The Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | |
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Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords | |
In office 27 June 2017 – 13 October 2021 | |
Leader | The Baroness Smith of Basildon |
Preceded by | The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath |
Succeeded by | The Lord Collins of Highbury |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 22 June 2010 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany | 7 September 1949
Political party | Labour Co-operative |
Alma mater | Trevelyan 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.