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British politician Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden Died at 90
Muriel Winifred Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden (née Price; born 18 September 1927) is a British Labour politician. She was a ranking member of British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom.
Turner was until 1987 Assistant General Secretary of ASTMS (later Manufacturing, Science and Finance, Amicus and now Unite the Union). She was created a Life Peer on 29 May 1985 taking the title Baroness Turner of Camden, of Camden in Greater London, and was Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords until 2008 and until October 1996 Front Bench Spokesperson on Employment for the Labour Opposition. Her membership in the House was terminated on 13 June 2017 as she didn't attend a sitting of the House during a session lasting six months or longer. Member: Equal Opportunities Commission 1982-88, Occupational Pensions Board 1977-93; Council Member OPAS (Pension Advisory Service) 1989-2007; Chair, PIA Ombudsman Council 1994-97.
She is also Vice-President of the British Humanist Association and an Honorary Associate of the National Secular Society.
On 15 September 2010, Turner, along with 54 other public figures, signed an open letter published in The Guardian, stating their opposition to Pope Benedict XVI's state visit to the UK.