William Carter (12 August 1867 – 18 August 1940) was a British Labour Party politician. Having started work as a boy in a coal mine, Carter later worked on the railways, becoming an official in the

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. Carter was a

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for the

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, and a member of

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, serving as Mayor of St Pancras in 1919–20. He also sat as a member of the

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. He unsuccessfully contested the Leyton East constituency at the 1918 general election, and next stood for

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at the 1929 general election, when he was elected as

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(MP) for St Pancras South West. He was defeated at the 1931 general election and did not stand again.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Wiliam 1867 births 1940 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Mayors of places in Greater London Members of St Pancras Metropolitan Borough Council UK MPs 1929–1931