James Kidd

James Kidd (11 March 1872 – 2 March 1928) was a British solicitor and Unionist Party politician in Scotland. He sat in the House of Commons from 1918 to 1922, and from 1924 until his death in 1928.

Biography Educated at Carriden Public School and Edinburgh University, Kidd was a solicitor by profession who practiced at Linlithgow. He was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament MP for Linlithgowshire, standing as a Coalition Unionist, that is a supporter of David Lloyd George's Coalition Government. He was defeated at the 1922 general election by the Labour Party candidate Manny Shinwell.