Norman Pentland

Norman Pentland (9 September 1912 – 28 October 1972) was a British Labour Member of Parliament.

Pentland was educated at Fatfield County School, then in 1926 became a miner, based at the Harraton Colliery. In 1949, he was elected as a checkweighman, and by this time, he was heavily involved in the Durham Area of the National Union of Mineworkers, and the local Labour Party.[1]

Pentland served on Chester-le-Street Rural District Council, and was its chair in 1952/53. Also in 1952, he was elected to the executive committee of the Durham Miners. He won a seat in Parliament at the 1956 Chester-le-Street by-election, and held ministerial office as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions from 1964 to 1966, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Security from 1966 to 1968, Under-Secretary of State for Social Services from 1968 to 1969, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications from 1969 until 1970.[1]

In both 1971 and 1972, Pentland stood unsuccessfully to become Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party. He died in October 1972, aged 60.[1]