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Her mother was Audrey Wise Member of Parliament.
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Valerie Wise
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She was a significant figure in Ken Livingstone"s administration at the Greater London Council. She was chair of the Greater London Council"s women"s committee, and as such was seen as responsible for some of the Greater London Council"s so-called "loony left" policies. She was in the running for the Labour nomination in Coventry North East in the run-up to the 1987 general election.
She spent time as a councillor in Preston and served as Labour leader of Preston City Council in 1995, but left Labour over the Iraq War.
She now leads the Preston Domestic Violence Service.
