Frederick Roberts (British politician)

British politician (1876–1941) For other people named Frederick Roberts, see Frederick Roberts (disambiguation).

Frederick Owen Roberts (2 July 1876 – 23 October 1941) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Roberts worked as a compositor and became active in the Typographical Association, serving on its executive council. He was also active in the Labour Party, and served on its National Executive Committee for many years.

He was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich, defeating the sitting Conservative MP Viscount Lewisham. He held the seat until the Conservatives regained it in 1931, but was re-elected at the 1935 general election.

He resigned his seat on 3 April 1941, and died later that year, aged 65.

Notes

^ Trades Union Congress, "Obituary: Mr F. O. Roberts", Annual Report of the 1942 Trades Union Congress, pp.135-136
"No. 33505". The London Gazette. 11 June 1929. p. 3857.

Craig, F. W. S. (1983) . British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byViscount Lewisham	Member of Parliament for West Bromwich 1918–1931	Succeeded byAlexander Ramsay
Preceded byAlexander Ramsay	Member of Parliament for West Bromwich 1935–1941	Succeeded byJohn Dugdale
Political offices
Preceded byGeorge Tryon	Minister of Pensions 1924	Succeeded byGeorge Tryon
Preceded byGeorge Tryon	Minister of Pensions 1929–1931	Succeeded byGeorge Tryon
Party political offices
Preceded byRobert Williams	Chair of the Labour Party 1926 – 1927	Succeeded byGeorge Lansbury

v t e Secretaries of state for work and pensions of the United Kingdom
Ministers of Pensions	Barnes Hodge Worthington-Evans Macpherson Tryon Roberts Tryon Roberts Tryon Hudson Ramsbotham Womersley Paling Hynd Buchanan Marquand Isaacs Heathcoat-Amory
Ministers of Social Insurance/National Insurance	Jowitt Hore-Belisha Griffiths Summerskill Peake
Ministers of Pensions and National Insurance	Peake Boyd-Carpenter Macpherson Wood Herbison
Ministers of Social Security	Herbison Hart
Secretaries of State for Social Services	Crossman Joseph Castle Ennals Jenkin Fowler Moore
Secretaries of State for Social Security	Moore Newton Lilley Harman Darling
Secretaries of State for Work and Pensions	Darling A. Smith Johnson Blunkett Hutton Hain Purnell Cooper Duncan Smith Crabb Green Gauke McVey Rudd Coffey C. Smith Stride

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