James Harrison

Sir James Steven Harrison  CBE CH  (born February 6, 1954) is a British politician who was the longest serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, having served for 27 years from 1992 until 2019. He was at the time of retirement the third longest serving active Member of Parliament having won his home seat of Burton in 1974, only bettered by Kenneth Clarke and Dennis Skinner who both won their seats in 1970. Harrison was also Leader of the Opposition from 1987 until 1992. He won the seat of Burton in 1974 as a member of the Labour Party but left in 1984 to form the Liberty Party despite this he still managed to retain his seat in the by-election.

Following the 2019 Easter weekend Harrison announced he would retire from politics prior to the next General Election.