Doris Fisher, Baroness Fisher of Rednal

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Doris Mary Gertrude Fisher, Baroness Fisher of Rednal (* 13. September 1919 in Birmingham , England ; † 18th December 2005 ibid) was a British politician of the Labor Party . Since 1974 she was a Life Peeress member of the House of Lords .

Life

Doris Mary Gertrude Fisher, née Satchwell , was born to Frederick James Satchwell. Her father took part in the First World War as a soldier . She attended Tinker's Farm Girls 'School in Birmingham, the Co-operative' Fircroft College and later Bournville Day Continuation College.

Fisher was initially a housewife . In 1945 she joined the Labor Party. Her political career began in local politics . In 1952 she was elected to the Birmingham City Council; she was a member of the Birmingham City Council until 1974. In Birmingham City Council, she was Chair of the Housing Committee .

Fisher was National President of the Co-operative Party Guild in 1961 . In 1961 she became a justice of the peace .

In 1969 she ran in the Birmingham Ladywood constituency in the by-election for the House of Commons , but was defeated by Wallace Lawler , the candidate of the Liberal Democrats . The by-election had become necessary due to the sudden death of Victor Yates , MP for the Labor Party in the Birmingham Ladywood constituency. The following year, in the British general election in 1970 , she won the Birmingham Ladywood constituency and was a member of the House of Commons until 1974. After a change in constituency boundaries, Fisher did not run for re-election in 1974.

From 1975 to 1979 Fisher was a delegate to the European Parliament in Strasbourg .

From 1975 to 1989 she was a member of the Warrington and Runcorn Development Corporation.

Political priorities

Fisher's particular interest in the course of her political career was local politics, particularly housing policy . The interests of the city of Birmingham were at the center of their political activities. She was one of the first politicians to campaign for social housing in Britain .

She spoke out against the unequal treatment of men and women in the use of public toilets and urinals and, together with two other city councilors, organized a demonstration in front of public toilets in Birmingham to abolish the user fee for women. She said it was unfair that women should pay for a human need.

In her inaugural address in the House of Commons in November 1970, she criticized the budget of Chancellor Anthony Barber, Baron Barber ; the budget is “transparent” and reveals the “dichotomy between having and not having”. She called for uniform legislation and control over the production and composition of fruit liqueurs and fruit juices . She advocated that women who had to appear in court because of car accidents should be exempt from disclosing their age.

In December 1991, at the age of 72, Fisher slept in a cardboard dormitory in front of St Philip's Cathedral in Birmingham to raise awareness of the situation of the homeless in Birmingham; their action caused a sensation.

Membership in the House of Lords

On July 2, 1974, Fisher was made a Life Peeress and became a member of the House of Lords ; she was entitled Baroness Fisher of Rednal , of Rednal, in the City of Birmingham.

She gave her inaugural address on November 6, 1974 on the subject of agricultural policy . She also represented the interests of Birmingham in particular in the House of Lords until the 1990s.

In the House of Lords Fisher was in September 1974 Crown Representative of the General Medical Council ; later she was chairman of the Esperanto Group. From 1983 to 1984 she was Assistant Whip for the Labor Party on environmental and environmental protection issues . She was Vice-President ( Vice-President ) of the Institute of Trading Standards Administration.

In Hansard , Fisher's contributions to the House of Lords from 1974 to 1997 are documented. On March 19, 1997, she spoke up for the last time in the pension debate Pensions: Downrating during Hospitalization .

Private

Fisher married the metalworker and locksmith Joseph Fisher on April 20, 1939, at the age of 20 ; her husband worked for the British automobile company British Leyland in the Longbridge industrial complex in Birmingham; he died in 1978. The marriage resulted in two daughters. During an illness of her husband, she temporarily secured the family's livelihood by selling daily newspapers outside the gates of the British Leyland factory in Longbridge.

Doris Fisher died in Birmingham in December 2005 at the age of 86.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Baroness Fisher ; Obituary in: The Guardian, February 21, 2006
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Lady Fisher of Rednal ; Obituary in: The Daily Telegraph, December 21, 2005
  3. ↑ a b c Doris Fisher (Baroness Fisher of Rednal) ; Curriculum vitae (official website of the Center for Advancement of Women in Politics ); Retrieved October 20, 2013
  4. ↑ London Gazette , September 24, 1974, p. 7918
  5. ^ FOOD SUPPLY AND AGRICULTURE Wording of the speech of November 6, 1974
  6. ^ Charles Roger Dod and Robert Phipps Dod: Dod's Parliamentary Companion . Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd., 1985, ISBN 0-905702-10-7 , p. 103.
personal data
SURNAME Fisher, Doris, Baroness Fisher of Rednal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Satchwell, Doris Mary Gertrude (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Labor Party politician, Member of the House of Commons
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham , England, UK
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 2005
Place of death Birmingham , England, UK