| Fred Simpson | |
| Constituency Mp: | Ashton-under-Lyne |
| Parliament: | United Kingdom |
| Term Start: | 14 November 1935 |
| Term End: | 23 September 1939 |
| Predecessor: | John Broadbent |
| Successor: | William Jowitt |
| Office2: | Lord Mayor of Leeds |
| Term2: | 1931 |
| Predecessor2: | Arthur Hawkyard |
| Successor2: | Robert Holliday Blackburn |
| Birth Date: | 6 November 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Nottingham, England |
| Death Place: | Headingley, England |
| Birthname: | Frederick Brown Simpson |
| Citizenship: | British |
| Party: | British Labour Party |
Frederick Brown Simpson (6 November 1886 – 23 September 1939) was a British Labour Party politician.
Born in Nottingham and in 1922 Simpson was elected to Leeds City Council as an alderman, and in 1931 was Lord Mayor of the city.[1] [2] He was a prominent trades unionist, and served as president of the Railway Clerks' Association from 1932 to 1937.[1] [3] He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashton-under-Lyne, defeating the Conservative MP John Broadbent by a majority of only 114 votes.F B Simpson died suddenly while playing golf at Headingley, near Leeds in September 1939.[1] He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium.[4] In the by-election for his seat the Labour candidate William Jowitt was returned unopposed.
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