The Baroness McDonagh | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 24 June 2004 – 24 June 2023 Life peerage | |
General Secretary of the Labour Party | |
In office 1998–2001 | |
Leader | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Tom Sawyer |
Succeeded by | David Triesman |
Personal details | |
Born | Margaret Josephine McDonagh 26 June 1961 Mitcham, Surrey, England |
Died | 24 June 2023 Colliers Wood, London, England | (aged 61)
Political party | Labour |
Relations | Siobhain McDonagh (sister) |
Education | Holy Cross School, New Malden Kingston College of Further Education |
Alma mater | |
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Margaret Josephine McDonagh, Baroness McDonagh (26 June 1961 – 24 June 2023) was a British Labour politician who served as General Secretary of the Labour Party from 1998 to 2001.[1][2] She later worked as a management consultant and was a co-president of the Labour Party Irish Society,[3][4] and sat in the House of Lords as a life peer from 2004 until her death.