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Horace Nobbs (born 1880) was a British trade unionist and political activist.

Born in Norwich, Nobbs joined the Post Office and became active in the Postal and Telegraph Clerks' Association (PTCA), working for it full-time in Manchester from 1911. He also became a supporter of syndicalism, and in 1914 he persuaded the union to back his motion, which called for the Post Office to come under workers' control.^[1] In 1918, he became the union's national organising secretary, then in 1919 briefly served as its treasurer.^[2]

Nobbs was active in the Labour Party, for which he stood in Heywood and Radcliffe at the 1918 UK general election, with the sponsorship of the union; he took 32.4% of the vote and second place.^[2]^[3] He was expected to stand in the Heywood and Radcliffe by-election, 1921, but withdrew on the instruction of the union, and the election was won by his replacement, Walter Halls.^[4]

In 1919, Nobbs became part of the Union of Post Office Workers, with Nobbs becoming its national organising secretary. In this role, he was responsible for membership, the co-ordination of the district organisers, and for members' education. He was also active in the Workers' Educational Association.^[5]

References

1. ^{{cite news |title=Postal workers and syndicalism |work=Manchester Guardian |date=16 April 1914}}
2. ^¹{{cite book |title=The Labour Who's Who |date=1927 |publisher=Labour Publishing Company |location=London |page=159}}
3. ^{{cite book|last1=Craig|first1=F. W. S.|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949|date=1983|publisher=Parliamentary Research Services|location=Chichester|isbn=0-900178-06-X|edition=3|page=352}}
4. ^{{cite journal |journal=Annual Report of the Labour Party |date=1921 |page=42}}
5. ^{{cite news |last1=Suthers |first1=R. B. |title=Union of Post Office Workers |work=The Labour Magazine |date=1932 |volume=11}}