Barry Sheerman

Barry John Sheerman (born 17 August 1940) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Huddersfield, previously Huddersfield East, since 1979. He is also Labour's longest continuously serving MP in the current parliament.
On 5 December 2021, Sheerman announced his plans to not run for re-election at the next election; at the time of the announcement he was the longest-serving Labour MP.