[2] He later developed business interests in a number of companies, including investment trusts and insurance as well as heavy industry.

He held the seat until the 1922 general election when he was defeated by Tom Smith the Labour candidate.

In 1931 Forrest joined the Conservative Party, citing his loss of faith in the policy of Free Trade in a letter he sent to Stanley Baldwin[4] but he later switched to the Tories’ Liberal National allies.

[3] In 1928, after the death of H H Asquith a memorial to the former Liberal prime minister in the form of a bronze bust and panel was unveiled in the Town Hall in Morley, where he had been born.

The ceremony was attended by some members of Asquith's family and Forrest, as the local Liberal MP, placed a wreath on the memorial.