The Rt Hon Lord Mason of Barnsley, PC

Foretitle(s): Baron (Life Peer UK 1987), of Barnsley in the County of South Yorkshire;
Surname: MASON OF BARNSLEY
Style: The Rt Hon Lord Mason of Barnsley, PC

Career: former coal miner 1938-53; MP (Lab) Barnsley 1953-83, Barnsley Central 1983-87; oppn spokesman Def and Post Office 1960-64; min of state BOT 1964-67; min Def Equipment 1967-68, postmaster-gen 1968, min Power 1968-69; pres BOT 1969-70; oppn spokesman Civil Aviation Shipping Tourism Films & Trade 1970-74; sec of state: Def 1974-76, NI 1976-79; oppn spokesman Agric Fish & Food 1979-; former NUM official; chm: Yorks Gp Labour MPs, Miners Gp of Labour MPs, Prince's Youth Business Tst of S Yorks 1985-, Barnsley Business and Innovation Centre; originator and convenor of Lords and Commons Fly Fishing Club 1983, originator and pres Lords and Commons Pipe and Cigar Club 1985; DUniv Hallam Univ Sheffield 1993, Hon DCL Univ of Northumbria 2005