title: John William Sunderland
text: # John William Sunderland
  
  John William Sunderland (16 February 1896 – 24 November 1945) was an English Labour Party politician.
  
  After serving in the First World War, Sunderland became secretary of the Todmorden Weavers Association, and a member of Lancashire County Council, serving as group leader.
  
  He was elected as Member of Parliament for Preston at the July 1945 general election, defeating Randolph Churchill and Edward Cobb, but four months later he died suddenly at Barrow, near Whalley, Lancashire, while visiting a children's school, aged 49.
  
  