Archibald Gossling

Archibald George Gossling (1878 – 19 May 1950)[1] was a British trade unionist and Labour politician.

[3] He failed to unseat the sitting Coalition Conservative MP, Alfred Jephcott, who retained the seat with a majority of nearly 2,000 votes.

This time he faced two opponents, Edward Salt of the Conservatives and C A Beaumont of the Liberal Party.

[2] Gossling benefited from a large rise in support for Labour and the presence of the third candidate.

Gossling was heavily defeated, with Salt winning the seat for the government by a majority of more than 15,000 votes.