Rennie Smith (14 April 1888 – 25 May 1962) was a
Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as a
Member of Parliament
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(MP) from 1924 to 1931.
At the
1924 general election he was elected as MP for
Penistone
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in
Yorkshire
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, defeating the sitting
Liberal
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MP
William Pringle, against whom Smith had stood unsuccessfully in
1923.
Smith held the seat in
1929
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, but was defeated at the
1931 general election as Labour's vote collapsed following the party's split over Prime Minister
Ramsay MacDonald's formation of a
National Government. He did not stand for
parliament
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again.
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1888 births
1962 deaths
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
UK MPs 1924–1929
UK MPs 1929–1931
Politics of Penistone
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