Marking 100 Years since Darlington’s first Labour MP was elected
“The Socialist supporters went frantic at their victory, and for the next hour or two they made noise enough for 40 victories,” said the Conservative-supporting Darlington & Stockton Times. Arthur Shepherd, Darlington’s first Labour MP The new MP was Arthur Shepherd, the headmaster of the Quaker primary school at Reeth who motored into Darlington every…