candidate also won Shrewsbury). He was the first Labour MP to be elected from Shropshire. Parliament Nixon's Parliamentary contributions were not extensive, consisting mostly of questions concerning his constituency; he made his only brief speech on 10 July 1924, complaining of inequity in the compensation paid to victims of First World War air raids. In early May, along with a majority of Labour MPs but on a free vote, he voted against the Proportional Representation Bill. Later life When the Labour government was defeated in October 1924 and dissolved Parliament, Nixon found himself opposed at the general election by a working-class Conservative candidate. Despite Labour being thought to have a solid base, Nixon lost the seat by 2,878 votes. He returned to his union work, and attended the annual meeting of the British section of the International Metal Workers Federation at York in July 1925. Nixon was chosen to fight Gloucester at the 1929 general election, hoping that the Liberals would succeed in attracting the votes of people who had voted Conservative at the previous election so that Labour would win the seat. However Nixon was defeated by 493 votes. When the Metalliferous Mines committee was divided in two, Nixon was named to the iron ore sub-committee in October 1930. References External links 1874 births 1939 deaths British trade unionists Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies National Union of Blastfurnacemen-sponsored MPs People from Scunthorpe UK MPs 1923–1924