Alfred James Dobbs (1882, Wellingborough-27 July 1945) was a British Labour politician and trade unionist. He is most notable for being the Member of Parliament who served the shortest term - just one day. 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Wellingborough is a town situated some eleven miles from Northampton, the county town of Northamptonshire. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...

Dobbs was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. He served as a Rushden Urban District Councillor between 1906-10 and a Leeds City Councillor from 1923 to 1929, then as Alderman in Leeds 1929-36. Dobbs was Leader of Labour Group on Leeds City Council between 1931-36 as well as a magistrate. Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants) is a county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ... Rushden is situated at the heart of England in the county of Northamptonshire, lying on the A6 mid-way between Bedford and Kettering. ... This article discusses the metropolitan borough and district named the City of Leeds. ... An alderman is a member of a municipal legislative body in a town or city with many jurisdictions. ... A Justice of the Peace (JP) is a magistrate appointed by a commission to keep the peace, dispense summary justice and deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions. ...

Dobbs worked as National Organiser for the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives 1936-45. He was well-known at senior levels of the Labour Party, a member of the National Executive Committee 1936-45 and Chair of the Labour Party 1942-43. The National Executive Committee or NEC is the chief administrative body of the Labour Party (UK). ...

Dobbs stood for Parliament on several occasions, in Altrincham in 1929 and in Leeds North East in 1931 and 1935. He was elected as MP for Smethwick in the Labour landslide of 1945. Tragically, however, having been elected on 26 July 1945, Dobbs was killed in a car accident the very next day, 27 July 1945. Although there have been occasions when MPs were elected posthumously, Dobbs has the dubious honour of having served the shortest term since World War II. Categories: UK geography stubs | Towns in Greater Manchester ... Smethwick is a town adjacent to Birmingham and West Bromwich in England. ... The British general election of 1945 held on July 5th 1945 but not counted and declared until July 26, 1945 (due to the time it took to transport the votes of those serving overseas) was one of the most significant general elections of the 20th century. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

He was followed as MP for Smethwick by Patrick Gordon Walker. The MP with the shortest term after Dobbs was hunger striker Bobby Sands. Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker (April 7, 1907 - December 2, 1980) was a British politician. ... A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance in which participants fast as an act of political protest or to achieve a goal such as a policy change. ... Robert George Sands, commonly known as Bobby Sands (March 9, 1954–May 5, Irish republican who died on hunger strike in prison, Northern Ireland. ...

Not to be confused with Alfred Dubs, a Labour MP from 1979 to 1987. Alfred Dubs, Baron Dubs of Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth is a United Kingdom politician. ...