Kevin John Barron (October 29, 1946) is a British politician. He is the Labour Party member of Parliament for Rother Valley. October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Rother Valley is a Parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire named after the River Rother. ...

Kevin Barron was born in 1946 in Tadcaster he was educated at the Maltby Hall Secondary Modern School; the University of Sheffield, and at Ruskin College, Oxford. Map sources for Tadcaster at grid reference SE4843 Tadcaster is a town in North Yorkshire, England, lying on the River Wharfe and the Great North Road. ... Maltby, South Yorkshire, UK, is a town of about 23,000 inhabitants in a rural area about 7 miles east of Rotherham. ... Secondary modern schools are a type of school in British educational systems, part of the Tripartite System. ... The University of Sheffield is a leading university, located in Sheffield, UK. // History The University of Sheffield was originally formed by the merger of three colleges. ... Ruskin College is an independent college in Oxford, founded in 1899 and named after John Ruskin. ...

On leaving school in 1962, Barron became a coal miner at the local Maltby Colliery. 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 disloyalty. Once, on picketing duty outside Maltby colliery he was struck on the head by a police baton. He was a political ally of Arthur Scargill. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map sources for Rotherham at grid reference SK4392 Rotherham is a town in South Yorkshire, England, built upon the River Don near the confluence of the Don and the Rother. ... Image:TradeUnionsCongress20050108 CopyrightKaihsuTai. ... The National Union of Mineworkers is a trade union for coal miners in the United Kingdom. ... Employees of the BBC form a picket line during a strike in May 2005. ... Arthur Scargill (born January 11, 1938) was the leader of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from 1981 to 2000 and is presently (2006) the leader of the Socialist Labour Party, a political party he founded in 1996. ...

Peter Hardy, the Labour MP for Rother Valley decided to switch consistuencies in 1983 and chose to fight the equally safe neighbouring new seat of Wentworth. With NUM backing Kevin Barron secured the nomination and was duly elected as the Labour MP for Rother Valley at the 1983 General Election. Peter Hardy, Baron Hardy of Wath (1931-2003) was a British Labour politician. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wentworth is a parliamentary constituency in South Yorkshire. ... The UK general election, 1983 was held on June 9, 1983 and gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945. ...

In 1985 Kevin Barron was made a Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition Neil Kinnock, a position he held until the 1987 General Election. Kinnock gave Barron a frontbench job in 1988 as an opposition spokesman on Energy but was dropped following the 1992 General Election. Barron's aspirations were again realised by the new leader John Smith returned him to the front bench as a spokesman on Employment. After Smith's death, Tony Blair moved Barron to speak on Health matters. 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) is a junior role given to British Government MPs to act as the Parliamentary contact of senior Ministers. ... The Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom is the politician who leads Her Majestys Loyal Opposition (the body in Parliament recognized as the Official Opposition). ... Rt. ... Margaret Thatcher Neil Kinnock David Steel Election 1987 Titles The United Kingdom general election of 1987 was held on 11 June 1987 and was the third consecutive victory for the Conservative Party under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives. ... John Smith QC (September 13, 1938 – May 12, 1994) was a British politician who served as leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his sudden and unexpected death from a heart attack on 12 May 1994. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the UK Labour Party, and Member of the UK Parliament...

Kevin Barron was a leading figure in the campaign to rewrite Clause IV under the new leadership of Tony Blair and it came as a surprise that there was no job in government for him after the victorious 1997 General Election. He took solace with eight years on the senior Intelligence and Security Select Committee. He has been a Member of the General Medical Council since 1999, and was made a Privy Councillor in 2001. He was made Chairman of the influential Health Select Committee after the 2005 General Election. Clause IV of the United Kingdom Labour Party constitution sets out the objects of the party, and has been the scene of political fights over its direction. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ... A Select Committee is a committee made up of a small number of parliamentary members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues originating in the Westminster System of parliamentary democracy. ... The General Medical Council (the GMC) is the regulator of the medical profession in the United Kingdom. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Her Majestys Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. ...

Kevin Barron is anti smoking. He is married to Carol McGrath and they have a son and two daughters. World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year on May 31. ...

External links

• Kevin Barron MP official site
• Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Kevin Barron MP
• TheyWorkForYou.com - Kevin Barron MP