Philip Hoffman (British politician)

Philip Christopher Hoffman (26 June 1878 – 20 April 1959) was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician.

Born in London, Hoffman studied at the Coopers' Company and Coborn School in Stepney (now in Upminster), then the Warehousemen, Clerks and Drapers School at Purley.

He became a draper and an active trade unionist, and was soon working for the Shop Assistants Union.

He lost the seat in 1924, and in 1929 was instead elected for Sheffield Central.

After the Second World War, he authored 'They Also Serve,' a history of the Shop Assistants Union.