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.
Life and career
Born in
Easington, County Durham
Easington, also known as Easington Village, is a village and civil parish in eastern County Durham, England. It is located at the junction of the A182 and B1283, leading north-west to Hetton-le-Hole and south east to Horden.
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, Barnes was educated at
Ruskin College
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in
Oxford and the
University of Hull. He was elected to Parliament in the
1987 election. Barnes stood down at the
May 2005 general election
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, and was succeeded by
Natascha Engel.
Political Positions
Barnes was considered to be on the left of the party, and as a member of the
Socialist Campaign Group (SCG) he voted against
Tony Blair's leadership on a number of issues. However, unlike other members of the SCG he was not an advocate of the
Troops out movement (from
Northern Ireland). When the group split over
NATO intervention in Kosovo in 1999, he supported intervention, which was the position of the government.
[Harry Barne]
"Letter: Battles over Kosovo"
''The Independent'', 22 April 1999
Before entering parliament, Barnes was a member of the
Independent Labour Party's successor organisation,
Independent Labour Publications
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.
As an MP, he joined a supporters group, Friends of the ILP.
References
External links
*
Three Score Years And Ten(Personal blog since Barnes' 70th birthday)
*
1936 births
Living people
European democratic socialists
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Derbyshire
Independent Labour Party MPs
Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
People from Easington, County Durham
UK MPs 1987–1992
UK MPs 1992–1997
UK MPs 1997–2001
UK MPs 2001–2005
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