May Blood, Baroness Blood
May Blood, Baroness Blood, MBE[1] (26 May 1938 – 21 October 2022) was a Labour politician. She was a member of the British House of Lords. She was born and raised in Belfast.
The Baroness Blood | |
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 Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 31 July 1999 – 4 September 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 May 1938 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 21 October 2022 (aged 84) |
| Political party | Labour |
| Other political affiliations | NIWC (1996–2006) |
| Occupation | Labour movement leader |
Since 1994, she has been an Information Officer of the Greater Shankill Partnership and is a founding member of the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1995 Birthday Honours.
Blood died on 21 October 2022, at the age of 84.[2]
References
- ↑ "Celebrated citizen: Baroness May Blood MBE", City Matters, September–October 2009. Belfast City Council.
- ↑ Leebody, Christopher (21 October 2022). "Tributes paid to former Labour peer and 'tireless campaigner' Baroness May Blood following death aged 84". Belfast Telegraph. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/tributes-paid-to-former-labour-peer-and-tireless-campaigner-baroness-may-blood-following-death-aged-84-42084731.html. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
Other websites
- Profile, theyworkforyou.com; accessed 29 March 2014.
- Baroness Blood, Grassroot Diplomat