Title: From mine to ministry
Description: This is a short biography of Thomas Burt, the first working man to be an MP.  It was written and sold for a popular readership.  Burt was first elected in 1874, for the Morpeth (Northumberland) constituency as a result, first, of the widening of the franchise under the second Reform Act, and second, of a legal ruling giving the vote to miners in tied houses.  He was notable for his wisdom, fairness and liberal sympathies.  There is a bust of him in Morpeth Town Hall.
Subjects: UK parliament, mineworkers
Places: Morpeth, Northumberland, UK
People: Thomas Burt
Time periods: 19th and 20th centuries