Anna Mary Healy, Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill (born 10 May 1955) is a British Labour politician and member of the

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. She graduated with a BA in Modern History & Politics from

Royal Holloway College Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public research university and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It has six schools, 21 academic departm ...

in 1976 and has worked for the Labour Party since 1978. She was special adviser to

Harriet Harman Harriet Ruth Harman (born 30 July 1950) is a British politician and solicitor who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Camberwell and Peckham, formerly Peckham, since 1982. A member of the Labour Party, she has served in various Ca ...

when Leader of the Commons and

John Prescott John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott (born 31 May 1938) is a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and as First Secretary of State from 2001 to 2007. A member of the Labour Party, he w ...

as Deputy Prime Minister. She worked in the Cabinet Office under Tony Blair's premiership and was then Senior Parliamentary Press Officer for the Labour Party for six years. During Harman's 2010 tenure as interim Leader of the Labour Party, she served as her chief of staff. She has also worked for

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, and The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston. She was created a

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in the

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, taking the title Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill, of

Primrose Hill Primrose Hill is a Grade II listed public park located north of Regent's Park in London, England, first opened to the public in 1842.Mills, A., ''Dictionary of London Place Names'', (2001) It was named after the natural hill in the centre of t ...

in the

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, on 19 July 2010. She sits on the Lords Committee on HIV and AIDS. Healy married

Jon Cruddas Jonathan Cruddas (born 7 April 1962) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Dagenham and Rainham since 2010, and formerly for Dagenham between 2001 and 2010. A graduate of the University of Warwi ...

, Labour MP, in 1992. They have one child, a son, Emmett.

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1955 births Living people Labour Party (UK) life peers Life peeresses created by Elizabeth II Labour Party (UK) officials Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London {{Life-peer-stub