J. H. Hall

He became an alderman of Stepney Borough Council, and before his election to Parliament was employed as a foreman by the Port of London Authority.

[2] He was first elected to the House of Commons a by-election in December 1930, following the death of the Labour MP Harry Gosling.

Pollitt polled over 10% of the votes and Hall lost the seat to Barnett Janner, the Liberal who had been runner-up at the by-election.

[6] Hall died in office in June 1942, aged 65, having been too ill to attend the House of Commons for the previous eight months.

At the resulting by-election for his parliamentary seat, the Labour candidate Walter "Stoker" Edwards was returned unopposed.