Arthur Lewis Shepherd (7 February 1884 – 14 April 1951) was a Labour Party politician in the

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. He was elected as the

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(MP) for Darlington at a by-election in 1926, having unsuccessfully contested the seat at the 1924 general election. He was re-elected in

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, but when Labour split at the 1931 general election as Ramsay MacDonald led the breakaway National Labour group into a

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-dominated National Government, he lost his seat to the Conservative candidate

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. He stood again in 1935, but lost again by a margin of over 10% of the votes.

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* 1884 births 1951 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub