Sidney Schofield (22 March 1911 – 4 December 1992) was aLabour Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as amember of parliament (MP) for little over a year.
Born inPontefract, Schofield was elected MP forBarnsley at the1951 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 with a 28,227 majority;[1] polling day was delayed to 8 November.
Schofield resigned his seat less than two years later, on 21 January 1953, "because he did not like Westminster".[1] and at theresulting by-election on 31 March, the future cabinet ministerRoy Mason was elected as his replacement, who in contrast served 34 years representing Barnsley. Schofield died inBarnsley in 1992 aged 81.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forBarnsley 1951–1953 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | General Secretary of theYorkshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers 1964–1973 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Vice President of theNational Union of Mineworkers 1969–1972 | Succeeded by |
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