Felicity Marion Peel Rea, known as Flick Rea, is an English Liberal Democrat politician who represented the Fortune Green ward on Camden Council for 35 years, before her retirement in 2021.
19 Facts About Flick Rea
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Flick Rea's daughter was educated at Weirfield School in Taunton.
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Flick Rea worked with the Salisbury Repertory Company, and a repertory company in Oldham.
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Flick Rea first stood for election to Camden Council in a by-election in April 1980, following the resignation of Fortune Green ward's Conservative councillor Richard Almond.
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Flick Rea again stood for the two-member Fortune Green ward in 1982, this time as a Liberal and Social Democratic Party Alliance candidate.
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However, Flick Rea and her fellow Alliance candidate Eamond Hitchcock finished second to the Conservatives in 1982, with Flick Rea being the closer of the two to being elected in what was a three-way marginal.
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Flick Rea remained a councillor continuously from that point on.
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Flick Rea was elected as the leader of Camden Liberal Democrats from 1986 to 2005, and again from 2014 to 2020.
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In 2001, Flick Rea became the first Liberal Democrat to chair anything on Camden Council.
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Flick Rea oversaw the scrutiny panel on the council's administration of its commercial properties and produced a report with the conclusion that "We're [Camden council] not actually very good landlords".
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Flick Rea was the sole Liberal Democrat on the council in 2014, after all the others had lost their seats at that year's elections.
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Flick Rea retired on 4 June 2021, and her seat was retained for the Liberal Democrats at a 22 July by-election by Nancy Jirira.
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On 21 June 2022, Flick Rea was appointed an honorary alderman of the London Borough of Camden.
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In 2013, Flick Rea received an MBE for services to local government.
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Flick Rea took part in readings of poetry at a 2016 recital in West Hampstead Library.
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In 1997, Flick Rea became a part-time administrator for the London Liberal Democrats.
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Flick Rea has acted as a member of the London Arts Council, sat on the board of the Hampstead Theatre and been Chair of the Local Government Association's Culture, Tourism and Sports Board.
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Locally, Flick Rea has been an active member of the community pressure group West Hampstead Amenity and Transport group, which she co-founded, and the consumer organisation London Regional Passengers Committee.
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Flick Rea was appointed by Camden Council as a Trustee of the Charles Dickens Museum.