Constituency : Newcastle under Lyme 1892-1900, Burslem 1931-5 ( National Liberal )
William was the son of the former MP for the constituency William Allen who was now a politician in New Zealand. He was only 22 when first elected, unseating the Liberal Unionist Douglas Coghill.
William supported the Eight Hour Day and temperance reform..
William was defeated in 1900 perhaps because he was away on active service in the Boer War at the time. He rose to captain in the Special Corps of Imperial Yeomanry.
William then stood aloof from politics for nearly a quarter of a century until 1924 when he stood as a Constitutionalist in Burslem and was narrowly defeated. He didn't stand in 1929 but in 1931 took the seat as one of John Simon's National Liberals, a parliamentary comeback after a gap of 31 years. This is a record.
William never spoke during his second Commons stint.
William was defeated in 1935 and didn't stand again.
He died in 1945 aged 75.
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