Mary Bousted, Baroness Bousted
Mary Bousted Baroness Bousted
Profile
Mary Bousted, Baroness Bousted is a British educator, trade unionist, and life peer who has served as a member of the House of Lords since 2025. Before entering the legislature, she had a distinguished career in education and union leadership, notably serving as the joint general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU) from 2017 to 2023 and as general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) from 2003 to 2017. A former president of the Trades Union Congress, she has long been a prominent advocate for teachers' rights and educational policy reform in the United Kingdom.
Details
- Born
- 1959-09-15 · 66 years old
- Birth place
- Bolton, United Kingdom
- Education
- University of Hull (BA), Durham University (PGCE), UCL Institute of Education (MA), University of York (PhD)
- Career
- English teacher, lecturer, director of initial teacher training, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, president of the Trades Union Congress
