Roy Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark

The Lord Kennedy of Southwark
Official portrait, 2024
Chief Whip of the House of Lords
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
Assumed office
10 July 2024
Prime MinisterSir Keir Starmer
Preceded byThe Baroness Williams of Trafford
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords
In office
1 June 2021 – 5 July 2024
DeputyThe Lord Tunnicliffe
The Baroness Wheeler
LeaderThe Baroness Smith of Basildon
Party LeaderSir Keir Starmer
Preceded byThe Lord McAvoy
Succeeded byTBC
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
28 June 2010
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Roy Francis Kennedy

(1962-11-09) 9 November 1962 (age 61)
Lambeth, London
Political partyLabour Co-op
SpouseAlicia Kennedy
EducationSt Joseph's Primary School
St Thomas the Apostle School

Roy Francis Kennedy, Baron Kennedy of Southwark, PC (born 9 November 1962)[1] is a British Labour and Co-operative politician and life peer who served as Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2021 until 2024, when the Labour Party entered Government.

  1. ^ "Debrett's homepage". Debrett's. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

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