Brian Michael Key (born 20 September 1947) is a British Labour Party politician, who from 1979 to 1984 was the MEP for Yorkshire South.He was educated at Wath Grammar School from 1958 to 1965, before studying PPE at the University of Liverpool, where he was a contemporary of the journalist Jon Snow.Following his deselection as a candidate in the 1984 European Parliament Elections, he worked as a Local Government Officer and School Auditor, before his retirement.Between 2011 and 2015, Key represented his home village of Darfield on Barnsley Council, before retiring prior to the 2015 local elections.