Former Labour/Co-operative MP for Huddersfield
Barry Sheerman is a former MP for Huddersfield.
Former Labour/Co-operative MP for Huddersfield
Entered the House of Commons on 3 May 1979 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 30 May 2024 — Dissolved for election
Party was Labour/Co-operative until 11 Apr 2005; Labour until 30 Mar 2015
Also represented Huddersfield East
Barry Sheerman campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC
It is a great privilege to be able to speak today as the longest-serving Labour Member of Parliament. I made my maiden speech on 3 July 1979, and here we are heading for a 4 July general election. I have been here a darn long time—nearly always on the Back Benches, although, in the mists of time, I sat on the Front Bench for 11 years under various Labour leaders. I have had the privilege...
I agree with what the hon. Gentleman, my Select Committee colleague, has just said about the Chair of the Committee, the hon. and learned Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill). Everyone knows that he is a good friend of mine. We co-chair the all-party parliamentary group on miscarriages of justice, and he has been a brilliant champion against such miscarriages. I hope that...
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