John Williams

Who was John Williams?

John Williams was a Welsh Labour Party politician.

Williams was a Miners Agent, a close associate of William Abraham and a prominent Liberal-Labour politician. Prior to his election as an MP he was a member of the Mountain Ash Urban District Council.

At the 1906 general election, Williams was first elected as Member of Parliament for the Welsh constituency of Gower in West Glamorgan. He stood as a Liberal-Labour candidate and won election despite being opposed by a Liberal candidate. Upon election he took the Liberal whip and was active in the Liberal party's Trade Union group.

When the miners Federation of Great Britain decided to affiliate to the Labour party in 1909, along with the other Welsh mining MPs, he joined the Labour party.

He held his seat until his death in 1922, at the age of 60.