He moved to Derbyshire to work for the Burton Co-operative Society, becoming a shop manager.
He also joined the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers, becoming president of its Burton on Trent branch.
In 1929, he was elected to Swadlincote Urban District Council (UDC), representing the Labour Party.
[2][3] At the 1935 UK general election, Allitt stood in Nottingham Central as a joint Labour-Co-operative Party candidate.
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