John Greenwood Shipman

Dr John Greenwood Shipman (13 February 1848[1] – 20 October 1918) was an English barrister and Liberal Party politician.

He was prevented by the mob from speaking from the platform and after he had left a fight took place between his supporters and those of his Unionist opponent.

[7] Shipman did not return to the political fray in 1895 but in May 1900 he was adopted by the Liberals to fight one of the seats at Northampton, a two-member constituency in the general election of 1900.

He also announced he was in favour of continued British supremacy in South Africa[8] and was a supporter of the Liberal Imperialists, a centrist faction within the Liberal Party in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, favouring a more positive attitude towards the development of the British Empire and Imperialism.

However Labouchère had fallen out with the Northampton Liberal and Radical Association and said he wished to fight the election as an Independent.

[13] Shipman held his seat at the 1906 general election despite the intervention this time of Labour candidates, making it a three-cornered contest.

Its purpose was to involve women more greatly in many areas of local government activity such as housing the poor, running public lodging houses, managing the female side of "lunatic asylums" (sic), the prevention of cruelty to children, supervision of industrial schools, the supervision of midwives and baby farms, of homes for inebriate women, of Police Courts and court waiting rooms and other aspects of public health.

[21] The Bill eventually became law in 1907 and, inter alia, clarified that women ratepayers were able to be elected to Borough and County Councils.