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Mr Robert Waddington is a former MP for Rossendale.

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Former MP for Rossendale

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

Left the House of Commons on 10 May 1929 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• John Maden
• Lewis Harcourt
• William Mather
• John Maden
• Hartington

Future MPs in this constituency

• David Halstead
• Arthur Law
• Ronald Cross
• George Walker
• Anthony Greenwood
• Ronald Bray
• Michael Noble
• Ronald Bray
• Michael Noble
• David Trippier

Recent appearances

• Civil Estimates, 1929.: Ministry of Labour. 24 Apr 1929

  Is the hon. Member not aware that it is overseas trade that Lancashire wants, not home trade?

• Orders of the Day — Washington Hours Convention. 21 Mar 1929

  I cannot accept the statement that Japan, for example, is an undeveloped industrial country. I know, and the right hon. Gentleman knows, that we in Lancashire are suffering from unemployment in the cotton trade from the very fact that Japan's cotton industry is highly specialised. That the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Preston (Mr. T. Shaw) as a representative of the cotton trade should...

• Orders of the Day — Washington Hours Convention. 21 Mar 1929

  The right hon. Gentleman, as one of the framers of the Convention, accepted an article which makes it obligatory upon us to exclude Japan, where the workers work 57 hours per week against our 48. Why is the right hon. Gentleman so eloquent in asking for this Convention to be ratified now? I recall a period in 1924 when the right hon. Gentleman was Minister of Labour and when, burning over...

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