Arthur Lewis Shepherd

Arthur Lewis Shepherd

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.

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*cite book |last=Craig |first=F. W. S. |authorlink= F. W. S. Craig |title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 |origyear=1969 |edition= 3rd edition |year=1983 |publisher= Parliamentary Research Services |location=Chichester |id= ISBN 0-900178-06-X
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/dcommons1.htm Historical list of MPs: D, part 1]


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