Sue Nye
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| The Baroness Nye | |
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| Born | Susan Jane Nye 17 May 1955 Denmark Hill, London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Civil Servant |
| Known for | Director of Government Relations for Gordon Brown |
| Spouse | Gavyn Davies |
Susan Jane Nye, Baroness Nye (born 17 May 1955)[1] is the former Director of Government Relations and former diary secretary to ex-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
During May 2010 it was announced that Nye would be named a life peer in the Dissolution Honours List.[2] She was introduced on 20 July 2010 as Baroness Nye, of Lambeth in the London Borough of Lambeth.
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[edit] Early life
She was born at King's College Hospital. She initially lived on Leander Street in Brixton. She went to a local primary school. Her father left the home and moved to South Africa, and her mother moved to Leigh-on-Sea. She passed the eleven-plus and went to Westcliff High School for Girls.
[edit] Career
Civil Service background, later 'paid employee of the Labour Party' and 'ran major aspects of' Michael Foot's office when he became Labour Party leader[3].
Nye's friendship with Tony Blair's political secretary Anji Hunter provided a back channel between the warring factions during Blair's premiership.
Nye is the person to whom Gordon Brown refers in the Rochdale gaffe incident during the 2010 election campaign.[4]
In The Deal, she was portrayed by Joanna Scanlan.
[edit] Personal life
She married Gavyn Davies, the former BBC chairman and former Goldman Sachs worker, in Islington, north London, in August 1989. They have a holiday home in Croyde in Devon. Her half-brother, Rick, became a speech-writer for William Hague.
[edit] References
- Graeme Wilson, Brown's Team in Place for March on No. 10, The Daily Telegraph, 12 May 2007.
- Martin Kettle, The Granita guarantee decoded, The Guardian, 6 June 2003.
- ^ So Nye yet so far
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- ^ Morgan, K,O (2007) A Life Michael Foot (London: Harper Perennial) p.385
- ^ Robert Winnett, Sue Nye is the aide blamed for Gordon Brown's 'bigoted' gaffe, "The Daily Telegraph", 29 April 2010
- BBC Dissolution Honours, [2], 28 May 2010.
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