22 Facts About Theresa Griffin

Theresa Griffin was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, as the fourth child of Irish immigrant parents.

Theresa Griffin's father was a machinist in the British Leyland car factory and her mother was a teaching assistant.

Theresa Griffin has been a member of the Labour Party since 1988.

Theresa Griffin was a member of Unite's North West Political Committee and represented North West Constituency Labour Partys on the National Policy Forum.

Theresa Griffin has served as a Regional Organiser for the public services union, UNISON.

Theresa Griffin was Director of Communications and Research at North West Arts.

Theresa Griffin was a local government councillor on Liverpool City Council in the 1990s.

Theresa Griffin previously stood in the 1999 European Parliament election, 2004 European Parliament election and 2009 European Parliament election as a Labour candidate for the North West England region.

Theresa Griffin stood in the 2014 European Parliament election, again as a Labour Party candidate for the North West England region, and was elected as the first candidate on the winning Labour Party list.

Theresa Griffin supported Owen Smith in the 2016 Labour Party leadership election.

Theresa Griffin is the winner of the Energy Award, MEP Awards 2017.

Theresa Griffin was re-elected at the 2019 European Parliament election, serving until Britain formally exited the EU on 31st January 2020.

Theresa Griffin supported the Cammell Laird strikers petition to the European Parliament in 2014, believing the strikers to be the victims of a miscarriage of justice.

Theresa Griffin supported the "Fair Pay Fortnight" in 2015, which campaigned for higher wages for workers.

In 2014 Theresa Griffin called on the UK Government to correctly allocate EU funding to the North West region.

Theresa Griffin supported Carbon Capture and Storage technology as part of climate change mitigation.

Theresa Griffin advocated a Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System.

Theresa Griffin has written several articles on energy policy, calling for EU-wide coordination of national energy policies.

Theresa Griffin was a full member and Labour Party Spokesperson for the Industry, Research and Energy Committee, a substitute member on the Transport and Tourism Committee and was assigned to the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the Delegation for Relations with the People's Republic of China.

Theresa Griffin was a member of the EU Intergroups on Disability Rights, the Digital Agenda for Europe, Children's Rights and Well-being, LGBTI, SMEs, Tourism, Trade Union and Urban.

Theresa Griffin was nominated for a life peerage by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in late 2024.

Theresa Griffin was created Baroness Griffin of Princethorpe, of Princethorpe in the County of Warwickshire, on 16 January 2025, and was introduced to the House of Lords on 20 January.