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Mr John Jones is a former MP for West Ham Silvertown.

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Former MP for West Ham Silvertown

Entered the House of Commons on 14 December 1918 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 7 February 1940 — unknown

Future MPs in this constituency

• James Hollins
• Louis Comyns

Recent appearances

• Orders of the Day — Workmen's Compensation Bill. 19 Nov 1937

  I beg to move, "That the Bill be now read a Second time." It has fallen to my lot, having been successful in the Ballot, to have the opportunity, with some of my hon. Friends, of proposing this modest Measure, which I hope will meet with the sympathetic consideration of all sections of the House of Commons. As an old worker in the building trade, who, before the Workmen's Compensation Act...

• Orders of the Day — Factories Bill.: Clause 8. — (Enforcement by district councils of certain provisions of Part I.) 16 Jun 1937

  It is most extraordinary to listen to some of the lectures that we receive from the Front Bench opposite, particularly when we are dealing with local affairs and the administration of the laws of the country. We have just listened to a lecture which in itself has no relationship to the facts. Everybody who knows the work of a sanitary inspector knows that he has the right of entry, but after...

• Orders of the Day — Civil List. 24 May 1937

  It is interesting to hear those who are extreme advocates of economy getting up to support a proposition that we should spend more money. In so far as some of us here are concerned, we recognise the position which the Crown occupies in the history of Great Britain. We are willing to provide the occupants of the Throne with decent accommodation and with everything necessary for the...

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