William Simpson-Hinchliffe Explained

William Algernon Simpson-Hinchcliffe (1880 - 1963) was Conservative MP for Sowerby.

He contested the seat at a by-election in 1904 and the 1906 general election.

He won the seat in 1922, but lost it to the Liberals in 1923.^[1]

Sources

• Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918 London: Macmillan Press. p. 448. .
• Whitaker's Almanack, 1905 to 1907, 1923 and 1924 editions

Notes and References

1. ‘SIMPSON-HINCHLIFFE, William Algernon’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 24 May 2020