Ivor Owen Thomas (5 December 1898 – 11 January 1982)[1] was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician.
He was employed as a barber's lather boy,[3] and then at Gwalia Tinplate Works from 1912 to 1918, when he was called up for WW1 military service.
[2] He won a scholarship to the Central Labour College in London, where he studied from 1923 to 1925, then worked at the head office of the National Union of Railwaymen until 1945.
[5][6] He was re-elected in 1950[7] and 1951,[8] holding the seat until defeat, by 478 votes, at the 1955 general election in favour of the Conservative William Yates.
There is a road named after him in the village of St Georges, situated in Telford (formerly the Wrekin constituency).