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3 unusual facts about Barry Sheerman


Barry Sheerman

In June 2009, Sheerman called for a secret ballot of the Parliamentary Labour Party on whether Gordon Brown should continue in office as prime minister.

He is also chair and co-chair of a number of official All-Party Parliamentary Groups, including the All-Party Parliamentary Carbon Monoxide Group and the Bullying All-Party Group.

Raising of school leaving age in England and Wales

Speaking in June 2007, Barry Sheerman, Labour MP and chairman of the Commons education and skills select committee, says that "young people not in education are one of the biggest social problems facing a modern government".



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