Glenys Kinnock

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The Right Honourable
The Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
FRSA PC
Official portrait, 2009
Minister of State for Africa and the United Nations
In office
13 October 2009 – 11 May 2010
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byThe Lord Malloch-Brown
Succeeded byHenry Bellingham
Minister of State for Europe
In office
5 June 2009 – 13 October 2009
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
Preceded byCaroline Flint
Succeeded byChris Bryant
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage
30 June 2009 – 9 April 2021
Member of the European Parliament
for Wales
South Wales East (1994–1999)
In office
19 July 1994 – 5 June 2009
Preceded byLlew Smith
Succeeded byDerek Vaughan
Personal details
BornGlenys Elizabeth Parry
(1944-07-07)7 July 1944
Roade, Northamptonshire, England
Died3 December 2023(2023-12-03) (aged 79)
London, England
PartyLabour
Spouse
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(m. 1967)​
Children2, including Stephen
Alma materCardiff University

Glenys Elizabeth Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, Baroness Kinnock FRSA (née Parry; 7 July 1944 – 3 December 2023), was a British politician and teacher who served as Minister of State for Europe from June to October 2009 and Minister of State for Africa and the United Nations from 2009 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, she was previously a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Wales, formerly South Wales East, from 1994 to 2009.

Early life

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Glenys Elizabeth Parry was born in Roade, Northamptonshire, and educated at Holyhead Comprehensive School, Anglesey.[1] She graduated in 1965 from University College, Cardiff in education and history.[2] Parry worked at Moorland Primary School, in Splott, in 1966.[3] She met Neil Kinnock at university[4] and married him in 1967.[5]

European Parliament

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Kinnock represented South Wales East in the European Parliament from 1994 until 1999, and Wales from 1999 until 2009, where she was a member of the Party of European Socialists (PES) political group.[6] She was a Member of the European Parliament's Development and Co-operation Committee[7] and a substitute member of the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs.[8] She was a co-president of the African, Caribbean and Pacific-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly from 2002 to 2009, and Labour spokesperson on International Development in the European Parliament.[2] In November 2006 Kinnock was criticised for "taking a junket" to Barbados to discuss world poverty issues.[9] Kinnock co-presided over the 12th ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.[10]

Domestic political career

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In the 2009 cabinet reshuffle, Kinnock was appointed minister for Europe following the resignation of Caroline Flint.[11] To enable her to join the government, she was awarded a life peerage and became Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, of Holyhead in the County of Ynys Môn on 30 June 2009.[12] She was introduced to the House of Lords on the same day.[13][14]

In 2009, while she was minister for Europe, the status of the Welsh language was elevated to make it equal with several other European minority languages, such as Catalan. The cost of translation services was to be met by the Welsh Assembly and the Welsh Language Board. Kinnock commented "This demonstrates a clear commitment by the EU to promote its unique and diverse cultural heritage".[15]

From 2009 to 2010, Kinnock served as minister of state for Africa and the United Nations, filling a post left vacant after the resignation of Lord Malloch-Brown.[16] From 2010 to 2013 she was an Opposition spokesperson for the Department of International Development in the House of Lords.[17] Kinnock retired from the Lords on 9 April 2021.[18]

Personal life

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She was the wife of Neil Kinnock, who was leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992, and they had two children together, including Stephen.[19] When her husband was given a life peerage in 2005, she was entitled to the title Lady Kinnock, but decided against its use.[2] However, she became Lady (or Baroness) Kinnock in her own right when she was ennobled in 2009. Kinnock grew up speaking Welsh.[2]

In 2017, Kinnock was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.[20] Her husband spoke about their experience with the disease and providing support for her.[21] She died from complications of the disease at her home in London, on 3 December 2023, aged 79.[22]

Publications

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Articles

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References

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