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Empress of West Hampstead" (the area being considered part of the Fortune Green ward she represented). Similarly, her son Robert described Rea as "the Queen of West Hampstead". She took part in readings of poetry at a 2016 recital in West Hampstead Library.
385:(when the ward was created), with the Conservatives winning both seats. However, Rea and her fellow Alliance candidate Eamond Hitchcock finished second to the Conservatives in 1982, with Rea being the closer of the two to being elected in what was a three-way
419:, after all the others had lost their seats at that year's elections. Following this, she said: "I will continue to cause trouble. I've been a councillor for 28 years. I intend to put the knowledge to good use for the benefit of residents in Fortune Green."
441:; with the support of Labour councillors, it was passed. Rea retired on 4 June 2021, and her seat was retained for the Liberal Democrats at a 22 July by-election by Nancy Jirira. On 21 June 2022, Rea was appointed an honorary
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report with the conclusion that "We're not actually very good landlords". In 2013, the
Liberal Democrat Group objected to the ruling Labour administration's choice of mayor, and unsuccessfully nominated Rea instead.
396:, Rea and Roger Billins gained both Fortune Green seats for the Alliance, under the banner of Liberal Social Democratic Party Alliance Spotlight Team. She remained a councillor continuously from that point on. In
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261:. It had been her ambition to be an actress since the age of five, and she appeared in local amateur stage productions with the Pleiades Players and Taunton Thespians. After leaving school, she trained at
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Sampson, Katie (3 November 1999). "Secretarial: I Work For - Who needs
Jeffrey Archer? FLICK REA IS DIARY SECRETARY TO SUSAN KRAMER, LIB-DEM MAYORAL CANDIDATE AND TRANSPORT AND FINANCE CONSULTANT".
502:'s Culture, Tourism and Sports Board. Locally, Rea has been an active member of the community pressure group West Hampstead Amenity and Transport group (WHAT), which she co-founded, and the
326:. she also worked on tour where she met her future husband in a production of “Love from a Stranger” ./> She had a small role in the film “A kind of loving” and also in a 1961 episode of
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in London, leaving in July 1958. Whilst there, a fellow student was
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938:"Camden's one remaining Liberal Democrat councillor has pledged".
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in a by-election in April 1980, following the resignation of
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1129:"Lib-Dem Group Bids to Change Outcome of Mayoral Ceremony".
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893:. 1962-02-03. p. 8
887:"Felicity to wed actor"
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