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British lawyer and Labour Party politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ann Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu, KC (born 27 November 1945) is a British lawyer, Labour Party politician and president of the Countryside Alliance.[1]
The Baroness Mallalieu | |
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 19 June 1991 Life Peerage | |
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| Born | 27 November 1945 (age 78) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Sir Timothy Cassel, Bt (1979-2006) |
Lady Mallalieu comes from a distinguished political family. Her grandfather, Frederick Mallalieu, had been Liberal Member of Parliament for Colne Valley. He was succeeded in that seat by her uncle, Lance Mallalieu, later Labour MP for Brigg. Her father, Joseph Percival William Mallalieu (known as William), was Labour MP for Huddersfield East. She was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she was the first female president of the Cambridge Union Society.[2]
Mallalieu was a barrister in the chambers 6 Kings Bench Walk.
Mallalieu fought Hitchin for Labour at both the February and October 1974 elections, but was defeated by the Conservative Ian Stewart on both occasions.
On 19 June 1991, Mallalieu was made a life peer as Baroness Mallalieu, of Studdridge in the County of Buckinghamshire.[3]
In 2004, she led the House of Lords opposition to the House of Commons' proposal to ban hunting with hounds.
In a House of Lords debate on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill on 31 January 2018 Baroness Mallalieu revealed she had voted for Britain to leave the European Union in the 2016 referendum.[4]
Ann Mallalieu was married to Sir Timothy Cassel, Bt. They have two daughters, born 1981 and 1984. The couple divorced in 2006.
Lady Mallalieu is a member of the Exmoor Hunt and the Devon and Somerset Staghounds.
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