Ernest Walter Hampton
Ernest Walter Hampton (11 January 1885 – 1 January 1960) was a British co-operative activist.
Hampton was born in Bristol, to Joseph Hampton and Ellen Brown, and baptised Roman Catholic.[1] He attended Ruskin College in Oxford, receiving a Diploma of Economics and Political Science accredited by the University of Oxford. He became involved in the co-operative movement, and served as the chairman of Co-operative Builders, based in Birmingham. While there, he became politically active with the Co-operative Party.[2]
In 1919, Hampton was one of the first three Co-operative Party candidates elected to Birmingham City Council, winning the Balsall Heath ward, holding the seat for three years.[2][3] The Co-operative Party soon allied with the Labour Party, and in 1921/22, Hampton was secretary of the Birmingham Labour Party group.[2] He stood as a joint Labour Co-operative candidate in Birmingham Sparkbrook at the 1922 United Kingdom general election, taking third place with 23.4% of the vote. In the 1923 United Kingdom general election, he stood again, but this time as a Labour Party candidate, sponsored by the National Union of Clerks. He improved his vote share slightly, to 24.6%, and moved up to second place.[4]
In 1928, Hampton wrote a history of co-operation in Birmingham.[3] He became the area organiser for the co-operative movement, but he moved away from the district in 1930.[5]
He died in 1960 in Evesham, Worcestershire.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Bristol, England, Non-Conformist Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1644–1981
- ^ a b c The Labour Who's Who. London: Labour Publishing Company. 1924. p. 74.
- ^ a b Barnsby, George J. (1998). Socialism in Birmingham and the Black Country, 1850-1939. Integrated Publishing Services. pp. 354, 463. ISBN 0905679105.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-49. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 89. ISBN 090017806X.
- ^ "Spare-time Organisers". Annual Co-operative Congress: 309. 1930.
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995