Arthur Lewis Shepherd
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Arthur Lewis Shepherd (7 February 1884 – 14 April 1951) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He was elected at the as Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington at a by-election in 1926, having usuccessfully contested the seat at the 1924 general election. He was re-elected in 1929, but when Labour split at the 1931 general election as Ramsay MacDonald led the breakaway National Labour Party into a Conservative-dominated National Government, he lost his seat to the Conservative candidate Charles Peat. He stood again in 1935, but lost again by a margin of over 10% of the votes.
[edit] References
- Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Historical list of MPs: D, part 1
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| Preceded by William Pease |
Member of Parliament for Darlington 1926–1931 |
Succeeded by Charles Peat |
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