The Labour candidate, Roy Mason, held the seat for his party with a reduced majority. He went on to hold a series of cabinet posts in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s.
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1953, barnsley, election, election, held, march, 1953, british, house, commons, constituency, barnsley, west, riding, yorkshire, seat, become, vacant, resignation, labour, member, parliament, sidney, schofield, represented, constituency, since, 1951, general, . The 1953 Barnsley by election was a by election held on 31 March 1953 for the British House of Commons constituency of Barnsley in the West Riding of Yorkshire The seat had become vacant on the resignation of the Labour Member of Parliament MP Sidney Schofield who had represented the constituency since the 1951 general election 1 The Labour candidate Roy Mason held the seat for his party with a reduced majority He went on to hold a series of cabinet posts in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s Votes editBarnsley by election 1953 2 Party Candidate Votes Labour Roy Mason 29 283 72 9 3 2Conservative Geoffrey Whittaker 10 905 27 1 9 8Majority 18 378 45 8 6 5Turnout 40 188Labour hold Swing 3 3See also editBarnsley UK Parliament constituency 1897 Barnsley by election 1938 Barnsley by election 2011 Barnsley Central by election List of United Kingdom by electionsReferences edit Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with B part 1 1953 By Election Results Archived from the original on 10 October 2012 Retrieved 13 August 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1953 Barnsley by election amp oldid 1210701224, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
