Harry Barnes (Labour politician)

For other people named Harry Barnes, see Harry Barnes (disambiguation).

Harry Barnes

Member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire
In office 11 June 1987 – 11 April 2005
Preceded by	Raymond Ellis
Succeeded by	Natascha Engel
Personal details
Born	(1936-07-22) 22 July 1936 Easington, County Durham, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Political party	Independent Labour Party, Labour
Residence	United Kingdom
Alma mater	Ruskin College University of Hull^[1]
Profession	Politician (retired)
Website	http://threescoreyearsandten.blogspot.com/

Harold Barnes (born 22 July 1936) is an English politician who was the Labour Party Member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire from 1987 to 2005.

Born in Easington, County Durham, elected to Parliament in the 1987 election, Barnes was a left-winger, a member of the Socialist Campaign Group who voted against Tony Blair's leadership on a number of issues.^[2] Unlike other members of the SCG he was not an advocate of the Troops out movement (from Northern Ireland). In the SCG split over the NATO intervention in Kosovo in 1999, he supported intervention.^[3]

Before entering parliament, Barnes was a member of the Independent Labour Party's successor organisation, Independent Labour Publications.^[1] As an MP, he joined a supporters group entitled 'Friends of the ILP'.

Harry Barnes stepped down at the May 2005 general election.

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Raymond Ellis	Member of Parliament for Derbyshire North East 1987–2005	Succeeded by Natascha Engel

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