John Wycliffe Black (21 July 1862 – 18 June 1951)[1] was an English shoe manufacturer and Liberal Party politician.
The dispute centred on the amount of money Harris was expected to contribute if he wished to remain as Parliamentary candidate.
Once Black ceased to provide funds for the Association in the mid-1920s, they had to stop paying the salary of the full-time official they engaged and by March 1927 they were unable even to afford their affiliation fee to the Midland Liberal Federation.
First in the 1922 general election when he came second in a three-cornered contest to the sitting Conservative MP, Sir Keith Fraser, with Labour in third place.
At the 1923 general election, Black again faced Fraser but this time in a straight fight and he took the seat with a majority of 1,304 votes.