Brian Simpson OBE (born 6 February 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West England.

He was also a substitute member and Labour spokesperson on the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

In the Committee on Transport and Tourism he worked as the Socialist Group shadow draftsperson on the European Commission proposals on the full accomplishment of the internal market of Community postal services, safety on the community's railways, and is accepted as being one of the senior members of that committee dealing with Civil Aviation matters.

Before being elected an MEP he worked as a PE teacher in Liverpool and was a county councillor for Merseyside County Council, a member of the Merseyside Police Authority, deputy chair of the Liverpool Airport and councillor at Warrington Borough Council.

[citation needed] He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours "for Parliamentary and Political services.