Barry Sheerman
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 84 |
Date of birth | August 17,1940 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Sunbury-on-Thames |
United Kingdom | |
Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
Spouse | Pamela Elizabeth Brenchley |
Job | Teacher |
Politician | |
Education | London School of Economics and Political Science |
University of London | |
Official site | members.parliament.uk |
Party | Co-operative Party |
Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 1983 |
Children | Madlin Sadler |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 444767 |
Young People Not in Education, Employment Or Training
Looked-After Children: Third Report of Session 2008-2009
Children Under the Radar: Oral Evidence, Wednesday 6 February 2008, Dr Jo Aldridge, Kathy Evans and John Reacroft
Department for Education and Skills: The Next Four Years
Dfee Funding: Dfee Departmental Report
Sure Start children's centres: fifth report of session 2009-10, Vol. 2: Oral and written evidence
Visit to USA: Raising Educational Standards and the Role of the Private Sector
Sure Start children's centres: fifth report of session 2009-10, Vol. 1: Report, together with formal minutes
From Baker to Balls: The Foundations of the Education System, Ninth Report of Session 2009-10, Report, Together with Formal Minutes and Oral Evidence
Teaching Unions
School Meals
Training of children and families social workers: seventh report of session 2008-09, Vol. 2: Oral and written evidence
Training of children and families social workers: seventh report of session 2008-09, Vol. 1: Report, together with formal minutes
Madlin Sadler
Barry Sheerman Life story
Barry John Sheerman is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Huddersfield, previously Huddersfield East, since 1979. He is also Labour's longest continuously serving MP in the current parliament; only Margaret Beckett has longer total service.
Barry Sheerman: Longest-serving Labour MP to step down
... Barry Sheerman, 81, who has been Labour MP for Huddersfield since 1979, said it had been " the honour of my life"...
Coronavirus: 'outbreak' reports in Leicester and Cleckheaton
... Huddersfield Labour MP Barry Sheerman, said the cases were apparently linked to a meat-processing plant in Cleckheaton...
Iran regime 'at a crossroads', warns Raab
... During the debate in the house of Commons earlier, Labour MP Barry Sheerman Minister asked the foreign whether or not he will support me to speak of the sending of the religious leaders in Iran, to help on a level of faith , to the reduction of tensions...
Labour to back early general election
... His fellow backbench MP, Barry Sheerman, tweeted that it was sheer madness to hold a December election on Boris Johnson s agenda ...
Supreme Court ruling: Pictures from day of drama
... Labour MP Barry Sheerman was furious with Mr Cox, saying: To come here with his barrister s bluster, to obfuscate the truth, and for a man like him, for a party like this and for a leader like this to talk about morals and morality, is a disgrace ...
Supreme Court: Government 'acted in good faith' over suspension, says Cox
... A furious Barry Sheerman also said the attorney general had no shame ...
Barry Sheerman: Longest-serving Labour MP to step down
One of the country's longest-serving MPs has announced he will step down at The Next election.
Barry Sheerman , 81, who has been Labour MP for Huddersfield since 1979, said it had been " the honour of My Life ".
The former select committee chair said standing down at The Next election was The Right time for him and The Party .
Mr Sheerman added he was proud of The Work he had done over The Past 42 years but was Looking Forward to spending more time with His Family .
He tweeted The News , thanking his constituents for the " kindness, support and warmth" they had shown him.
After 40 Years as Huddersfield's Member of Parliament, I have taken the decision that I will not be standing at The Next general election.
Serving Huddersfield has been the honour of My Life .
Thank You To My constituents for the kindness, support and warmth you have shown me.
Mr Sheerman was elected as the Member of Parliament for Huddersfield East in 1979, before the constituency was abolished and replaced with Huddersfield in 1983.
He told BBC Radio Leeds his decision to Stand Down was " quite easy" adding he was " not getting any younger".
Mr Sheerman is the longest-serving Labour MP and the second-longest continuous serving MP in The House of Commons, behind Father of The House Sir Peter Bottomley .
" The important thing is what you've done in those 40 Years , " He Said .
" I've really enjoyed it. I've been able to make some real changes in The Law , I've been able to save lives, I've been able to help with some really Good People to steer Huddersfield and West Yorkshire . "
'A sacred duty'Mr Sheerman has been The Chair of The Children , Schools and Families Select Committee, as well as well as Shadow Minister for Disabled People's Rights, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Shadow Minister for Employment and Training.
He Said being an MP was " a sacred duty" looking after constituents in The Town .
He added: " What are they going to do for work in The Future ? What's going to produce well-paid employment? What's going to happen to their education and their health service?
" The wellbeing of your constituency, that's always motivated me.
" I'll now be able to spend more time with my three daughters and my grandchildren. "
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