He subsequently relocated to North West England, where he became active in the Labour Party.
[1] At the 1922 United Kingdom general election, he stood for the party in Ashton-under-Lyne, taking 42.4% of the vote and second place.
He next stood in Sunderland at the 1923 United Kingdom general election, taking last place, and finally Liverpool Walton at the 1924 United Kingdom general election, where he took another second place, with 36.8% of the votes cast.
There, he chairing the Lewisham South Constituency Labour Party for many years, and also served on the committees of several local hospitals.
He stood down as chair of the local party in 1959, and thereafter reduced his activity, but remained a member of the county council until it was abolished, in 1965.