Sir David James Shackleton (1863 – 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. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located He later became a senior civil servant. See also Bureaucrat The term civil service has two distinct meanings Branch of governmental service in which individuals are hired on the basis

Shackleton was born in Cloughfold, Rossendale. Rossendale is a local government district with Borough status He became a cotton worker at the age of nine. He rose through the ranks of the cotton weavers' union and became general secretary of the Textile Factory Workers Association. The term General Secretary (alternatively First Secretary) denotes a leader of various unions parties churches or associations

Although the textile workers had not yet joined the LRC, Shackleton was appointed its candidate for the Clitheroe by-election in 1902. Clitheroe is a town and Civil parish in the borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. Philip Snowden, who had been considered by the Independent Labour Party, withdrew from the race. Philip Snowden 1st Viscount Snowden ( July 18, 1864 – May 15, 1937) was a British politician and the first Labour See Independent Labor Party for the Political party in Burundi, Independent Labour Group for the Irish party and Labour candidates The Liberals and Conservatives also withdrew, sensing Shackleton's strong lead. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. He was thus elected unopposed. The textile workers' unions affiliated to the LRC shortly afterwards. Shackleton served as Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party for a period. In UK politics, the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP is the Parliamentary party of the Labour Party in Parliament: Labour MPs as a collective

Shackleton became chairman of the Trades Union Congress in 1906, maintaining his powerful position in the trade union movement. The Trades Union Congress (TUC is a national trade union centre, a federation of Trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade In 1910, Winston Churchill invited him to join the civil service and Shackleton left Parliament. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 See also Bureaucrat The term civil service has two distinct meanings Branch of governmental service in which individuals are hired on the basis 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.

References

• The Lancashire Giant: David Shackleton, Labour Leader and Civil Servant (2000), Ross M Martin, ISBN 0-85323-934-7