Elizabeth Lois Shields (née Teare; born 27 February 1928) is a

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. Shields studied at the

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and became a teacher and lecturer. She served as a councillor on

Ryedale Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district in North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Vale of Pickering, a low-lying flat area of land drained by the River Derwent. The Vale's landscape is rural with scattered villages and towns. It has been inha ...

District Council from 1980 to 2019 for Norton (later Norton East). Shields contested

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in 1979 and

in 1983. Following the death of Ryedale's

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MP John Spence in 1986, Shields achieved victory in the Ryedale by-election of 1986, becoming the constituency's first

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MP, as part of the

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electoral pact between the Liberals and the

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. However, it was a short-lived success, as the Conservative John Greenway regained Ryedale at the 1987 general election. Shields stood for Ryedale again in 1992, this time for the Liberal Democrats, who were the successors to the Liberal Party. However, the Conservatives increased their majority. 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. During 1989–1990 she held the office of Chairman of the District Council. Shields is currently the local Party President of

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Liberal Democrats.

References

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons'', 1992 * *''Thirsk and Malton Liberal Democrats Executive Committee minutes 2007.'' *''Ryedale District Council - Website'' ;Specific

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Councillor.info personal site
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