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Twenty years on from the Liberty and Livelihood March, our President, Baroness Mallalieu looks ahead to what the future may hold for the countryside..
Baroness Mallalieu, president of the Countryside Alliance, on fighting for farmers' rights and winning back the trust of the countryside.
Ann Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu
British lawyer and Labour Party politician
Ann Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu, KC (born 27 November 1945) is a British lawyer, Labour Partypolitician and president of the Countryside Alliance.[1]
Family and early life
Lady Mallalieu comes from a distinguished political family.
Her grandfather, Frederick Mallalieu, had been LiberalMember of Parliament for Colne Valley. He was succeeded in that seat by her uncle, Lance Mallalieu, later Labour MP for Brigg. Her father, Joseph Percival William Mallalieu (known as William), was Labour MP for Huddersfield East.
She was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she was the first female president of the Cambridge Union Society.[2]
Legal career
Mallalieu was a barrister in the chambers 6 Kings Bench Walk.
Political career
Mallalieu fought Hitchin for Labour at both the February and October 1974 elections, but was defeated by the ConservativeIan Stewart on both occasi