Fielding West

Fielding Reginald West (November 1892 – 6 October 1935) was a British Labour Party politician and schoolteacher. Born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, West initially worked in a coal mine before becoming a clerk in a Bradford textile factory. During World War I, he served as a clerk in the Army Pay Corps. After the war, he moved to London, where he attended the Regent Street Polytechnic and London Day Training College. West then became a schoolteacher at the London County Council West Kensington Central School. In 1929, he was elected as the Labour Party candidate for the seat of Kensington North, unseating the sitting Conservative MP, Percy Gates.