The Barnsley by-election, 1953 was a by-election held on 31st March 1953 for the British House of Commons constituency of Barnsley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The seat had become vacant on the resignation of the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Sidney Schofield, who had represented the constituency since the 1951 general election.
The Labour candidate, Roy Mason, held the seat for his party with a slightly reduced majority. He went on to hold a series of Cabinet posts in the Labour governments of the 1960s and 1970s.
| Barnsley by-election, 1953 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Roy Mason | 29,283 | 72.9 | +3.2 | |
| Conservative | G. Whittaker | 10,905 | 27.1 | +9.8 | |
| Majority | 18,378 | 45.7 | −6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 40,188 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | −3.3 | |||
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