Nigel de Gruchy
Nigel Ronald Anthony de Gruchy (born 28 January 1943)[1] is a British former trade union official.
Career
De Gruchy attended
NASUWT
In 1978, de Gruchy became the full-time Assistant Secretary of the NASUWT, then in 1983 he became Deputy General Secretary, and in 1990 was elected as General Secretary of the union.[1]
As leader of the union, de Gruchy opposed the introduction of the
Politics
On retirement from the NASUWT, de Gruchy served for a year as President of the Trades Union Congress. In 2007, he was chosen as secretary of the Orpington Labour Party.[2] He fought Orpington as the Labour candidate in both 2015 and 2017, being defeated on both occasions by the Conservative incumbent Jo Johnson. In 2015, at 72 years and 3 months, he claimed that he was the oldest first-time candidate to stand in the election, whereas in fact Ian Sanderson (Liberal Democrat, Romford) was the oldest at 73 years and 8 months.)[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Nigel de Gruchy: The teachers' leader who spoke in sound bites", The Independent, 28 March 2002
- ^ a b c "de Gruchy, Nigel Ronald Anthony", Who's Who
- ^ "A flawed leader", The Guardian, 5 April 2002
- Times Educational Supplement, 1 May 2015