Frances Maine Morrell (born December 28, 1937) was a British Labour politician who led the Inner London Education Authority during the mid-1980s. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person The Inner London Education Authority (ILEA was the education authority for the 12 inner London boroughs from 1965 until its abolition in 1990
Frances Morrell was born Frances Galleway, and brought up in York before going to Hull University. York ( is an historic Walled city sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The University of Hull, also known as Hull University, is an English University, founded in 1927 located in Hull (or Kingston upon Hull) a She worked as a schoolteacher from 1960 and married Brian Morrell in 1964. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. In 1970 she became a Press Officer, working for the Fabian Society and the National Union of Students. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Fabian Society is a British Intellectual Socialist movement whose purpose is to advance the principles of Social democracy via Gradualist The National Union of Students ( NUS) is the main confederation of Students' unions that exist inside the United Kingdom. This latter role brought her into contact with Tony Benn, then coming to be seen as the leader of the Labour left, and with whom she agreed with on many important issues. Anthony "Tony" Neil Wedgwood Benn (born 3 April 1925 formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, is a British Socialist Politician.
In 1973 Benn invited Morrell to be his Political Adviser should Labour win the next election. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. She was Labour candidate for Chelmsford in the February 1974 general election, and served as a Special Adviser to Benn at the Departments of Industry and Energy from 1974 to 1979. Chelmsford will be a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Results |} Total votes 31321982 All parties are shown The seats won by the Ulster Unionists are compared with those won by Unionist MPs in the 1970 election Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Benn was increasingly marginalised as the Parliament went on, but Morrell worked to link him with a network of activists outside Parliament. She was unlucky in failing to be selected for several Labour seats in the 1979 general election (among them Birkenhead and Manchester Blackley). Background Callaghan had succeeded Harold Wilson as Labour Prime Minister after the latter's surprise resignation in April 1976 Birkenhead is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Manchester Blackley is a Borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
After Labour left office, she helped to create the 'Rank and File Mobilising Committee', through which the left organised to bring changes in the party. In this capacity she was referred to cynically by some in the media: Private Eye commented "How typical of Tony Benn to have a hatchet-woman". Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical Magazine, edited by Ian Hislop. In the run-up to the 1981 Greater London Council elections, she was chosen to fight Islington South and Finsbury and on election formed part of the left faction in support of Ken Livingstone. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 The Greater London Council (GLC was the top-tier Local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986 Islington South and Finsbury is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born 17 June 1945 is a British Socialist Politician.
However, Morrell's background as a teacher led her to spend most time on the Inner London Education Authority which came with membership of the GLC. The Inner London Education Authority (ILEA was the education authority for the 12 inner London boroughs from 1965 until its abolition in 1990 She was chosen as Deputy Leader of the new left leadership under Bryn Davies. Brinley Howard Davies, usually known as Bryn Davies (born 1944 is a British trade unionist, Actuary and Politician who was Leader of the She became unsatisfied with his leadership, which she considered weak, and built support for a change through the GLC Women's Group; in April 1983 she challenged him and was elected as the new leader. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)
Under Morrell, the ILEA became concerned with promoting gender equality. The authority was severely criticized for what the right wing regarded as propaganda in the schools it administered. Many of the policies of the Davies leadership were continued, which included the high spending: the ILEA deliberately set an illegally high budget for 1985. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Mrs Thatcher's government, which was proposing to abolish the GLC, would have wanted to abolish the ILEA as well but found it was impractical to do so. However, new legislation allowed the Government to limit the ILEA's budget, and it did so. The ILEA was helped by a bail-out from the GLC for one year.
The abolition of the GLC also meant something had to be done to provide for future elections to the ILEA. It was first suggested that the ILEA could be made up of delegates from the inner London Boroughs, but the Conservative Group on the ILEA was strongly against this policy and eventually it was decided that there would be direct elections. Morrell led Labour into the campaign, and with London hostile to the abolition of the GLC, Labour won an easy victory. Morrell was re-elected quite narrowly herself, as the SDP had a strong challenge. This is about the UK Social Democratic Party which existed between 1981 and 1988
Morrell was ousted from the Leadership in 1987 by 23 votes to 22, continuing a tradition of internal deselection established by both her predecessors. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) She had insisted that teachers who were surplus to requirements at one ILEA school should transfer to another where there was a shortfall, and threatened to dismiss those who refused. She became Secretary of the Speaker of the House of Commons' Commission on Citizenship the next year, and a Senior Research Fellow at Queen Mary and Westfield College briefly in 1991-92, before becoming Executive Director of the Institute for Citizenship Studies. Queen Mary University of London (known as Queen Mary and Westfield College until 2000 and still officially named as such in its charter Queen Mary incorporates several She is currently joint Chief Executive of ArtsInform, which tries to build relationships between schools and colleges and professional artists.
| Preceded by Bryn Davies |
Leader of the Inner London Education Authority 1983–1987 |
Succeeded by Neil Fletcher |
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