14 Facts About Rima Horton

Rima Elizabeth Horton was born on 31 January 1947 and is a retired English academic and former Labour Party politician.

Rima Horton was a member of the Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council from 1986 to 2006, and worked as a senior lecturer at Kingston University.

Rima Elizabeth Horton was born in the Bayswater neighbourhood of London, the third of four children of Elice Irene and Wilfred Stewart Horton.

Rima Horton's mother was from Wales while her father was London-born.

Rima Horton performed in theatre at school and then in several amateur groups, such as the Brook Drama Club which took her to Paris in 1962 when she was only 15.

Rima Horton lost her place on the council in May 2006, as "part of the national shift".

Rima Horton twice ran as a Labour candidate for Parliament, losing to the Conservative candidate both times.

Rima Horton worked as a senior economics lecturer at Kingston University in London.

Rima Horton served on the board of directors of The Making Place, a children's charity.

Rima Horton was appointed in 2002 and stepped down in 2005.

Rima Horton has served on the board of trustees of the Gate Theatre in Notting Hill.

Rima Horton was a contributor to The Elgar Companion to Radical Political Economy in 1994, penning a piece titled "Inequality".

Rima Horton met aspiring actor Alan Rickman in 1965, when they both found themselves in an amateur theatre group at Chelsea College of Arts he was attending.

Rima Horton lived with Rickman from 1977 until his death in January 2016.