Sydney Tierney (16 September 1923 – 6 March 2010) was a British Labour Party politician and former President of the

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(USDAW).

Union career

Tierney joined one of the forerunners of USDAW in 1938 whilst working as a milkman in Rotherham.Network March/April 2010
, pg.27 In 1953 he was appointed a collector/canvasser based in Sheffield, 4 years later becoming an area organiser for the Midlands division, based in Leicester. In 1977 he was elected USDAW President and after losing his parliamentary seat returned to work as a national officer for USDAW with responsibilities for SATA membership and the insurance section.

Labour Party

Tierney was

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for the marginal

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seat from

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until his defeat at 1979 general election by the

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. He also served as a councillor and Labour NEC member and chaired the party for a year.

References

*''Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979'' *

External links

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Obituary in Network magazine
1923 births 2010 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 Chairs of the Labour Party (UK) {{England-Labour-UK-MP-stub