Tony Woodley, Baron Woodley
The Lord Woodley | |
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Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Joint-General Secretary of Unite the Union | |
| In office 1 July 2007 – 31 January 2011 Serving with Derek Simpson | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Len McCluskey |
| General Secretary of the TGWU | |
| In office 1 May 2004 – 30 June 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Morris |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 2 November 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1948 Wallasey, England |
| Party | Labour |
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Anthony Woodley, Baron Woodley (born 2 January 1948) is a British trade unionist who was the Joint-General Secretary of Unite, a union formed through the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union, from 2007 to 2011. Despite stepping down as Joint-General Secretary, he remained as the Head of Organising for Unite until December 2013 and is still a consultant to the union. He was previously the General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers union (T&G) from 2004 to 2007.
He was created a Labour life peer in November 2020 with the title Baron Woodley, of Wallasey in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, after initially declining the peerage.