David Shackleton

Sir David James Shackleton KCB (21 November 1863 – 1 August 1938) was a cotton worker and trade unionist who became the third Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom, following the formation of the Labour Representation Committee.

He rose through the ranks of the cotton weavers' union and became general secretary of the Textile Factory Workers Association.

Although the textile workers had not yet joined the LRC, Shackleton was appointed its candidate for the Clitheroe by-election in 1902.

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 and is considered the first man from a working-class background to rise to such a senior position.