William Stanley Shepherd (12 March 1910 – 11 October 2002) was a British Conservative politician.
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Shepherd was educated at Crewe and worked as a manufacturing chemist and company director and director of the ManchesterChamber of Commerce. He served with the army in France, Belgium and the Netherlands during World War II, reaching the rank of Lieutenant.
In Parliament, Shepherd served as a senior member of the Conservative Parliamentary Committee on Trade and Industry and wrote extensively on industrial and social matters.
He also spoke out against reform of anti-homosexual laws, once stating "The proper way to look at homosexuality is to regard it not as something separate but as something to which any of us can succumb if the circumstances of our lives or the weakness of our outlook make us susceptible."
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