Sidney Schofield
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Sidney Schofield was a Labour Party
politician in the United Kingdom
who served as a Member of Parliament
(MP) for little over a year.
Born in Pontefract
, Schofield was elected MP for Barnsley
at the 1951 general election
. The incumbent, Frank Collindridge
, had died during the campaign for that election, and Schofield was selected as the Labour candidate in his place; polling day was delayed to 8 November.
Schofield resigned his seat less than two years later, on 21 January 1953, and at the resulting by-election
on 31 March, the future cabinet minister Roy Mason
was elected as his replacement. Schofield died in Barnsley
in 1992 aged 81.
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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who served as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for little over a year.
Born in Pontefract
Pontefract
Pontefract is an historic market town in West Yorkshire, England. Traditionally in the West Riding, near the A1 , the M62 motorway and Castleford. It is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of 28,250...
, Schofield was elected MP for Barnsley
Barnsley (UK Parliament constituency)
Barnsley was a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Barnsley in England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.-History:...
at the 1951 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1951
The 1951 United Kingdom general election was held eighteen months after the 1950 general election, which the Labour Party had won with a slim majority of just five seats...
. The incumbent, Frank Collindridge
Frank Collindridge
Frank Collindridge was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Born in Barnsley, Collindridge was elected as Member of Parliament for Barnsley at a by-election in 1938, and represented the constituency until he died during the campaign for the 1951 general election in Barnsley aged 60.In...
, had died during the campaign for that election, and Schofield was selected as the Labour candidate in his place; polling day was delayed to 8 November.
Schofield resigned his seat less than two years later, on 21 January 1953, and at the resulting by-election
Barnsley by-election, 1953
The Barnsley by-election, 1953 was a by-election held on 31st March 1953 for the British House of Commons constituency of Barnsley in the West Riding of Yorkshire....
on 31 March, the future cabinet minister Roy Mason
Roy Mason
Roy Mason, Baron Mason of Barnsley, PC is a British Labour politician and former Cabinet minister.He was born in Royston, and grew up in Carlton, Barnsley in South Yorkshire...
was elected as his replacement. Schofield died in Barnsley
Barnsley
Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, north of the city of Sheffield, south of Leeds and west of Doncaster. Barnsley is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, of which Barnsley is the largest and...
in 1992 aged 81.