Political Affiliation
ASLEF is affiliated to the Labour Party.
Labour was founded in 1900 as the Labour Representation Committee, and in 1903 ASLEF voted to affiliate to it. In the 1906 General Election ASLEF General Secretary Albert Fox was the LRC candidate for Leeds South, where he polled 4,030 votes. Fox lost to the Liberal incumbent John Lawson Walton, but Lawson Walton died in January 1908 causing a by-election. Fox contested Leeds South a second time but lost to the new Liberal candidate William Middlebrook.
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