1467 John Shipman

Constituency : Northampton  1900-10

John  recaptured  the  second  Northampton  seat  from  the  Tories. He  issued  his  election  address  separately  from  Henry  Labouchere  who  was  threatening  to  stand  as  an  independent  but  in  the end  he  patched  up  his  differences  with  the  Liberals.

John  was  educated  at  Hurstlepoint  College  and  Oxford. He  became  a  barrister. He  stood  for  Gravesend  in  1892  where  a  mob  disrupted  his  final  meeting.

John  declared  himself  a  Radical  and  Home  Ruler  but  he  was  also  a  Liberal  Imperialist.

John  was  a  strong  supporter  of  female  suffrage. He  sponsored  the  Local  Authorities  ( Qualification  of  Women ) Bill  in  1905  but  could  not  get  an  assurance  from  Campbell-Bannerman  that  government  time  would  be  made  available  for  it.  In  1907  he  moved  an  amendment  to  the  Qualification  of  Women  ( County  and  Borough  Councils )

John  incurred  the  wrath  of  Labour  supporters  by  voting  against  the  Unemployed  Workmen's  Bill  in  1908.

In  1909  John  announced  he  would  not  stand  again  for  health  reasons.

He  died  in  1918  aged  70.