# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-sheerman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:54:15.073Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-sheerman"
name: "Barry Sheerman"
slug: "barry-sheerman"
description: "Barry John Sheerman is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Huddersfield, previously Huddersfield East, for 45 years from 1979 to 2024. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he is one of the longest serving MPs in recent history."
tagline: "British politician (born 1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Official_portrait_of_Mr_Barry_Sheerman_crop_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-08-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.159145333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BarrySheerman"
    handle:    "BarrySheerman"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Barry4Huddersfield"
    handle:    "Barry4Huddersfield"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%B4%E9%87%8C%C2%B7%E5%B8%8C%E7%88%BE%E6%9B%BC"
    title: "巴里·希爾曼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بارى شيرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8"
    title: "ব্যারি শিরম্যান"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheerman"
    title: "Barry Sheerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheerman"
    title: "Barry Sheerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheerman"
    title: "Barry Sheerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Sheerman"
    title: "Barry Sheerman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q477464"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump