Arthur Richardson (politician)

Richardson was elected at the 1906 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham South,^[6][7] defeating the sitting Unionist MP Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck.^[3] Although described as Liberal–Labour, he was not a trade union-sponsored MP, and as such not required to join the Labour Party in 1910.

Richardson held the seat until the January 1910 election, when he was defeated by Cavendish-Bentinck. He was unsuccessful when he stood again in December 1910.^[3] He returned to Parliament of the United Kingdom seven years later, when he was elected unopposed as MP for Rotherham at a by-election in February 1917 after the Liberal MP Jack Pease was elevated to the peerage.^[8] He held that seat until the 1918 general election,^[2] when he stood unsuccessfully as a Liberal Party candidate in Nottingham West.^[9] He then contested the next three general elections in the Melton division of Leicestershire. After a clear defeat by the sitting Conservative Party MP Sir Charles Yate in 1922, he lost to Yate by only 44 votes in 1923, but by over 5,000 votes in 1924.^[10]

Arthur Richardson died on 27 June 1936 in Edwalton, Nottingham.^[1][4]

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Arthur Richardson

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