Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde
| The Right Honourable The Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde PC | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 April 1943 Salford, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Keith McDowall (CBE)[1] |
| Occupation |
Peer Trade unionist |
Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde PC, FRSA (born 29 April 1943)[2] is a British trade unionist and politician.[3]
She began her career as a trade unionist as a teenager,[3] becoming President of the print union SOGAT in 1983, and was its General Secretary between 1985 and 1991.[1]
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1992. Dean was created a life peer in October 1993 as Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde of Eccles in the County of Greater Manchester,[1] and a Privy Councillor in 1998.[2] She was a member of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education that published an influential report in 1997.[4]
Her autobiography, Hot Mettle, deals largely with her tenure as SOGAT General Secretary at the time of Rupert Murdoch's battles with her own and other trades unions. She is a Vice-President of the Debating Group.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 Darryl Lundy (1 April 2009). "Profile at". The Peerage.com. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- 1 2 "Privy Counsellors: 1969-present". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- 1 2 "The Rt Hon Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, PC". People. Debrett's. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ↑ "Higher Education in the learning society: Main Report". Education England. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ↑ Debating Group, debatinggroup.org.uk; accessed 21 May 2015.
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| Preceded by Bill Keys and Owen O'Brien |
General Secretary of SOGAT 1985–1992 |
Succeeded by Position abolished |
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