Josephine Farrington, Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton (née Cayless; 29 June 1940 – 30 March 2018) was a British Labour Party politician, active in local government internationally before her elevation to the Lords in 1994. She was a

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lor 1973–76. In 1977, she was elected to

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and held several senior positions, including chair of the Education Committee. From 1981 to 1994 she was a Member of the

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Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities and of its successor the Congress of the Council of Europe. She acted as an international observer at local elections in

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and

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. She was also a Member of the Committee of the Regions of the

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and was Chairman of Education and Training in 1994. Farrington was the Labour candidate at the 1983 general election for the constituency of

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and stood for the party again at the 1991 Ribble Valley by-election. On 29 September 1994, she was created a

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as Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton, of Fulwood in the County of

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. She was a government spokesperson in the

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for several issues between 1997 and 2010.

Personal life

Josephine "Josie" Cayless married Michael Farrington in 1960; the couple had three sons.

References

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