Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside,England. It lies on the West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea,approximately 17 miles (27 km) north of Liverpool and 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Preston. At the 2021 census,Southport had a population of 94,421,making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England and the third most populous settlement in the Liverpool City Region.
The General Secretary of the TUC is the chief permanent officer of the Trades Union Congress,and a major figurehead in the trade union movement in the United Kingdom.
Ainsdale is a village near Southport,in the Sefton district,in Merseyside,England,situated three miles south of the centre of Southport. Originally in the historic county of Lancashire,at the 2001 Census it had a population of 12,723. By the time of the 2011 census,only figures for Ainsdale (ward) were available.
John Stephen Monks,Baron Monks is a Labour Co-operative member of the House of Lords and former trade unionist leader,who served as the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in the UK from 1993 until 2003. He also served as the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) from 2007 until 2011,having been made a Life peer in 2010.
Southport is a constituency in Merseyside which has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Patrick Hurley of the Labour Party.
Charles John Geddes,Baron Geddes of Epsom,CBE was a British trade unionist.
Charles William Bowerman,often known as C. W. Bowerman,was a British trade unionist and politician.
William Charles Steadman was a prominent trade unionist and Liberal or Lib-Lab politician.
Sir James O'Grady,was a trade unionist and Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the first colonial governor appointed by the Labour Party from within its own ranks.
David Edward Lea,Baron Lea of Crondall,OBE is a British former trade unionist and Labour politician.
Rita Margaret Donaghy,Baroness Donaghy,CBE,FRSA is a British university administrator,trade unionist and Labour life peer in the House of Lords.
Lewis Tatham Wright,Baron Wright of Ashton under Lyne,CBE,was an English politician whose career was strongly connected with the textile industry in Lancashire in North West England. He was also President of the Trades Union Congress.
Mary Winefride Bousted,Baroness Bousted,is a British trade unionist who was the joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU),alongside Kevin Courtney. Bousted was previously the general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) prior to its amalgamation with the National Union of Teachers to form the NEU.
Frances Lorraine Maria O'Grady,Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway,is a British former trade unionist leader,who served as the General Secretary of the British Trades Union Congress (TUC) from 2013 to 2022,being the first woman to hold the position. After O'Grady presented her resignation in 2022,Paul Nowak was selected to succeed her;he took up the post on 29 December 2022. O'Grady sits as a life peer in the House of Lords.
Kay Carberry,Baroness Carberry of Muswell Hill,,is a British trade unionist and life peer. She was Assistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) from 2003 to 2016.
Albert Arthur "Alf" Purcell was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and later President of the International Federation of Trade Unions from 1924 to 1928 and sat in the House of Commons during two separate periods between 1923 and 1929.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre,a federation of trade unions that collectively represent most unionised workers in England and Wales. There are 48 affiliated unions with a total of about 5.5 million members. Paul Nowak is the TUC's current General Secretary,serving from January 2023.
Paul Nowak is a British trade unionist. He has been the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) since 29 December 2022. He was previously the deputy general secretary of the TUC.
John Hannett,Baron Hannett of Everton,is a British trade unionist and formerly General Secretary of the Union of Shop,Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW). He was appointed a member of the House of Lords in 2024.
A list of nominations for life peerages was announced by the Prime Minister's Office on 20 December 2024.
