Kevin Barron
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The Right Honourable Sir Kevin Barron MP |
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| Chairman of the Committee on Standards and the Committee of Privileges | |
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Assumed office 7 January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Himself (Standards and Privileges) |
| Chairman of the Standards and Privileges Committee | |
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In office July 2010 – 7 January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Sir Malcolm Rifkind |
| Succeeded by | Himself (Separate committees) |
| Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 30 October 1985 – 11 November 1988 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Derek Foster |
| Succeeded by | Adam Ingram |
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Member of Parliament for Rother Valley |
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Assumed office 9 June 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Hardy |
| Majority | 7,297 (15.5%) |
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26 October 1946 Tadcaster, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Carol McGrath (m. 1969–2008; her death); 3 children Andree Deane (2012–present); 3 stepchildren |
| Alma mater | Ruskin College |
| Website |
kevinbarronmp.com parliament..kevin-barron |
Sir Kevin John Barron PC MP (born 26 October 1946) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rother Valley since 1983.
Kevin John Barron, the son of Richard and Edna Barron, was born at Hazlewood Castle, Tadcaster, Yorkshire and educated at Maltby Hall Secondary Modern School (now known as Maltby Comprehensive School), Ruskin College, and the University of Sheffield, where he earned a Diploma in Labour Studies in 1977, where he was reportedly a member of the Militant tendency.
On leaving school in 1962, Barron became an electrician at the local colliery in Maltby. He spent the next 23 years working in the coal industry. In 1982 he became president of the Rotherham Trades Union Congress. He was a member of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), who later expelled him for speaking out against Arthur Scargill. Once, on picketing duty outside Maltby colliery he was struck on the arm by a police baton. He successfully sued South Yorkshire Police for this. He was a political ally of Arthur Scargill.
In 1983 Peter Hardy, Labour MP for Rother Valley, decided to switch constituencies to fight the equally safe neighbouring new seat of Wentworth. With NUM backing Barron secured the nomination and was duly elected as the Labour MP for Rother Valley at the 1983 general election.
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