Barnet Kenyon (July 1850 – 20 February 1930) was a British colliery worker, trade union official and Lib–Lab, later Liberal, politician.

In religion, Kenyon was a strict non-conformist, a Primitive Methodist and lay preacher in Chesterfield and in the nearby village of Clowne.

In 1913 Kenyon was selected by the Derbyshire Miners to succeed James Haslam, the Labour MP for Chesterfield since 1906, who had died on 31 July 1913.

[7] The controversy over Kenyon's party affiliation spilled over into the contest, but in the event he won easily, topping the poll with a majority of 2,186 over the Unionist candidate, Edward Christie, while the socialist, John Scurr, received only 583 votes.

[8][9] On 25 November 1918 The Times noted that Barnet Kenyon had again been selected to fight Chesterfield in the forthcoming 1918 general election, describing him as the Labour candidate.

[10] It is also known that his nomination papers included the signatures of some local Unionist officials and later press reports described him as a Coalition Liberal.

Despite this, Kenyon lent his support to uncouponed candidates elsewhere in Derbyshire,[11] perhaps still hedging his party political bets in anticipation of future election contests.