George William Shield (24 March 1876 – 1 December 1935) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Coanwood,

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, Shield became a

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before winning election as a

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. A supporter of the Labour Party, he was elected to

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, and also served as a

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. At the 1922 general election, he stood unsuccessfully in the

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-held Hexham constituency in

; finishing in third place with a 24% share of the vote. Shield did not stand again until 1929, when he was elected as

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for the Wansbeck constituency at a by-election on 13 February, and returned at the 1929 general election. He was defeated at the 1931 general election by the Conservative candidate Bernard Cruddas, and did not stand again.

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* * 1876 births 1935 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Miners' Federation of Great Britain-sponsored MPs UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub