Historical place archive

Nelson and Colne in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Nelson and Colne in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records2 event labels1 people1922–1931

Historical events in Nelson and Colne

1922

15 November 1922
General Election
Arthur Greenwood · Labour Party

Wins Nelson and Colne for Labour and enters the House of Commons.

1923

6 December 1923
General Election
Arthur Greenwood · Labour Party

Retains Nelson and Colne for Labour in the general election.

1924

29 October 1924
General Election
Arthur Greenwood · Labour Party

Retains Nelson and Colne for Labour after the fall of the first Labour government.

1931

27 October 1931
General Election Defeat
Arthur Greenwood · Labour Party

Loses Nelson and Colne in Labour’s heavy general-election defeat.

Provenance

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