Posted 12/3/2023, 3:30:00 PM
Glenys Kinnock, wife of former UK Labour leader and long-serving MEP, dies at 77 after Alzheimer's battle
- Wife of former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock; had a high-profile political career herself including 15 years as an MEP
- Grew up in a Welsh-speaking, working class family; studied education and history at university where she met Neil
- Well-known for work on international development and poverty alleviation in Africa and beyond
- Appointed Minister for Europe by Gordon Brown in 2009 after years in European Parliament
- Diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2017; died in November 2022 surrounded by family including husband Neil