Background
LOCKWOOD, Betty Lockwood was born on January 22, 1924. Parents: the late Arthur Lockwood.
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Betty Lockwood LOCKWOOD
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East Borough Girls School, Dewsbury. Ruskin College, Oxford.
Career
Assistant Agent, Reading Labour Party, 1948-1950. Sec.-Agent, Gillingham Labour Party, 195052. Women's Officer, Laboratory Yorkshire Region, 1952-1967.
Chief Women's Officer and Assistant National Agent, Labour Party, 1967-1975. Chairman, Equal Opportunities Commission, 1975-1983. House of Lords, since 1978.
Chairman, European Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, 1982-1983. Member, Council of Advertising Standards Authority, 1983-1992. United Kingdom Representative to Council of Europe, since 1992.
Former Deputy Speaker, House of Lords. Member, House of Lords Select Committee on European Community and Chairman of Sub-Cttee. on Social and Consumer Affairs, since 1989. President Birkbeck College, University of London, 1983-1989.
Council member, University of Bradford, 1983. and Pro-Chancellor, since 1987. Council member, University of Leeds, 1985-1991. President. Hillcroft College, 1987.
Vice-President, UMIST, since 1992.
Membership
Board Member, Leeds Development Corporation. Clubs: Industry and Parliament Trust (Fellow). Soroptomist Int.
Interests
Connections
Spouse Lieut.-Col. Cedric Hall, 1978.
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Political Party
Labour Party
Awards
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Honorary Doctor of Literature, Bradford, 1981. Honorary Doctor of Law, Strathclyde University, 1985. Honorary Fellow, UMIST, 1986, Birkbeck College. 1987; Deputy Lieutenant, West Yorkshire, 1987.Honorary Doctor of Literature, Bradford, 1981. Honorary Doctor of Law, Strathclyde University, 1985. Honorary Fellow, UMIST, 1986, Birkbeck College.
1987; Deputy Lieutenant, West Yorkshire, 1987.