Captain William Stephen Sanders (2 January 1871 – 6 February 1941) was a British Labour Party politician. Sanders married Beatrice Martin, who later became a prominent suffragette. Sanders unsuccessfully contested

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and in January 1910. He was elected

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(MP) for Battersea North at the 1929 general election and served as

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from 1930 to 1931, but lost his seat in

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. He was re-elected for Battersea North at the 1935 general election, and held the seat until his resignation from the House of Commons in 1940 by accepting the post of

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, a notional office-of-profit under the crown.

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* 1871 births 1941 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1935–1945 Members of London County Council Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Members of the Fabian Society General Secretaries of the Fabian Society {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub