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Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Headingley, United Kingdom
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Frederick Brown Simpson (6 November 1886 – 23 September 1939) wasa 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. He was a prominent trades unionist, and served as president of the Railway Clerks' Association from 1932 to 1937.
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. In the by-election for his seat the Labour candidate William Jowitt was returned unopposed.
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