Career
In 1924 he was chosen to contest the parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Yardley for the Labour Party. He failed to unseat the sitting Coalition Conservative Member of Parliament, Alfred Jephcott, who retained the seat with a majority of nearly 2,000 votes. At the next general election, five years later, Gossling was again chosen as Labour candidate.
Gossling benefited from a large rise in support for Labour and the presence of the third candidate.
He was elected to the Commons with a majority of 4,366 votes over Salt, while Beaumont secured 5,500 votes. Two years later another election was held.
This followed the collapse of the Labour administration and the formation of a National Government, and Labour"s vote dropped sharply. Gossling was heavily defeated, with Salt winning the seat for the government by a majority of more than 15,000 votes.