Thomas Wintringham (Liberal politician)

For the founder of the Common Wealth Party, see Tom Wintringham.

Thomas Wintringham

Thomas Wintringham (22 August 1867 – 8 August 1921) was a British Liberal Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth in Lincolnshire at a by-election in June 1920, but died in office the following year, aged 53. He died suddenly in the House of Commons reading room in the Palace of Westminster.[1]

The resulting by-election in September 1921, Louth's second by-election in under 16 months, was won by his wife Margaret, who became the second woman to take a seat in the British House of Commons.

  1. ^ "M.P.s' Sudden Death". Leicester Evening Mail. 9 August 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 27 April 2022. – via britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (subscription required)