Mary Bousted

Dr Mary Bousted
Bousted at a Policy Exchange event in 2013
Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union
In office
1 September 2017 (2017-09-01) – 31 August 2023 (2023-08-31)
Co-leading with Kevin Courtney
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDaniel Kebede
President of the Trades Union Congress
In office
2016 (2016)–2017 (2017)
Preceded byLiz Snape
Succeeded bySally Hunt
General Secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers
In office
2003 (2003) – 1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)
Preceded byPeter Smith
Succeeded byAssociation merged with the NUT
Personal details
Born
Mary Winefride Bleasdale

(1959-09-15) 15 September 1959 (age 65)
Bolton, Lancashire, England
EducationSt Osmund's RC Primary School
Mount St Joseph School
Alma mater
OccupationUnion leader, former teacher and university lecturer

Mary Winefride Bousted (née Bleasdale; born 15 September 1959) is a British trade unionist who was the former Joint General-Secretary of the National Education Union (NEU) alongside Kevin Courtney. Bousted was previously General Secretary of the teachers' union, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) prior to its amalgamation with the National Union of Teachers, forming the NEU.