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]

In 2014 she was elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Lewisham representing Brockley. She resigned in September 2016.

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

References

  1. ↑ "Your representatives: Alicia Kennedy". News.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  2. ↑ "No. 60637". The London Gazette. 24 September 2013. p. 18815.
  3. ↑ "Home page - UK Parliament". Parliament.uk. 2010-04-21. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Chris Lennie		 Deputy General Secretary of the Labour Party
2006 – 2011
with Chris Lennie 		Succeeded by
Post vacant


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.