Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead

Michael Norman Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead (born 9 October 1920) is a former British Conservative Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1960 to 1964 and from 1966 to 1992.

He was educated at Sedbergh School.

At the general election in May 1955, Shaw fought the safe Labour seat of Dewsbury, losing by over 7,000 votes. At the general election in October 1959, he contested the Labour-held marginal constituency of Brighouse and Spenborough. He lost by only 47 votes to the sitting MP Lewis John Edwards, who died the following month.

At the resulting by-election in March 1960, he won the seat with a majority of 666 votes over Labour's Colin Jackson. However, Jackson regained the seat for Labour at the general election by a majority of 922.

Shaw returned to Parliament at the 1966 general election, when he was elected for the safe Conservative constituency of Scarborough and Whitby. He held that seat until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when he was re-elected for the new Scarborough constituency. He continued to represent Scarborough until he retired at the 1992 general election, making a total of 30 years as an MP.

Michael Shaw (Maine politician)

Michael A. Shaw is an American politician from Maine. A Democrat, Shaw has been a member of the Maine House of Representatives since November 2008. He was re-elected in 2010 and 2012. Following his 2012 re-election, Shaw was appointed Chair of the Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Committee.

Shaw attended Southern Maine Community College.

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Michael Shaw (disambiguation)

Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead (born 1920) is a British politician.

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