Harry Barnes

Harold Barnes (22 July 1936 – 16 February 2026) was an English politician who was the Labour Party Member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire from 1987 to 2005.

Early life and career Born in Easington, County Durham, Barnes was educated at Ruskin College 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, 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.

Before entering parliament, Barnes was a member of the Independent Labour Party's successor organisation, Independent Labour Publications.