Claim: Samuel Finney had only associated himself with politics once, and it was in a school governing council.
Evidence: Samuel Finney (1857 – 14 April 1935) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Finney was a supporter of the Labour Party, and was elected to Burslem Town Council in 1903, and then to Stoke-on-Trent County Borough Council from its establishment. Finney first stood for parliament defending a Labour seat at Hanley in 1912, but came third, losing the seat to the Liberal candidate.