William Mackinder

William Mackinder (28 April 1880 – 8 September 1930)^[1] was a British Labour Party politician.

At the 1923 general election Mackinder was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley in the West Riding of Yorkshire,^[2] winning the seat from the Liberal Party on his second attempt, after unsuccessfully contesting the seat in 1922.^[2] He was re-elected in 1924 and 1929, and had held the seat for seven years when he died at the age of 50 in September 1930.^[1] The resulting by-election for his seat was won by the Conservative Party candidate, James Lockwood.

References

^ ^a ^b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
^ ^a ^b Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 525. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Norman Rae	Member of Parliament for Shipley 1923 – 1930	Succeeded by James Lockwood