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[[File:David Shackleton.JPG|thumb|right|David Shackleton in the mid-1900s]]<br />
[[File:Labour Representation Committee leaders 1906.jpg|thumb|Shackleton (on right) in 1906, with other leading figures in the party]]<br />
'''Sir David James Shackleton''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} (21 November 1863 – 1 August 1938) was a cotton worker and trade unionist who became the third [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament]] in the [[United Kingdom]], following the formation of the [[British Labour Party#Labour Representation Committee (1900–1906)|Labour Representation Committee]]. He later became a senior [[civil servant]].<br />
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Shackleton was born in [[Cloughfold]] near [[Rawtenstall]], [[Lancashire]]. He became a cotton worker at the age of nine. He rose through the ranks of the cotton weavers' union and became [[general secretary]] of the Textile Factory Workers Association. He was a member of the [[Darwen]] Town Council, and member of the [[Blackburn]] Chamber of Commerce.<br />
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Although the textile workers had not yet joined the LRC, Shackleton was appointed its candidate for the [[Clitheroe by-election in 1902]]. [[Philip Snowden]], who had been considered by the [[Independent Labour Party]], withdrew from the race. The [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberals]] and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] also withdrew, sensing Shackleton's strong lead. He was thus elected unopposed on 1 August 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Election intelligence |date=2 August 1902 |page=10 |issue=36836}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27461|page=5037|date=5 August 1902}}</ref> The textile workers' unions affiliated to the LRC shortly afterwards. Shackleton served as Chairman of the [[Parliamentary Labour Party]] for a period.<br />
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Shackleton became chairman of the [[Trades Union Congress]] in 1906, maintaining his powerful position in the trade union movement. In 1910, [[Winston Churchill]] invited him to join the [[civil service]] and Shackleton left Parliament. He quickly rose to the rank of [[permanent secretary]] in the new [[Ministry of Labour (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Labour]] and is considered the first man from a working-class background to rise to such a senior position.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==Source==<br />
*''The Lancashire Giant: David Shackleton, Labour Leader and Civil Servant'' (2000), Ross M Martin, {{ISBN|0-85323-934-7}}<br />
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