Constituency : Holmfirth 1912-18, Penistone 1918-21
Sydney took over from Henry Wilson at Holmfirth.
Sydney was educated at Manchester Grammar School .He contested Holderness in December 1910.
In 1914 Sydney was appointed as PPS to Jack Pease at Education. He later became PPS to Edwin Montagu at the Treasury.
Sydney supported a capital levy and the nationalisation of mines and railways.
Sydney served in World War One as a captain.
Sydney switched to Penistone when his constituency was abolished and saw off a couponed Conservative.
Sydney resigned his seat on health grounds in 1921.
Sydney joined the Labour party in 1922. In 1924 he was created Baron Arnold. He was Under Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1924 and Paymaster General in 1929-31. In the late thirties he was part of the Parliamentary Pacifist Group. He resigned from Labour in 1938 due to disagreements over foreign policy. He supported appeasement policies.
He died in 1945 aged 67.
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