Talk:Colne Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
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[edit] Victor Grayson
Victor Grayson's political affiliations are a matter of some difficulty. He was an individual member of the Independent Labour Party but did not get ILP endorsement for the 1907 byelection. Perhaps on the "looking gift horses in the mouth" principle, they included him on their list of MPs when he was elected, but he did not receive the Labour Party whip unlike all other ILP MPs. Grayson was a highly disruptive MP in the chamber and perhaps it was no wonder.
When he fought for re-election in January 1910, the Colne Valley Socialist League (the local ILP branch to which Grayson belonged) did not apply for any endorsement, and when he fought Kennington in December 1910 he likewise was not endorsed by the ILP. F.W.S. Craig lists him as "Independent Labour" rather than ILP, and he is willing to give ILP candidates who did not receive Labour Party endorsement as ILP in some circumstances. Sam Blacketer 17:48, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
