Thomas Sexton (English politician) explained

Thomas Miles Sexton (1879 – 11 July 1946)^[1] was a Labour Party politician in England.

Sexton studied for some time at Durham University, before becoming a teacher.^[2] From 1909, he was the headteacher at Stanhope County School. He joined the Labour Party, and was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for Barnard Castle. He held the seat until he stood down at the 1945 election, and he died the following year.^{[3] [4]} He died the following year, aged 67.

Notes and References

1. Web site: House of Commons constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1) . https://web.archive.org/web/20081029034522/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/bcommons1.htm . 29 October 2008 . Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages . usurped . 2009-04-19.
2. Web site: Thomas Sexton . Members of Parliament after 1832 . 28 May 2021.
3. Book: Stenton . Michael . Lees . Stephen . Who's Who of British Members of Parliament . III . 1979 . Harvester Press . Brighton . 0855273259 . 323.
4. Book: Craig , F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig

   . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 . 1969 . 3rd . 1983 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-06-X . 338.