Yvonne Sieve

Mrs. Yvonne Sieve née Manley (August 1924-26 March 2010) was a lecturer and Labour Party councillor.

Educated at Manchester High School for Girls, London School of Economics and Nottingham University, she was a senior lecturer in economics. In 1953 she married James Sieve in Manchester.

The couple moved to Richmond and she was a member of Surrey County Council from 1958-61. They subsequently settled in Finchley and at the 1966 General Election she stood as Labour candidate for the Finchley constituency, losing to Margaret Thatcher. At the 1970 General Election she contested the Hertford constituency without success.

At the first election to Barnet London Borough Council in 1964 she stood for election at the Finchley East ward. Labour finished in third place as the Liberal Party topped the poll ahead of the Conservatives.

She was elected to the Greater London Council on her third attempt. Having failed at Hounslow in 1967 and Brent in 1970, she became councillor for Southall in 1973. She held the seat until the GLC's abolition in 1986.

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