page_title: Hugh Hartley Lawrie
hierarchical_section_title: Hugh Hartley Lawrie
caption_attribution_description: English: Hugh Lawrie, official of the Workers' Union and future Member of Parliament, in 1916
context_page_description: Hugh Hartley Lawrie was a British trade unionist and politician, elected as Labour MP for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1929–31.
  Born in Rochdale, Lawrie was educated locally before working at a local cotton mill aged 11, then later finding work on the staff of a newspaper in Manchester. He became active in the Workers' Union and was appointed as a union official in 1910, when the union was campaigning for £1 per week, remaining in post when the union became part of the Transport and General Workers' Union. He also became active in the Labour Party, and was elected in Stalybridge and Hyde at the 1929 general election.
  Lawrie was a supporter of the Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, and followed Macdonald in leaving the Labour Party to join the new National Labour Organisation. However, he decided not to contest the 1931 general election.
  He was vice-president of the TGWU Woolwich branch, sitting on the committee from 1941 until his death. He was cremated in Honor Oak on 11 April 1945.
context_section_description: Hugh Hartley Lawrie (born 1879, died 1945) was a British trade unionist and politician, elected as Labour MP for Stalybridge and Hyde from 1929–31.
  Born in Rochdale, Lawrie was educated locally before working at a local cotton mill aged 11, then later finding work on the staff of a newspaper in Manchester. He became active in the Workers' Union and was appointed as a union official in 1910, when the union was campaigning for £1 per week, remaining in post when the union became part of the Transport and General Workers' Union.  He also became active in the Labour Party, and was elected in Stalybridge and Hyde at the 1929 general election.
  Lawrie was a supporter of the Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, and followed Macdonald in leaving the Labour Party to join the new National Labour Organisation.  However, he decided not to contest the 1931 general election.
  He was vice-president of the TGWU Woolwich branch, sitting on the committee from 1941 until his death. He was cremated in Honor Oak on 11 April 1945.
caption: Lawrie in 1916
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