Greenwood, Arthur (1880–1954)

British Labour politican. A wartime member of Lloyd George's secretariat, he was member of Parliament for Nelson and Colne 1922–31, and for Wakefield 1932–54. He became deputy leader of the parliamentary Labour Party in 1935, showing himself an outspoken critic of ‘appeasement’. In 1945 he was minister without portfolio, and in 1945 became Lord Privy Seal, resigning from the government in 1947. He remained treasurer of the Labour Party and became chair of the Labour Party's national executive in 1953.

Born in Leeds and educated at the university there, he supported the Leeds Municipal Strike in 1913. His son, Anthony Greenwood (1911–82) was also a Labour MP, entering parliament in 1946.