William Hirst (1873 – 5 May 1946)[1] was a British Labour and Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bradford South from 1924 to 1931.
[2] He won the seat on his fourth attempt, at the 1924 general election, defeating the sitting Liberal MP Herbert Harvey Spencer.
[2] However, at the 1931 general election, the Labour Party had split over Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald's decision to form a National government with the support of both the Conservative and Liberal parties, and Hirst was opposed in Bradford only by a Liberal candidate, the Conservatives having stepped aside.
[2] Hirts's seventh and final candidacy was at the 1935 general election, when he was defeated again, although he halved the Liberal majority to 16.8%.
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