Derek Gladwin, Baron Gladwin of Clee
Derek Oliver Gladwin, Baron Gladwin of Clee, CBE (6 June 1930 – 10 April 2003) was a British trade unionist.
Born in Grimsby, Gladwin was educated at Ruskin College and the London School of Economics.[1]
Gladwin worked for the General and Municipal Workers' Union from 1956 to 1990, rising to the position of Regional Secretary (Southern Region). He was Chairman of the Conference Arrangements Committee of the Labour Party from 1974 to 1990, a position of considerable importance within the Labour Party.[1]
Gladwin was appointed OBE in 1977 and CBE in 1979. On 28 September 1994, Gladwin was made a life peer, as Baron Gladwin of Clee, of Great Grimsby in the county of Humberside.[2] In the House of Lords he served as a Labour whip.[3]
References
- ^ a b Dalyell, Tam (14 April 2003). "Lord Gladwin of Clee". The Independent.
- ^ "No. 53806". The London Gazette. 3 October 1994. p. 13817.
- ^ McCarthy, William. "Gladwin, Derek Oliver, Baron Gladwin of Clee (1930–2003)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/89886. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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Preceded by Alex M. Donnet | Chair of the GMB 1976?–1982 | Succeeded by Dick Pickering |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by Glyn Williams | Chair of the Labour Party Conference Arrangements Committee 1974 – 1990 | Succeeded by Frank Wilkinson |
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- 1986: John Edmonds
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General Secretaries
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- 1935: Abolished
- 1991: Tom Burlison
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- 1964: Charles Smith
- 1970: Alex M. Donnet
- 1976: Derek Gladwin
- 1982: Dick Pickering
- 1987: James Morrell
- 1988: Olga Mean
- 1992: Dick Pickering
- 1996: Mary Turner
- 2018: Barbara Plant
- Municipal Employees' Association
- National Amalgamated Union of Labour
- National Union of General Workers