Beata Brookes

Beata Ann Brookes CBE (21 January 1930[1] – 17 August 2015)[2] was a British social worker, company secretary and Conservative Party politician. She served ten years as Member of the European Parliament for North Wales, and made several attempts to obtain election to the House of Commons. She was sometimes nicknamed the "Celtic Iron Lady".[3][4]

  1. ^ The year 1931 is recorded in "Who's Who" and "Debrett's People of Today". However, "The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1955" (page 165) gives her year of birth as 1929, and "The Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1964" (page 127) gives 1930. Her obituary notice states she was 85 at her death.
  2. ^ "BROOKES BEATA : Obituary". Daily Post. 27 August 2015.
  3. ^ Maev Kennedy, "Diary", The Guardian, 11 May 1993.
  4. ^ "Beata Brookes: Former Conservative Euro MP dies at 84". BBC News. 18 August 2015.