Baroness Helena Kennedy
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The Right Honourable The Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws QC FRSA |
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Kennedy in 2016
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| Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford | |
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Assumed office September 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Diana Walford |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
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Assumed office October 1997 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
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Helena Ann Kennedy 12 May 1950 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Iain Louis Hutchison; 2 children |
| Domestic partner | Iain Mitchell (1978–84); 1 child |
| Children | Keir Kennedy Mitchell Clio Kennedy Hutchison Roland Kennedy Hutchison |
| Occupation | Barrister, television presenter |
| Website | www |
Helena Ann Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, QC, FRSA (born 12 May 1950) is a British barrister, broadcaster, and Labour member of the House of Lords.
Kennedy was born on 12 May 1950 in Glasgow, Scotland to a devoutly Roman Catholic family. She is one of four sisters born to Joshua Patrick and Mary Veronica (née Jones) Kennedy, both committed Labour activists. Her father, a printer with the Daily Record, was a trade union official. She attended Holyrood Secondary School in Glasgow, where she was appointed Head Girl.
Kennedy still regularly attends Mass and professes that her Catholicism "remains very much part of who I am", even though she eschews its more traditional values. She went on to study Law at London's Council of Legal Education.
Among her many cases, Kennedy acted as junior counsel for child murderer Myra Hindley during the latter's 1974 trial for plotting to escape from Holloway.
Kennedy rebels against her party whip in the House of Lords more frequently than any other Labour Peer, having a dissent rate of 33.3%. She was Chair of Charter 88 (1992–97) and is closely affiliated to the educational charity Common Purpose.
Kennedy was elected principal of Mansfield College, Oxford in July 2010 (in which office she has served since September 2011). She is due to retire in 2018.
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