John McKay (2 May 1883 – 4 October 1964) was a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Wallsend between 1945 and 1964.
At the age of 27 the Miner's Union sent him to Ruskin College, Oxford where he obtained, with distinction, a Diploma in Economics and Political Science.
He then resumed his career in the coal mining industry as a Checkweighman.
He was made a Freeman of the Borough of Wallsend on 25 April 1963, an honour shared with Aneurin Bevan, who was granted it on 18 October 1952.
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