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. "Democracy Live | Your representatives | Alicia Kennedy". News.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
2. The London Gazette: no. 60637. p. 18815. 24 September 2013.
3. "Home page - UK Parliament". Parliament.uk. 2010-04-21. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
4. https://web.archive.org/20140516185845/http://aptenterprise.org.uk/. Archived from the original on May 16, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. "Home". Marshaphoenix.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-19.

External links

• Baroness Kennedy of Cradley – House of Lords
• Alicia Kennedy – LinkedIn