Margaret Mary Wall, Baroness Wall of New Barnet (14 November 1941 – 25 January 2017) was a British

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ist. She was

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from 2001 to 2002. Wall was also a former national secretary and head of policy of AMICUS. The daughter of Thomas Mylott and Dorothy Walker, she was educated at Druids Cross Independent School and at Notre Dame Collegiate School in

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. She was further educated at Ruskin College, Liverpool University. On 10 June 2004, she was created Baroness Wall of New Barnet, ''of

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in the

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''. She was the Chair of

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until 2014, when she was appointed Chairman of

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* 1941 births 2017 deaths Alumni of the University of Liverpool British trade unionists Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II Wall of New Barnet Chairs of the Labour Party (UK) New Barnet {{UK-trade-unionist-bio-stub