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Barry Sheerman

Labour/Co-operative MP for Huddersfield

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10th June 2020 onwards

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Barry Sheerman’s voting in Parliament

Barry Sheerman is a Labour/Co-operative MP, and on the vast majority of issues votes the same way as other Labour/Co-operative MPs.

However, Barry Sheerman sometimes differs from their party colleagues, such as:

We have lots more plain English analysis of Barry Sheerman’s voting record on issues like health, welfare, taxation and more. Visit Barry Sheerman’s full vote analysis page for more.

Barry Sheerman has never rebelled against their party in the current parliament. Find out more.

Recent appearances

  • Justice: Joint Enterprise: Under-18s 28 Mar 2023

    If he will make an estimate of the number of people under the age of 18 serving custodial sentences who were convicted under joint enterprise.

  • Justice: Joint Enterprise: Under-18s 28 Mar 2023

    The campaign group JENGbA—Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association—estimates that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of young people under 18 in prison under parasitic accessorial liability, a novel form of joint enterprise that was supposedly overturned in 2016. People convicted under PAL have no true route to appeal because of the high bar used by the Court of Appeal. Will the...

  • Justice: Topical Questions 28 Mar 2023

    Has the Secretary of State seen “The Gold”, the gripping but disturbing BBC series about the Brink’s-Mat robbery? If he has, does he feel that justice has been served? Is there any more justice to come?

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Labour/Co-operative MP for Huddersfield

Entered the House of Commons on 3 May 1979 — General election

Party was Labour/Co-operative until 11 Apr 2005; Labour until 30 Mar 2015

Also represented Huddersfield East

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Topics of interest

Barry Sheerman campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

  • Department for Education
  • Department of Health and Social Care
  • Department for Environment
  • Food and Rural Affairs
  • Department for Transport
  • Health
  • Free Schools
  • Offences against Children
  • Accountancy
  • Home Education
  • Serco

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (11 May 2020 to 16 Jan 2021)
  • Chair, Children, Schools and Families Committee (12 Nov 2007 to 6 May 2010)
  • Chair, Children, Schools and Families Committee (12 Nov 2007 to 6 May 2010)
  • Member, Children, Schools and Families Committee (9 Nov 2007 to 12 Nov 2007)
  • Member, Education & Skills Committee (5 Nov 2007 to 8 Nov 2007)
  • Chair, Education & Skills Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 5 Nov 2007)
  • Chair, Education & Skills Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 5 Nov 2007)
  • Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (21 Dec 1999 to 6 May 2010)
  • Chair, Education Sub-committee (1 Dec 1999 to 11 May 2001)
  • Member, Education Sub-committee (30 Nov 1999 to 1 Dec 1999)
  • Shadow Spokesperson (Disabled Peoples' Rights) (1 Jun 1992 to 1 Jun 1994)
  • Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs) (1 Jun 1988 to 1 Jun 1992)
  • Shadow Spokesperson (Education and Employment) (1 Jun 1983 to 1 Jun 1988)
  • Member, Public Accounts Committee (14 Apr 1981 to 8 Dec 1983)

Previous MPs in this constituency

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 20 Mar 2023.

1. Employment and earnings
From 7 May 2020, Chair of the Westminster Commission on Road Air Quality, a limited by guarantee social enterprise. This was an unpaid role until 6 February 2023. Payments are received from CMS SupaTrak, Welton Rd, Swindon SN5 7XP. (Registered 02 March 2021; updated 06 February 2023)
6 February 2023, payment of £3,200. Hours: 15 hrs. Fee paid direct to charities. (Registered 06 February 2023)
Payments from Ipsos MORI, 3 Thomas More Square, London E1W 1YW, for surveys:
12 January 2023, received £225. Hours: 2.5 hrs. Fee paid direct to charity. (Registered 16 January 2023)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: CMS Supatrak Ltd
Address of donor: Unit 1200, Delta Office Park, Swindon SN5 7XZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £218.66 reimbursed on 21 November 2022 for return flights to the OWL Roadshow Northern Ireland (London City to Belfast George Best) on 12 and 14 October 2022. Flights not used due to a change in House business.
Date received: 21 November 2022
Date accepted: 21 November 2022
Donor status: company, registration 02836006
(Registered 24 November 2022)
Name of donor: CMS Supatrak Ltd
Address of donor: Unit 1200, Delta Office Park, Swindon SN5 7XZ
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £92.88 reimbursed on 21 November 2022 for train travel to the OWL Roadshow North (London Kings Cross - Harrogate, Harrogate - Huddersfield) on 16 and 17 November 2022
Date received: 21 November 2022
Date accepted: 21 November 2022
Donor status: company, registration 02836006
(Registered 24 November 2022)
6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
Small one-bedroom flat in London: (i).
8. Miscellaneous
From 9 July 2021, President of the Parliamentary Advisory Committee for Transport Safety (PACTS). Prior to 9 July 2021, I was the Chair of Trustees. This is an unpaid role. (Updated 29 November 2021)
23 November 2020, Chair of Thames Renaissance Ltd, an independent body which gathers data in order to inform more effective and constructive use of the River Thames. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 02 March 2021)
From 1 August 2015, Chair (currently unpaid) of Optimised Waste Logistics Group (OWL), which is managed by CMS SupaTrak Ltd, Delta 1200, Welton Road, Swindon, SN5 7XZ. (Registered 18 May 2016; updated 27 May 2016 and 11 March 2021)
From 25 October 1995, Chair of Policy Connect, a cross-party think tank focusing on education, industry, sustainability and health. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 23 November 2021)
From 24 August 2007, Chair of the John Clare Trust, which runs John Clare Cottage, preserving it and the poet’s works for future generations. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 23 November 2021)
From 2 January 2015, Director of the Fairlife Foundation, a registered charity focused on improving financial products and promoting financial education. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 23 November 2021)
On 16 November 2022, I accepted hotel accommodation from VISIE Communications for two nights at the Majestic Hotel Harrogate during the OWL Roadshow North, value £190. (Registered 24 November 2022)
From 6 February 2023, sole Director the of Sheerman Foundation Limited, a company limited by guarantee set up for the purposes of supporting environmental causes, sustainable development and the relief of poverty. (Registered 06 February 2023)

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