Sidney Barton
- January 20, 1986
- 76 years
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60 Seconds Life Story
Sidney James Barton was a dedicated British politician and trade unionist who left a lasting mark on London's
Sidney Barton
d. 1986
60 Seconds: Sidney Barton's Life Story
A biographical overview of the life and political career of British politician and trade unionist Sidney Barton.
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Sidney James Barton was a dedicated British politician and trade unionist who left a lasting mark on London's public service. Born in 1909, he started his professional life as a laboratory technician in Wandsworth. By 1934, he began a full-time career with the National Union of Public Employees, advocating for workers' rights. His political career flourished in the 1950s when he was elected to the London County Council, serving as its chairman in 1959. Throughout the 1960s, Barton balanced national union duties with an alderman position in the London Borough of Sutton. After decades of public life and serving on the London Transport Board, he retired in 1974. He passed away on January 20, 1986, at the age of seventy-six.
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|Sidney James Barton (5 March 1909 – 20 January 1986) was a British politician and trade unionist.
Barton grew up in Wandsworth before becoming a laboratory technician with the Metropolitan Asylums Board. He joined the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE), and began working full-time for the union in 1934. He also joined the Labour Party, and in 1945 was elected to both Surrey County Council and the Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam, serving a single term on each. In 1952, he was elected as vice-chair of the London Trades Council, eventually becoming chair in 1970.
In 1950, Barton was elected to the executive of the London Labour Party. In 1953, he was appointed to London County Council, as an alderman, and he was Chairman of London County Council in 1959/1960. He continued in his trade union post, and from 1962 served as a national officer of NUPE. In 1964, he was additionally appointed as an alderman in the new London Borough of Sutton. In November 1969, Barton was appointed a part-time member of the London Transport Board He retired from most of his posts in 1974, and left the executive of the London Labour Party in 1978.
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