Dianne Hayter

The Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
Official portrait, 2022
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
In office
27 June 2017 – 13 October 2021
LeaderThe Baroness Smith of Basildon
Preceded byThe Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Succeeded byThe Lord Collins of Highbury
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
22 June 2010
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1949-09-07) 7 September 1949 (age 75)
Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Political partyLabour Co-operative
Alma materTrevelyan College, Durham (BA)
University of London

Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (born 7 September 1949) is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 2010. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, she was Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords from 2017 to 2021.

Hayter represented Socialist Societies on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party from 1998 to 2010, chairing the committee from 2007 to 2008. She served in numerous opposition front bench roles in the Lords from 2011 until 2021, when she became Chair of the International Agreements Committee.