Barry Sheerman
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Barry Sheerman MP |
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Barry Sheerman in 2012
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| Chair of the Education Select Committee | |
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In office 2001–2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair and Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Malcolm Wicks |
| Succeeded by | Graham Stuart |
| Shadow Minister of State for Social Security (Shadow Minister for Disabled People) |
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In office 8 July 1992 – 12 May 1994 |
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| Leader | John Smith |
| Preceded by | Unknown |
| Succeeded by | Next known is Tom Clarke 19 October 1995 |
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Member of Parliament for Huddersfield Huddersfield East (1979–1983) |
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Assumed office 3 May 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Mallalieu |
| Majority | 7,345 (18.1%) |
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17 August 1940 Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour Co-operative |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics, University of London |
| Profession | Academic |
| Website | www.barry4huddersfield.co.uk/ |
Barry John Sheerman (born 17 August 1940) is a British Labour Co-operative politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Huddersfield since the 1979 general election.
Sheerman was born on 17 August 1940 in Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex and went to Hampton Grammar School (became the independent Hampton School in 1975) on Hanworth Road in Hampton then Kingston Technical College. He was educated at the London School of Economics (BSc Economics 1965) and at the University of London (MSc 1967). He became a lecturer at the University of Wales, Swansea in 1966 and remained there until his election to parliament in 1979.
Sheerman unsuccessfully contested Taunton in the October 1974 election, and became the MP for Huddersfield East from 1979 to 1983 and for Huddersfield since the 1983 general election. Sheerman has held the Huddersfield seats since, with his majority as low as 3,955 in 1983 and as high as 15,848 in the 1997 general election. In the most recent general election in 2015, Sheerman's majority was increased to 7,345 with a swing of 6.1% to Labour.
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