Josie Farrington, Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Josie Farrington, Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

British politician

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1940

Date of Death: 30-Mar-2018

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Josephine Farrington, Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton (née Cayless; 29 June 1940 – 30 March 2018) was a British Labour Party politician. She was a Preston Borough Councillor 1973-76.
In 1977, she was elected to Lancashire County Council and held several senior positions, including chair of the Education Committee.
From 1981-94 she was a Member of the Council of Europe Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities and of its successor the Congress of the Council of Europe.
She acted as an international observer at local elections in Poland, Ukraine and Albania.
She was also a Member of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union and was Chairman of Education and Training in 1994.Farrington was the Labour candidate at the 1983 general election for the constituency of West Lancashire and stood for the party again at the 1991 Ribble Valley by-election.
On 29 September 1994, she was created a life peer as Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton, of Fulwood in the County of Lancashire.
She was a government spokesperson in the Lords for several issues between 1997 and 2010.