A lokacin yakin, Wilson ya nemi kujerar da zai yi yaƙi a babban zaben da ke gabatowa. An zaɓe shi don mazabar Ormskirk, wanda Stephen King-Hall ya gudanar. Wilson ya yarda a karbe shi a matsayin ɗan takara nan da nan maimakon jinkirta har sai an kira zaben, kuma saboda haka an tilasta masa yin murabus daga matsayinsa a cikin Ma'aikatar Gwamnati. Ya yi aiki a matsayin Praelector a fannin Tattalin Arziki a Kwalejin Jami'a tsakanin murabus dinsa da zaɓensa zuwa Majalisar Commons. Ya kuma yi amfani da wannan lokacin don rubuta A New Deal for Coal, wanda ya yi amfani da kwarewarsa ta yaƙi don yin jayayya game da al'ummar ma'adinan kwal saboda ingantaccen aikin da ya yi hasashen zai biyo baya. Tambaya: Wanene ya gudanar da mazabar Ormskirk a lokacin?
Stephen King-Hall