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

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

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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