Enoch Overton
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Enoch Overton (born 1864) was a
trade unionist
.
Born in
Board of Guardians, and in 1919 was appointed as a magistrate.[1]
In 1919, Overton was elected as vice-president of the Derbyshire Miners' Association (DMA).[1] The union nominated him as a Labour Party candidate for both the Clay Cross and North East Derbyshire constituencies at the 1922 general election, but he refused to stand in either seat.[2] He succeeded William Sewell as president in 1925, serving until his retirement at the end of 1938.[1]