Roy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark
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Roy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark, is a British Labour Party
politician and life peer
. Appointed a full time official in 1990, he took up the post of organiser for the party in Coventry in 1991. He was instrumental in the defeat of the Militant
MP Dave Nellist
, who had been deselected as a Labour candidate, in the 1992 general election
. In 1994, he moved to the East Midlands and was Regional Director from 1997 to 2005. At the end of that year, he took up the post of Director of Finance and Compliance for the Labour Party. He is also a former councillor and deputy leader of the London Borough of Southwark
. He was appointed an Honorary Alderman by Southwark Council in 2007.
He was made a life peer
in Gordon Brown's dissolution honours list in 2010, and was created Baron Kennedy of Southwark, of Newington in the London Borough of Southwark on 21 June 2010, and he made his maiden speech in the House of Lords
on 21 July 2010.
On Thursday 30 September 2010 he left the employment of the Labour Party, after more than twenty years service. The next day, 1 October 2010, he was appointed as an Electoral Commissioner, on the nomination of the Labour Party.
His wife is Alicia Kennedy, Deputy General Secretary of the Labour Party.
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician and life peer
Life peer
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles cannot be inherited. Nowadays life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as...
. Appointed a full time official in 1990, he took up the post of organiser for the party in Coventry in 1991. He was instrumental in the defeat of the Militant
Militant Tendency
The Militant tendency was an entrist group within the British Labour Party based around the Militant newspaper that was first published in 1964...
MP Dave Nellist
Dave Nellist
David John Nellist is a British Trotskyist activist and former Labour Member of Parliament for the now abolished constituency of Coventry South East...
, who had been deselected as a Labour candidate, in the 1992 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1992
The United Kingdom general election of 1992 was held on 9 April 1992, and was the fourth consecutive victory for the Conservative Party. This election result was one of the biggest surprises in 20th Century politics, as polling leading up to the day of the election showed Labour under leader Neil...
. In 1994, he moved to the East Midlands and was Regional Director from 1997 to 2005. At the end of that year, he took up the post of Director of Finance and Compliance for the Labour Party. He is also a former councillor and deputy leader of the London Borough of Southwark
Southwark
Southwark is a district of south London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Southwark. Situated east of Charing Cross, it forms one of the oldest parts of London and fronts the River Thames to the north...
. He was appointed an Honorary Alderman by Southwark Council in 2007.
He was made a life peer
Life peer
In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles cannot be inherited. Nowadays life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and entitle the holders to seats in the House of Lords, presuming they meet qualifications such as...
in Gordon Brown's dissolution honours list in 2010, and was created Baron Kennedy of Southwark, of Newington in the London Borough of Southwark on 21 June 2010, and he made his maiden speech in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
on 21 July 2010.
On Thursday 30 September 2010 he left the employment of the Labour Party, after more than twenty years service. The next day, 1 October 2010, he was appointed as an Electoral Commissioner, on the nomination of the Labour Party.
His wife is Alicia Kennedy, Deputy General Secretary of the Labour Party.