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Mr William Shepherd is a former MP for Cheadle.

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Former MP for Cheadle

Entered the House of Commons on 5 July 1945 — General election

Left the House of Commons on 10 March 1966 — General election

Also represented Bucklow

Future MPs in this constituency

• Michael Winstanley
• Tom Normanton
• Stephen Day
• Patsy Calton
• Mark Hunter
• Mary Robinson
• Tom Morrison

Recent appearances

• Orders of the Day — Censorship of Plays 8 Mar 1966

  I rise to oppose the Motion. Whilst I congratulate the hon. Member for Ebbw Vale (Mr. Michael Foot) on the manner in which he moved the Motion, I cannot congratulate him on the choice of subject. The hon. Member seems fated in his Bills. The last Bill that he sought to introduce under the Ten-Minute Rule was a Bill to complain about the high price of sparking plugs, and the sparking plug was...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Science: Standard Intelligence Tests 3 Mar 1966

  asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, in view of the problems which arise when children are transferred from one education authority to another, he will seek to enforce standard intelligence tests.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Science: Standard Intelligence Tests 3 Mar 1966

  Does not the hon. Gentleman realise that they are not readily accepted and that the different bases on which these tests are made make it very difficult to accept them? Will the hon. Gentleman go further into this matter?

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