Roy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark
Roy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark (born November 9, 1962 ) is a British Labor politician and life peer . In 1990 he became a full-time party official. From 1991 he was a party organizer in Coventry. He helped defeat militant Trotskyist MP Dave Nellist , who was voted out of office in the 1992 British general election . In 1994 he moved to the East Midlands, where he was regional director from 1997 to 2005. In late 2005, he became the party's director of finance and compliance. He was also a councilor in the London borough of Southwark . In 2007 he was made an honorary Alderman there.
On June 21, 2010, he was promoted to Life Peer as Baron Kennedy of Southwark , of Newington in the London Borough of Southwark . He gave his inaugural address at the House of Lords on July 21, 2010.
On September 30th, he finished his work for the party after more than 20 years. The next day, October 1, 2010, he was appointed the party's Electoral Commissioner .
His wife, Alicia Kennedy, was Deputy Secretary General of the Labor Party until 2011. In 2013 she was also named a Life Peer.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/k/27122/Roy%20Francis%20Kennedy+KENNEDY%20OF%20SOUTHWARK.aspx
- ^ Biography from BBC Democracy Life
- ↑ Gordon Brown's 2010 dissolution honors list in full
- ↑ London Gazette . No. 59468, HMSO, London, June 24, 2010, p. 11914 ( PDF , English).
- ↑ Lord Kennedy delivered his maiden speech on July 21, 2010
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| SURNAME | Kennedy, Roy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Politician (Labor) and Life Peer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1962 |