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Mr William Gillis is a former MP for Penistone.

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Former MP for Penistone

Entered the House of Commons on 5 March 1921 — unknown

Left the House of Commons on 26 October 1922 — General election

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Sydney Arnold

Future MPs in this constituency

• William Pringle
• Rennie Smith
• Clifford Glossop
• Henry McGhee
• John Mendelson
• Allen McKay

Recent appearances

• Oral Answers to Questions — British Army.: Remand Prisoners, Sheffield. 26 Jul 1922

  84. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is in a position to state the result of his inquiries into the case of persons who are brought before the Sheffield Bench and remanded without bail having to be sent to the prisons at Leeds, Lincoln, Derby, etc., on account of the lack of proper cell accommodation in Sheffield; and whether he will now take whatever action is...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Naval and Military Pensions and Grants.: Cell Accommodation (Sheffield). 12 Jul 1922

  69. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that persons brought before the Sheffield Bench and remanded without bail have to be sent to the prisons at Leeds, Lincoln, Derby, etc., on account of the lack of proper cell accommodation in Sheffield; and that cases have occurred where the prisoner has been brought back and immediately placed in the dock for trial without any opportunity...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Naval and Military Pensions and Grants.: Conviction (Ernest Hill), Sheffield. 12 Jul 1922

  70. asked the Home Secretary whether he has given consideration to the case of Ernest Hill, a boilermaker, who was sentenced to a term of three months' imprisonment by the Sheffield magistrates for an offence alleged to have been committed by him on the occasion of a demonstration by pickets in connection with the recent engineering dispute; whether he has caused inquiry to be made into the...

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