Nina Temple

Nina Temple (born 1956 is a former communist political figure in the UK. During the late 1970s she was general secretary of the Young Communist League (Britain). Later she became the last general secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain. In this role Temple became the one of the leading proponents of its dissolution in 1991 and the founding of its legal successor, the now defunct Democratic Left. For five years she worked for the Make Votes Count Coalition, which was founded by the New Politics Network and the remnants of the Democratic Left.

Temple has been suffering from Parkinson's disease for a number of years, but has continued to work in various campaigning roles. In June 2005 she started work as head of Development and Communications at the Social Market Foundation.