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Anna Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill

Anna Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill

British politician

Anna Mary Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill (born 10 May 1955) is a British Labour politician and member of the House of Lords.

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Career

She graduated with a BA in Modern History & Politics from Royal Holloway College in 1976 and has worked for the Labour Party since 1978. She was special adviser to Harriet Harman when Leader of the Commons and John Prescott as Deputy Prime Minister. She worked in the Cabinet Office under Tony Blair's premiership and was then Senior Parliamentary Press Officer for the Labour Party for six years. During Harman's 2010 tenure as interim Leader of the Labour Party, she served as her chief of staff.[1] She has also worked for Jack Cunningham, Mo Mowlam, and The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston.

Peerage

She was created a life peer in the 2010 Dissolution Honours, taking the title Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill, of Primrose Hill in the London Borough of Camden, on 19 July 2010.[2][3][4] She sits on the Lords Committee on HIV and AIDS.

She is the Parliamentary Champion for Allergy UK.[5]

Personal life

Healy married Jon Cruddas, Labour MP, in 1992.[6][7] They have one child, a son, Emmett.

References

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    "The leader we have: inside the leaders' office « Labour Uncut". labour-uncut.co.uk.
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    "Peerages, honours and appointments".
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    "Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill". Archived from the original on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
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    "No. 59495". The London Gazette. 22 July 2010. p. 14001.
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    "Allergy UK welcomes Baroness Healy as a new Parliamentary Champion". Allergy UK. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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    Jackie Ashley: During the Labour conference, Jon Cruddas has emerged as a new force in the party, guardian.co.uk, 24 September 2008.
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    Hennessy, Patrick (15 May 2010). "Labour aide blamed by Brown over bigotgate to become 'Baroness Sue'". Daily Telegraph.
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