Diana Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe

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The Right Honourable
The Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe
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Official portrait, 2023
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 July 1999
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Diana Mary Warwick

(1945-07-16) 16 July 1945 (age 79)
Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Political party Labour
Alma mater Bedford College (BSc)

Diana Mary Warwick, Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (born 16 July 1945) is a British politician and Labour member of the House of Lords. She was formerly a trade unionist and the Chief Executive of Universities UK.

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Background

Warwick was born in Bradford, Yorkshire and was educated at a local grammar school. [1] She then attended Bedford College, University of London (now part of Royal Holloway, University of London), graduating with a BSc Sociology 1967. [2]

Career

Previously, Warwick was Assistant Secretary of the Civil and Public Services Association from 1972, [1] General Secretary of the Association of University Teachers from 1983 to 1992 and Chief Executive of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy from 1992 to 1995. [2] In 1992, Warwick left trade unions to become chief executive of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, [1] and was also Chair of the international development charity Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO). [2] Warwick was Chief Executive of Universities UK for 14 years. [2] [3]

On 10 July 1999, she was created a life peer as Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe, of Undercliffe in the County of West Yorkshire. [4] [5]

When she was created a life peer, some commentators felt that she could not combine running the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals (CVCP) alongside being a Labour baroness in the House of Lords, and there were calls for her resignation. [1] [6] [7]

Warwick was Chair of the Human Tissue 2 Authority from 2010 to 2014. [8] From 2020 to 2022, Warwick was Chair of the National Housing Federation. [9] [10] She is also Chair of International Students House, London. [2]

Warwick was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science (Hon DSc) degree by the University of Warwick in 2022. [8]

Personal life

Her husband was Sean Terence Bowes Young (1943–2021), son of the director Terence Young and writer Dorothea Bennett. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hodges, Lucy (14 July 1999). "The baroness sparks a battle in academia". The Independent . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Royal Holloway College, Higher Magazine No.17, autumn 2012, accessed 24 November 2012
  3. ↑ MacLeod, Donald (22 April 2005). "Universities protest at plan to raise visa costs". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "No. 55555". The London Gazette . 16 July 1999. p. 7715.
  5. ↑ Clement, Barrie (18 July 1999). "Men rule the union roost". Times Higher Education . London. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  6. ↑ Russell, Ben (9 July 1999). "Academics urge leader to resign over Labour whip".
  7. ↑ Crequer, Ngaio. "Call for Warwick to resign". Tes Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Baroness Warwick Oration" (PDF). University of Warwick]]. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Warwick, Diana. "As board members, your leadership will help our sector – and our country – thrive". National Housing Federation. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  10. ↑ Brown, Carl. "NHF appoints education sector leader as new chair". Housing Today. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
  11. ↑ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage , 107th edition, vol. 3, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 4084
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Preceded by General Secretary of the Association of University Teachers
1983–1993		Succeeded by
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