Elizabeth Shields

Elizabeth Lois Shields (née Teare; born 27 February 1928) is a British politician.[1][2]

Elizabeth Shields
Shields at the 1987 Liberal Party Assembly
Member of Parliament
for Ryedale
In office
8 May 1986 – 11 June 1987
Preceded byJohn Spence
Succeeded byJohn Greenway
Majority4,940 (in 1986)
Personal details
Born (1928-02-27) 27 February 1928
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal Democrats
Other political
affiliations		Liberal (1980–1988)
Alma materUniversity of York

Biography

Shields studied at the University of York and became a teacher and lecturer. She served as a councillor on Ryedale District Council from 1980 to 2019 for Norton (later Norton East).[3][4]

Shields contested Howden in 1979 and Ryedale in 1983. Following the death of Ryedale's Conservative MP John Spence in 1986, Shields achieved victory in the Ryedale by-election of 1986, becoming the constituency's first Liberal MP, as part of the Alliance electoral pact between the Liberals and the Social Democrats. However, it was a short-lived success, as the Conservative John Greenway regained Ryedale at the 1987 general election.[5] Shields stood for Ryedale again in 1992, this time for the Liberal Democrats, who were the successors to the Liberal Party. The Conservatives, however, increased their majority.[6]

After previously serving as the Group Leader of the Liberal Democrats on the District Council, she lost her seat to the Conservatives in the 2019 local elections.[7] During 1989–1990 she held the office of Chairman of the District Council.

References
  • Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1992
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
  • Thirsk and Malton Liberal Democrats Executive Committee minutes 2007.
  • Ryedale District Council - Website
Specific
  1. "Parliamentary career for Mrs Elizabeth Shields - MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. "Mrs Elizabeth Shields". Hansard. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. "Norton East Ward". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. "ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS FOR THE NORTON EAST DISTRICT WARD" (PDF). Ryedale District Council. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. "Parliamentary career for Mrs Elizabeth Shields - MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  6. "Parliamentary career for Mrs Elizabeth Shields - MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  7. "ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS FOR THE NORTON EAST DISTRICT WARD" (PDF). Ryedale District Council. Retrieved 14 May 2021.

Further reading

A Year to Remember: Elizabeth Shields, Liberal Democrat Publications, Dorchester, 1995

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