William Sanders (politician)

Captain William Stephen Sanders CBE[1] (2 January 1871 – 6 February 1941) was a British Labour Party politician.

For politicians of a similar name, see William Saunders.

Sanders

Sanders married Beatrice Martin, who later became a prominent suffragette.[2]

Sanders unsuccessfully contested Portsmouth in 1906 and in January 1910. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Battersea North at the 1929 general election and served as Financial Secretary to the War Office from 1930 to 1931, but lost his seat in 1931. 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[3] by accepting the post of Steward of the Manor of Northstead,[4] a notional office-of-profit under the crown.

References
  1. "No. 33680". The London Gazette. 13 January 1931. p. 299.
  2. "Suffragist salaries". The Times. 12 June 1913.
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 3. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  4. Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Shapurji Saklatvala		 Member of Parliament for Battersea North
1929 – 1931		 Succeeded by
Arthur Marsden
Preceded by
Arthur Marsden		 Member of Parliament for Battersea North
1935 – 1940		 Succeeded by
Francis Douglas
Party political offices
Preceded by
Edward R. Pease		 General Secretary of the Fabian Society
1913 – 1920		 Succeeded by
Frank Wallace Galton
Political offices
Preceded by
Manny Shinwell		 Financial Secretary to the War Office
5 June 1930 – 3 September 1931		 Succeeded by
Duff Cooper


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