for Rothwell between 1918 and 1942.
|short description=<b>William</b> (‘''Willie''’) <b>Lunn</b> (1 November 1872 - 16 May 1942) was the Member of Parliament for Rothwell between 1918 and 1942.
|long description=Prior to his entry into politics, Lunn was a coalminer from the age of 12 and worked in Rothwell Haigh and Middleton Colliery. Lunn was active in the trade union movement during his time as a coalminer and helped found the Rothwell branch of the Independent Labour Party. Lunn also served on the Rothwell Urban District Council; becoming its chairman between 1915 and 1917. After his election victory in the Rothwell constituency, Lunn would go on to hold several roles in goverment during the 1920s and 30s, including Secretary for Overseas Trade, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies and Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.
|long description=Prior to his entry into politics, Lunn was a coal miner from the age of 12 and worked in Rothwell Haigh and Middleton Colliery. Lunn was active in the trade union movement during his time as a coal miner and helped found the Rothwell branch of the Independent Labour Party. Lunn also served on the Rothwell Urban District Council; becoming its chairman between 1915 and 1917. After his election victory in the Rothwell constituency, Lunn would go on to hold several roles in goverment during the 1920s and 30s, including Secretary for Overseas Trade, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies and Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs.
|image=William Lunn.jpg
|image=William Lunn.jpg
|caption=William Lunn in 1923.
|caption=William Lunn in 1923.
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|birth date=1872-11-01
|birth date=1872-11-01
|birth town village=Rothwell
|birth town village=Rothwell
|death date=1972-05-16
|death date=1942-05-16
|death location=Leeds General Infirmary
|death location=Leeds General Infirmary
|resting place=Rothwell Cemetery
|resting place=Rothwell Cemetery
|occupation=Coalminer, Member of Parliament
|occupation=Coal miner, Member of Parliament
|era=20th century
|era=20th century
|title=Member of Parliament for Rothwell
|title=Member of Parliament for Rothwell
|term=1918 - 1942
|term=1918 - 1942
|predecessor=''constituency established''
|successor=T.J. Brookes
|successor=T.J. Brookes
|party=Labour Party
|party=Labour Party
|spouse=Louisa (née Hall/Hill) Lunn J.P.
|spouse=Louisa (''née Hall/Hill'') Lunn J.P.
}}
}}
==Biography==
==Biography==
===Member of Parliament===
====1918 - 1921====
<gallery>
File:UK Election Flyer 1918 William Lunn MP Rothwell Sheet1.jpg|1918 Campaign Flyer (1)|alt=1918 Campaign Flyer for William Lunn MP for Rothwell, showing 14 election issues.
File:UK Election Flyer 1918 William Lunn MP Rothwell Sheet2.jpg|1918 Campaign Flyer (2)|alt=1918 Campaign Flyer for William Lunn MP for Rothwell, showing 14 election issues.
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
|+ style="text-align:center"|1918 UK general election results for Rothwell<ref name="election results">(Craig, 1969, p.524)</ref>
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Party'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Candidate'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''Votes'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''%'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''±%'''
|-
|style="border-left:#E4003B 10px solid"|'''Labour'''
|'''W. Lunn'''
|'''9998'''
|'''46.4'''
|
|-
|style="border-left:#0087DC 10px solid"|Unionist
|H.C.B. Wilson
|6621
|30.8
|
|-
|style="border-left:#FFD700 10px solid"|Liberal
|J.A. Yonge
|4909
|22.8
|
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Majority'''
|3377
|15.6
|
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Turnout'''
|~21,528
|63.5
|
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Registered electors'''
|33,899
|
|
|}
====1922====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
|+ style="text-align:center"|1922 UK general election results for Rothwell<ref name="election results"/>
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Party'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Candidate'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''Votes'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''%'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''±%'''
|-
|style="border-left:#E4003B 10px solid"|'''Labour'''
|'''W. Lunn'''
|'''17,831'''
|'''62.8'''
|'''+16.4'''
|-
|style="border-left:#0087DC 10px solid"|Unionist
|A.N. Braithwaite
|10,580
|37.2
| +6.4
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Majority'''
|7251
|25.6
| +10
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Turnout'''
|~28,411
|78.4
| +14.9
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Registered electors'''
|36,227
|
|
|}


==References==
====1923====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
|+ style="text-align:center"|1923 UK general election results for Rothwell<ref name="election results"/>
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Party'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Candidate'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''Votes'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''%'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''±%'''
|-
|style="border-left:#E4003B 10px solid"|'''Labour'''
|'''W. Lunn'''
|'''15,115'''
|'''66.0'''
|'''+3.2'''
|-
|style="border-left:#FFD700 10px solid"|Liberal
|B.P. Wilson
|7,788
|34.0
|
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Majority'''
|7,327
|32.0
| +6.4
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Turnout'''
|~22,903
|60.9
| −17.5
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Registered electors'''
|37,611
|
|
|}


====1924-28====
<gallery>
File:UK Election Flyer 1924 William Lunn MP Rothwell sheet1.jpg|1924 Campaign Flyer (1)|alt=October 1924 Campaign Flyer for William Lunn MP for Rothwell, showing election issues.
File:UK Election Flyer 1924 William Lunn MP Rothwell sheet2.jpg|1924 Campaign Flyer (2)|alt=October 1924 Campaign Flyer for William Lunn MP for Rothwell, showing election issues.
File:UK Election Flyer 1924 William Lunn MP Rothwell sheet3.jpg|1924 Campaign Flyer (3)|alt=October 1924 Campaign Flyer for William Lunn MP for Rothwell, showing election issues.
File:UK Election Flyer 1924 William Lunn MP Rothwell sheet4.jpg|1924 Campaign Flyer 'A Word for Women'|alt=October 1924 Campaign Flyer for William Lunn MP for Rothwell, directed at women voters.
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
|+ style="text-align:center"|1924 UK general election results for Rothwell<ref name="election results"/>
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Party'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Candidate'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''Votes'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''%'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''±%'''
|-
|style="border-left:#E4003B 10px solid"|'''Labour'''
|'''W. Lunn'''
|'''16,540'''
|'''61.8'''
|'''−4.2'''
|-
|style="border-left:#FFD700 10px solid"|Liberal
|B.P. Wilson
|10,240
|38.2
| +4.2
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Majority'''
|6,300
|23.6
| −8.4
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Turnout'''
|~26,780
|69.3
| +8.4
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Registered electors'''
| 38,635
|
|
|}
====1929 - 1930====
<gallery>
File:UK Election Flyer 1929 William Lunn MP Rothwell sheet1.jpg|1929 Campaign Flyer (1)|alt=May 1929 Campaign Flyer for William Lunn MP for Rothwell, showing election issues.
File:UK Election Flyer 1929 William Lunn MP Rothwell sheet2.jpg|1929 Campaign Flyer (3)|alt=May 1929 Campaign Flyer for William Lunn MP for Rothwell, showing election issues.
File:UK Election Flyer 1929 William Lunn MP Rothwell sheet3.jpg|1929 Campaign Flyer (3)|alt=May 1929 Campaign Flyer for William Lunn MP for Rothwell, showing election issues.
</gallery>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
|+ style="text-align:center"|1929 UK general election results for Rothwell<ref name="election results">(Craig, 1969, p.524)</ref>
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Party'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Candidate'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''Votes'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''%'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''±%'''
|-
|style="border-left:#E4003B 10px solid"|'''Labour'''
|'''W. Lunn'''
|'''27,320'''
|'''61.7'''
| −0.1
|-
|style="border-left:#0087DC 10px solid"|Unionist
|J.W. Harrison
|8,799
|19.9
|
|-
|style="border-left:#FFD700 10px solid"|Liberal
|H. Holdsworth
|8,141
|18.4
| −19.8
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Majority'''
|18,521
|41.8
| +18.2
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Turnout'''
|~44,260
|79.2
| +9.9
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Registered electors'''
|55,869
|
|
|}
====1931 - 1934====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
|+ style="text-align:center"|1931 UK general election results for Rothwell<ref name="election results"/>
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Party'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Candidate'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''Votes'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''%'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''±%'''
|-
|style="border-left:#E4003B 10px solid"|'''Labour'''
|'''W. Lunn'''
|'''24,897'''
|'''52.9'''
|'''−8.8'''
|-
|style="border-left:#0087DC 10px solid"|Conservative
|C.H. Stringer
|22,198
|47.1
| +27.2
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Majority'''
|2,699
|5.8
| −36.0
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Turnout'''
|~47,095
|79.9
| +0.7
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Registered electors'''
|58,974
|
|
|}
====1935 - 1942====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
|+ style="text-align:center"|1931 UK general election results for Rothwell<ref name="election results"/>
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Party'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);" |'''Candidate'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''Votes'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''%'''
!style="background-color: var(--color-surface-3);"|'''±%'''
|-
|style="border-left:#E4003B 10px solid"|'''Labour'''
|'''W. Lunn'''
|'''31,472'''
|'''64.5'''
|'''+11.6'''
|-
|style="border-left:#0087DC 10px solid"|Gwendoline Beaumont
|C.H. Stringer
|17,352
|35.5
| −11.6
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Majority'''
|14,120
|29.0
| +23.2
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Turnout'''
|~48,824
|75.4
| −4.5
|-
|colspan="2" style="background-color: var(--color-surface-2);"| '''Registered electors'''
|64,730
|
|
|}
==References==
{{References}}
{{References}}
*Craig, F.W.S. (1969) ''British parliamentary election results, 1918-1949''. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. Available at: http://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai (Accessed: 8 June 2024).
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