Susan Jane Nye, Baroness Nye (born 17 May 1955) is the former Director of Government Relations and former diary secretary to ex- British prime minister Gordon Brown. In May 2010 it was announced that Nye would be named a

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in the Dissolution Honours List. On 19 July 2010 she became a Labour Party Peer, as Baroness Nye, of

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in the London Borough of Lambeth.

Early life

She was born at King's College Hospital. She initially lived on Leander Road in

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. She went to a local primary school. Her father left the home and moved to South Africa, and her mother moved to Leigh-on-Sea. She passed the eleven-plus and went to Westcliff High School for Girls.

Career

Nye worked as a civil servant before becoming an employee of the Labour Party. She worked for Michael Foot's office when he became Labour Party leader. Her friendship with

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's political secretary Anji Hunter provided a back channel between the warring factions during Blair's premiership. In '' The Deal'', Nye was portrayed by Joanna Scanlan.

Personal life

Nye married Gavyn Davies, the former

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chairman and former Goldman Sachs worker, in

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, north London, in August 1989. They live in

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, having moved there to give their daughter the opportunity to attend a better school. The couple also have two sons and a further home in Croyde,

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References

Sources

* Graeme Wilson
Brown's Team in Place for March on No. 10
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'', 12 May 2007. * Martin Kettle
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'', 6 June 2003. *BBC
Dissolution Honours
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