Sir Harold Elverston (26 December 1866 – 10 August 1941) was a British Liberal Party politician.
He was born on 26 December 1866, the third son of James Booth Elverston of Heaton Chapel, Stockport.
Gateshead was a seat that the Liberals had won in 1906 with their candidate being sponsored by the Durham Miners' Association.
They instructed all miners sponsored MPs to stand for re-election as Labour candidates and this is what happened in Gateshead.
He sought to defend his seat at the general election at the end of the war but was up against a Unionist candidate who had the Coalition Coupon of support for the Lloyd George Government.