Alicia Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

Alicia Pamela Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (born 22 March 1969)[1] is a British Labour politician and member of the House of Lords.

Educated at the University of Warwick between 1988 and 1991, she gained a BSc in Psychology. She worked as a regional organiser for the Labour Party, 1995-1997, political advisor to Joan Ruddock MP, 1997-1998 and a policy advisor to the leader of the London Borough of Lambeth, 1999-2000.

She then worked for the party's central organisation, including as Chief of Staff, 2001-2005 and Deputy General Secretary, 2006-2011. She was an advisor to party leader Ed Miliband from 2011 to 2013. On 19 September 2013 she was created a life peer as Baroness Kennedy of Cradley, of Cradley in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley.[2]

In the House of Lords she was a member of Joint Committee on the Draft Modern Slavery Bill which looked in detail at the proposals from the Government and presently serves on the Affordable Childcare Committee.[3]

She is a trustee of APT Action on Poverty which works with communities in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia[4] and the Marsha Phoenix Trust which works with homeless young women aged 16 to 25.[5]

In 2014 she was elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Lewisham representing Brockley.

She is married to Roy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark, a fellow Labour peer and Lewisham councillor.

References

  1. ↑ Baroness Kennedy of Cradley. Profile at BBC News (Democracy Live). Retrieved 9 February 2014
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 60637. p. 18815. 24 September 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.parliament.UK
  4. ↑ http://www.aptenterprise.org.uk
  5. ↑ http://www.marshaphoenix.org.uk

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