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The Right HonourableThe Lord Hannett of EvertonOBE
Official portrait, 2024
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 March 2024
Life peerage
Personal details
BornJohn Hannett
(1953-06-23) 23 June 1953 (age 71)
Liverpool, England
Political partyLabour
OccupationTrade unionist

John Hannett, Baron Hannett of Everton, OBE (born 23 June 1953) is a British trade unionist and formerly General Secretary of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW). He was appointed a member of the House of Lords in 2024.

Early life and career

Hannett was born in Liverpool in 1953. He was a Low Pay Commissioner from 2007 to 2018. He is a former member of the TUC Executive Committee and General Council. Hannett represented Usdaw on the NEC of the Labour Party from 1998 to 2005. He is also a trustee of the People's History Museum in Manchester.

Hannett was General Secretary of Usdaw from May 2004 until June 2018, being re-elected in September 2008. Prior to this, he was Area Organiser from 1985, National Officer from 1990 and Deputy General Secretary from 1997.

Hannett was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to the economy. He was nominated for a life peerage by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and was created Baron Hannett of Everton, of Bramley-Moore Dock in the City of Liverpool, on 12 March 2024. He was introduced to the House of Lords on 19 March.

See also

References

  1. ACAS Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Walker, Peter (9 February 2024). "Major Tory donor among 13 new peers named in honours list". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  3. "USDAW - John Hannett stands down as a Low Pay Commissioner after 11 years".
  4. "USDAW - John Hannett retires today as leader of the shopworkers' trade union Usdaw".
  5. "No. 62866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N12.
  6. "Political Peerages 2024". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  7. "No. 64346". The London Gazette. 18 March 2024. p. 5400.
  8. "Introduction: Lord Hannett of Everton". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 837. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Lords. 19 March 2024. col. 87.

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Trade union offices
Preceded byBill Connor Deputy General Secretary of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
1997–2004 		Succeeded byPaddy Lillis
Preceded byBill Connor General Secretary of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
2004–2018 		Succeeded byPaddy Lillis
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded byThe Lord Jamieson Gentlemen
Baron Hannett of Everton 		Followed byThe Lord Tarassenko


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