Contact details
Westminster
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 5037
Fax: 020 7219 2404
sheermanb@parliament.uk
Constituency
Office F18, The Media Centre, 7 Northumberland Street, Huddersfield, HD1 1RL
Tel: 01484 487970
osullivang@parliament.uk
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Taunton October 1974 general election. Member for Huddersfield East 1979-83, for Huddersfield 1983-2010, for Huddersfield (revised boundary) since 6 May 2010 general election
Parliamentary career
Opposition Spokesperson for:
Employment and Education 1983-88,
Home Affairs 1988-92,
Disabled People's Rights 1992-94;
Chair Cross-Party Advisory Group on Preparation for EMU 1998-;
Vice-chair Joint Pre-Legislative Committee Investigating the Financial Services and Markets Bill 1998-;
Chair Cross-Party Advisory Group to Chancellor of the Exchequer on European Economic Reform
Party groups
Member, Co-operative Party;
Chair, Labour Forum for Criminal Justice
Select committees
Chair: Education and Employment (Education Sub-Committee) 1999-2001;
Member: Liaison 1999-2010,
Education and Employment (Employment Sub-Committee) 2000-01;
Chair: Education and Skills/Children, Schools and Families 2001-10;
Member: Liaison (Liaison Sub-Committee) 2002-10
Councils, public bodies
Councillor, Loughor and Lliw Valley Unitary District Council 1972-79
International bodies
World Bank Business Partnership for Development Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP)
Political interests
Trade, industry, finance, further education, education, economy, social enterprise and entrepreneurship
Countries of interest
European Union, Kenya, South America, USA
General Election 2010 - Huddersfield
| Name |
Party |
Votes |
% |
| Sheerman, Barry |
Lab/Co-op |
15725 |
38.66% |
| Tweed, Karen |
Con |
11253 |
27.67% |
| Blanchard, James |
Lib Dem |
10023 |
24.64% |
| Cooper, Andrew |
Green |
1641 |
4.04% |
| Firth, Rachel |
BNP |
1563 |
3.85% |
| Cooney, Paul |
TUSC |
319 |
0.79% |
| Result |
Lab/Co-op Hold (7.17% from Lab/Co-op to Con) |