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Saturday, June 24, 2023

The Baroness McDonagh 1961-2023

The Baroness McDonagh, a Labour life peer, died 24 June, 2023, from glioblastoma. She was 61.

 Margaret Josephine McDonagh was a Labour Party politician who was General Secretary of the Labour Party from 1998 to 2001. She later worked as a management consultant and was recorded as being co-president of the Labour Party Irish Society.

In 2004 she was raised to the peerage for life as Baroness McDonagh, of Mitcham and of Morden in the London Borough of Merton.

In 2013 she was appointed chair of the Smart Meter Central Delivery Body, which then became Smart Energy GB, an independent organisation that aims to inform consumers about smart meters and their national rollout across Great Britain.

She was the sister of Siobhain McDonagh, the Labour MP for Mitcham and Morden.

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